How to cut YOUR chances of getting cancer: Expert reveals 8 proven ways to help protect against the deadly disease

Lifestyle changes could stop a staggering 40 per cent of cancers from ever occuring, previous research has claimed. Here, London-based medical journalist Anna Magee reveals the eight proven ways to lower your risk of cancer. Stick to just one glass of wine a day (top left) and eat yoghurt (top middle) to keep your bacteria in good shape. Increase your intake of brown rice (top right) to lower your risk of bowel cancer and use SPF 30 sunscreen (bottom right) to prevent malignant melanoma. Take an aspirin (bottom middle) daily to also reduce the risk of bowel cancer and marinate your meat (bottom left) to lower cancer-causing components during cooking. DAILY MAIL