CANCER
Prevention Starts on Your Plate
Let's face it:
It's really hard to see a light side of cancer. Even jokes about this deadly
disease can't help but remind us of our mortality.
But one of the
brightest sides of cancer these days is that so much of it seems to be
preventable. Many experts believe that at least 50 percent of cancer cases
could be averted with changes in diet. But because changing their diets is not
an easy thing for people to do, some experts believe that. supplements may be
needed to make up for existing nutritional deficiencies.
"There's no
one magic bullet to prevent cancer, but there are dietary changes you can make
that, when combined, will certainly reduce your risk of cancer," says
Patrick Quillin, R.D., Ph.D., certified nutrition specialist, nutritional
director for the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, headquartered in
Arlington Heights, Illinois, and author of Beating Cancer with. Nutrition.
The sooner you
make those dietary changes, the better your chances of never having to battle
this deadly foe, Dr. Quillin says. "Cancer usually develops slowly, over
many years, and goes through a number of stages," he adds.
Nutrition is most
likely to have an impact on the early precancerous stages known as initiation
and progression. These stages include potentially stoppable, even reversible,
changes in a cell's genetic material, which are often the result of damage
caused by chemical reactions in the body. Once the genetic changes are
complete, however, and the now cancerous celljbe-gins to multiply, nutrition is
no longer a sole therapy option.
Researchers are
still figuring out the exact details of a cancer-preventing diet, and they
probably will be for a long time to come. Sometimes contradictory findings
remind us that much remains to be learned about nutrition and cancer.
Nevertheless, certain nutrients stand out as valiant warriors in the war
against cancer. Here's what research shows
Food Factors
Just about everything
that goes in your mouth can play a role, positive or negative, when it comes to
cancer. Vitamins and minerals are only part of the story. Experts offer these
additional dietary suggestions to reduce your risk.
Eschew the fat. A high-fat diet ups your
odds for most kinds of cancer.
Experts say that
an optimum cancer-preventive diet should contain no more than 20 to 25 percent
of calories from fat. That's about half of the amount of fat that most
Americans eat.
To reach that
goal, stick mostly with fruits and vegetables, whole grains and beans, fish and
shellfish, lean meats and low-fat or nonfat dairy products.
Change the
one-third rule. Experts used to suggest that you get no more than one-third of
your daily fat allotment from each of these sources: saturated fats,
polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats.
Saturated fats,
which are hard at room temperature, include animal fatslard and butter, for
example and hydrogenated vegetable oils, the white stuff that comes in a can.
(Lots of processed foods are made with hydrogenated vegetable oils; make sure
you read the labels carefully.)
Polyunsaturated
fats include most vegetable oils, such as corn, saf-flower, sunflower and soy.
Monounsaturated fats include olive oil, canola oil and the fat found in
avocados.
But there is
growing evidence that monounsaturated oils can help prevent certain kinds of
cancer. That is why some researchers are beginning to suggest that the
one-third rule be changed. They recommend that you get no more than one-fourth
of your daily fat allotment from saturated fats, another one-fourth from
polyunsatu-rates and the remaining half from the healthy monounsaturates. You
can increase your use of monounsaturates "by switching to olive oil or
canola oil or by mixing them equally with polyunsaturated oils when you cook.
Use the freshest
oils you can -find, at least one expert recommends. Never use rancid oil if it
smells "off," toss it. Oils become rancid as they oxidize and produce
damaging free radicals. Buy your oil in small quantities and keep it
refrigerated.
Go on green. While
beta-carotene has gotten most of the attention, evidence suggests that other
components in vegetables may prove as powerful at licking cancer. One of them,
lutein, is found in broccoli, green peas, celery, kale and spinach.
Watercress may
also fight cancer. In one study, a compound in watercress called PEITC appeared
to prevent lung cancer in experimental animals exposed to cigarette smoke.
Don't forget the
tomatoes. While they don't contain much beta-carotene, tomatoes are packed with
lycopene, a close relative with suspected health benefits. A study from Italy
found that people who ate seven or more servings a week of raw tomatoes were 60
percent less likely to develop cancer of the stomach, colon or rectum compared
with people who ate two or fewer servings a week. Besides tomatoes, ruby red
grapefruit and sweet red peppers are good sources of lycopene.
Be a tea tippler.
It turns out that tea contains substances called polyphenols that, in
laboratory animals at least, have been proven to have cancer-preventing
properties. "These substances act as antioxi-dants and neutralize
cell-damaging free radicals just as vitamins do," explains Zhi Y. Wang,
Ph.D., associate research professor in the Department of Dermatology at
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City.
Both green and
black tea are rich in polyphenols. Based on his research, Dr. Wang suggests
that you use regular tea, which naturally contains caffeine, rather than
artificially decaffeinated tea, because regular tea has better
cancer-protecting effects.
Gobble up garlic.
This pungent bulb wards off more than evil spirits. A study from researchers at
Pennsylvania State University in University Park founcj, that garlic inhibits
breast cancer cell formation. And Iowa researchers found that eating garlic at
least once a week cut women's risk of colon cancer by one-third compared with
women who never ate garlic.
Compounds in garlic, onions and chives
all members of the allium vegetable family are involved in the production of
enzymes that neutralize cancer-causing chemicals.
My comment :
Cancer is disease its very dead and
very dangerous. Cancer is the result grown abnormal to cell body changed to be
cancer calls. In grown up, this cancer cells can spread other to part of body.
Cancer that can cause is dead. It’s cluster more complex from as kind of cancer
diases. Cancer can get influence every body in body human. Many people shocked
when knowing cancer that can effect parts body such as eye and heart. Kind of
cancer effect, indicatio, and medicine method is different. Such as cluster
other of disuase, some kind of cancer that is more general from other.
Eat also can be other factor cause of
cancer. Example kind of eat in can cause cancer is eat sour. Can get level
effect being side cancer. Drink is can alcohol caused effect more than high
troat cancer.
Although
it is very difficult to cure cancer , but still there are many ways to prevent
the body from cancer . Healthy lifestyle , exercise , maintain a diet , taking
vitamins , reducing the consumption of junk food , cigarettes and alcohol
reduce a little ways to reduce cancer risk . Although cancer is difficult to
detect as early as possible , but it is good we keep ourselves from all forms
of cancer risk factors . keep your health to avoid the disease.
DIBLIOGRATHY
Healing With
Vitamins, By the edits of Prevention Health Books, Rodale.
