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  • Dietary Habits Help You Prevent Cancer
  • According to the survey, influenced by multi-factors such as high-fat diet, lack of exercise, smoking, etc, more and more people in modern society begin to suffer from cancer such as colon cancer, breast cancer, and so on. So how to prevent the occurrence of cancer from daily diet?

    First of all, keep a balanced diet: a balanced diet can provide you every nutrient needed by the body. In fact, there are many reasons that may cause cancer. It is not only caused by single factor or single food, so we should take in different kinds of nutrients and food, so as to achieve the effect of preventing cancer, because a lot of nutrients are complementary with each other, and each of them is indispensable.

    Secondly, reduce the intake of high-fat food: if you absorb too much fat in daily diet, it will easily increase the risk of breast cancer and colon cancer. Besides animal oil and fried food, you should also eat less snacks such as cakes, biscuit and so on.

    Thirdly, do not often eat salted, smoked and barbecue food: pickled and smoked food often contains carcinogen nitrite. While barbecue food always contain another kind of carcinogen. Fruits and vegetables contain a lot of antioxidants such as vitamin A, vitamin E and vitamin C, which can inhibit the synthesis of carcinogenic factor.

    Fourthly, reduce the intake of alcoholic beverages: alcoholic drinks not only contain some carcinogens, but also will stimulate the mucosal inflammation. In addition, drinking too much alcohol can lead to malnutrition, loss of immunity, and may increase the chance of suffering from cancer.

    Fifthly, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables: fruits and vegetables contain natural antioxidant factor, which is very helpful to resist against free radicals and reduce the cancer cells. The natural antioxidants contained in vegetables and fruits include vitamins C, vitamin E, beta-carotene, and the trace elements such as selenium, zinc, manganese, and so on. In addition, fruits and vegetables contain a lot of plant chemical compositions, such as polyphenols, flavonoids, allicin, etc, all of which have an anti-cancer effect.

    Sixthly, increase the intake of fiber. In addition to fruits and vegetables, whole grains and beans are also the best sources of fiber. Experts have pointed out that, if the human body takes in enough fiber, it plays an important role in the prevention of cancer. You can choose to eat whole wheat bread, coarse cereals, brown rice, and so on.


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