The primary goal of an anticancer diet is to boost your immunity and crack down on inflammation while making sure you are getting all the nutrients you need to stay healthy. You do this by including some types of food in your everyday diet and eliminating, or at least cutting back on, others.But not all cancers are the same, and not all respond to the same dietary interventions. And while a healthy diet is one of the most important tools you can use to fight cancer and other chronic diseases, it’s not always helpful to take it to extremes.Below you’ll see some of the most common questions — and evidence-based answers — regarding diet and cancer.