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American dietitian Dr Mary Flynn, basing her new diet on the 25 years research, says she knows the right diet to prevent breast cancer for healthy women and help those who've had the disease recover faster.

The doctor says there are several NOs if you want to live breast-cancer-free:
-overweight
-low-fat diet

the YES's
-vegetables
-rich in fat products
-red wine (occasionally)
-cutting on red meat
(Dr Flynn suggests avoiding meat, poultry and seafood completely — and certainly in the first two weeks of the diet — simply because they don’t have the same cancer-fighting properties of other foods.
Her ideal cancer-fighting diet would, she says, be totally vegetarian, because every calorie squandered on meat is one that could be spent on food that will be actively fighting disease on your behalf.
MEAT: Although you don’t have to avoid it, meat can undo the good work of this diet. That’s because it contains amino acids that stimulate insulin — and high insulin levels have been linked to breast cancer. Amino acids can also be converted in our bodies to homocysteine, a compound linked to disease-causing inflammation. The risk of cancer, including breast cancer, is related to the ratio of plant products to meat consumption. The more plants and less meat you eat, the lower your cancer threat. You should particularly avoid cured meats, such as ham or salami, which contain carcinogenic sodium nitrates.
OILY FISH: Unlike many health experts, Dr Flynn doesn’t recommend eating more oily fish. ‘Studies show that just adding omega-3s (found in fish oil) to your diet will not make you healthier; nor do they protect against cancer,’ she says. What is important is the ratio of omega-3s to omega-6s (found in vegetable oils), and we eat too much omega-6. The answer, Dr Flynn says, is not to add more omega-3, but to cut back on omega-6. So avoid margarine and vegetable oils such as sunflower or corn oil.)

here's other tips for the healthy diet that can help you protect yourself from breast cancer

The diet is not about counting calories, but about making sure you get a set number of certain food groups a day. Following the diet will ensure you have 1,500 calories a day. Once you achieve your target weight, you can continue the diet long-term by allowing yourself the occasional day 'off diet' (eg, follow the diet for four or five days a week, with a couple of 'cheat days' when you can return to old dietary habits).

The key is to choose your food according to the following simple guidelines.

Every day you should have:

STARCH: 6-7 servings per day - ideally wholegrain. A typical serving size is a slice of bread; one pitta; half a bagel; 1oz/25g breakfast cereal; 1oz/25g uncooked rice or pasta; 3oz/150g potatoes; 3 cups air-popped popcorn.

VEGETABLES: Unlimited, but at least four servings per day (ideally cooked in olive oil).

FAT: 4-5 servings per day, at least three from olive oil. A typical serving is 1 tablespoon oil; 2 tablespoons nuts, sunflower seeds or pine nuts; 1 tablespoon peanut butter; ¼ avocado; 4oz/100g stoned olives.

FRUIT: 3 servings per day. A typical serving is 1 apple; 4 apricots; half a banana; 13 cherries; 17 grapes, 1½ kiwis; 1 nectarine; 1 orange; 1 peach; 2 plums; 3 prunes; 2 tablespoons raisins.

DAIRY: 2 servings per day. A serving is 1 cup/250ml skimmed milk; 1 large egg; 1 oz/25g hard cheese; 4oz/100g cottage cheese; 125ml yoghurt.

MEAT: Optional, but don't have more than 12oz of poultry and seafood (roughly two chicken or fish fillets) per week. You can replace 6oz of poultry or seafood with 6oz of beef, pork or lamb once a month only.

YOUR DAILY MEAL PLANNER

A typical day's food would be:

BREAKFAST(about 400 calories):
2 servings of wholegrain starch.
1-2 servings of fat (eg nuts and nut butters).
1 serving of deep-coloured fruit.
Optional: One or two servings of dairy and any amount of vegetables.

LUNCH (500-600 calories):
2 servings wholegrain starch or beans.
2 servings of vegetables.
1-2 tbsps extra virgin olive oil.
1-2 servings of fruit (preferably deep-coloured).
Optional: Cheese, egg, nuts (substitute for olive oil), some of your meat, poultry, or seafood allowance.

DINNER (500-600 calories):
3-4 servings of wholegrain starch or beans.
2 or more servings of vegetables.
1-2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil.
1 serving of fruit (preferably deep-coloured).
Optional: Cheese, some of your meat, poultry, or seafood allowance

Flynn also says that eating enough fruits, vegetables, olive oil, wholegrains, dairy/eggs will help you live longer and healthier (however, consult your doctor before choosing any particular diet )

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Your diet can make you vulnerable to diseases. It can also protect you from diseases. Hence, to improve the quality of your life, you should plan your meals carefully.
Health experts consider nutrition as an important factor in determining the risk of breast cancer. A healthy diet could lower the risk of the disease. Dietary intervention could prevent recurrence of the disease in women with a history of breast cancer.
Recently, scientists studied the effects of diet on mice that were genetically modified to develop breast cancer. Once bred, they fed female mice a diet high in either omega-3 fatty acids or omega-6 fatty acids throughout pregnancy and while breastfeeding their young mice. Once weaned, the young female mice continued on either the omega-3 or omega-6 diet. All the baby mice on the omega-6 fatty acid diet showed tumor development by 6 months of age, while those on the healthy, omega-3 fatty acid diet had only 13% incidence of tumor development. Most people's diets are high in meat, eggs, poultry, snack crackers, chips, sweets, baked goods, vegetables oils, and margarine-foods high in omega-6 fatty acids and low in omega-3 fatty acids. This type diet may actually increase the risk for breast cancer.