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Saturday, 29 June 2013

HOW DO YOU PREVENT CANCER FROM OCCURING - FEW TIPS THAT I FEEL WILL HELP IN A LONG RUN


Cancers don’t develop overnight or out of nowhere and it is largely predictable with just a few simple changes in your daily life. Significantly, you can reduce your risk by following the below tips everyday which will help you to inoculate yourself against cancer.

1.      Eat broccoli whenever possible: Broccoli is a cancer-preventing superfood and one you should eat frequently. It destroys 97% of the vegetable’s cancer-protective flavonoids. Thus, it is better to steam it and eat it raw as a snack or add it to soups and salads.

2.      Add garlic to everything you eat: Garlic contains sulfur compounds that may stimulate the immune system’s natural defences against cancer and may have the potential to reduce tumour growth. It can reduce the incidence of stomach cancer.

3.      Buy a cantaloupe at the grocery store: Store it in a container and eat several pieces every morning. Certainly, cantaloupe is a great source of carotenoids and plant chemicals shown to significantly reduce the risk of lung cancer.

4.      Eat half a cup of blueberries in the morning: Blueberries rank number one in terms of their antioxidant power. In fact, antioxidants neutralize free radicals which are unstable compounds that can damage cells and lead to diseases including cancer.

5.      Take up a tea habit: The healing powers of green tea have been valued in Asia for thousands of years. New research reveals that it protects against a variety of cancers as well as heart disease. Indeed, a chemical in green tea called EGCG could be one of the most powerful anticancer compounds ever discovered.

6.      Get about 15 minutes of sunlight on your skin each day: Researchers find that getting too little vitamin D from the sunshine may increase your risk of multiple cancers including breast, prostate, colon, ovarian and stomach as well as it reduces high blood pressure.

7.      Take a 30-minute walk every evening after dinner: The moderate exercise reduces levels of estrogen and a hormone that contributes to breast cancer. Thus, four hours a week of walking or hiking with cutting the risk of pancreatic cancer in half according to the research.

8.      Take a multivitamin every morning and buy organic foods: Many studies suggest getting the ideal levels of vitamins and minerals can improve your immune system function and help to prevent a variety of cancers.  Organic foods are grown without added pesticides or hormones both of which can cause cellular damage that may eventually lead to cancer.

9.      Toast some Brazil nuts and sprinkle over your salad: They are rich form of selenium and a trace mineral that kills cancer cells and helps cells repair their DNA. They help in reducing the risks of all kinds of cancers.
10.      Drink more water: You must drink 6 to 8 glasses of water everyday which can help in reducing the risk of bladder cancer in half. It can also reduce the cause for colon cancer if you drink more water daily.