Beat cancer
HOW DOES CANCER START AND HOW TO BEAT THEM
All cancers begin in the body cells. Our bodies are comprised of over one hundred million cells. All cancers start with changes in one or more cells. Normally everybody has the right number of each type of body cell.
That is because cells send signals to control the rate by which they divide. In case any of the signals is defective or missing, the cells may start growing and multiplying too fast and end up forming a tumour. Leukaemia, the blood cancer originates from blood cells. Instead of developing solid tumours, the cancer cells accumulate in the blood or the bone marrow.
How to Avoid Cancer
There is no any definite cause or cure of cancer, and hence, you can only shun it by avoiding the things that are related to it. Here are some diets and healthy lifestyles that can help you avoid getting cancer.
Prioritize Marinate Meat
Processed, charred, roasted or fried meats can contain carcinogenic heterocyclic amines. These amines form when meat is roasted at high temperatures. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons can as well get into food when it is charcoal-boiled. If you like the grill, add some rosemary and thyme to your preferred marinade and then soak the meat for around one hour before cooking it. These antioxidant-rich spices reduce HCAs by an overwhelming 87 percent.
Drinking Coffee Regularly
Coffee enthusiasts who drink more than five cups of caffeinated coffee on a daily basis have 40 percent less risk of brain cancer as compared with those who drink less. A five-cup-a-daily coffee habit minimizes risks of the throat and oral cancer almost as much. The caffeine, Decaf has no similar effect, but coffee is quite a potent protector against the cancers than tea, which also offers protection against the brain cancer.
Drink Lots of Water
Drinking a lot of water and other hydrating liquids reduces the risk of contracting bladder cancer by diluting the concentration of carcinogens in urine and assisting flushing them faster through the bladder. You should take at least eight cups of liquid daily.
Eat a lot of Green Vegetables
Eat the darkest varieties of green vegetables. The chlorophyll which constitutes their colour gives them the crucial magnesium which lowers the risk of colon cancer, especially in women. Magnesium affects communication between the cells. Without the right amount of magnesium, cells may divide and replicate when they haphazardly.
Body Exercise
Moderate body exercises such as walking two hours weekly cuts risk of contracting breast cancer by 18 percent. Regular workouts may minimize your risks by assisting you to burn fat, which produces estrogen, which is associated with breast cancer.
Eat Only Clean Foods
It is highly recommended that you buy meat free of antibiotics or even added hormones. These two agents are suspected of triggering endocrine problems which include cancer among other issues. You are also advised that you buy products grown free of pesticides and that you wash conventionally grown products thoroughly to remove any residues. The foods that are known to have most pesticides are celery, peaches, apples, blueberries and strawberries. At least 40 notorious carcinogens are usually found in pesticides and hence you should try to minimize your exposure to them.
Maximize Your Calcium Intake
High intake of milk may also help in protecting you from the deadly colon cancer. Those people who regularly take calcium religiously for at least four years have a 36 percent reduction in the contraction of the precancerous colon polyps. Though this does not mean that milk is the best source of calcium, you can get the equal amount of calcium in about three 8-ounce glasses of fat-less milk together with an 8-ounce serving of the regular yogurt or a 3-ounce ration of low-fat cheese every day.
Avoid Unnecessary Scans
In the modern world, CT scans are a superb diagnostic tool, but they produce pretty much more radiation than their equivalent x-rays and are also prone to be overused. In fact, researchers say that one-third of all CT scans are unnecessary and could be avoided. Their high doses of radiation can cause leukaemia. Therefore, it is advisable that you make sure that CT scans are not repeated just in case you visit multiple doctors. You should also ask if other applicable tests such as an ultrasound or even MRI could be applied instead.
Avoid Obesity
The condition of being overweight accounts for, at least, 20 percent of all cancer deaths in women. It also accounts for around 14 percent of deaths in men. However, you should not consider yourself as overweight if your body mass is between 25 to 29.9.The body mass index of obese people starts from 30 and above. Losing a lot of weight reduces the body’s secretion of female hormones which may protect against getting breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and endometrial cancer. You should also note that even if you are not technically obese, gaining only 10 pounds after the age of 29 increases your risk of contracting breast, cervical and pancreatic as well as other cancers.