The Top Cancer Busting Foods

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There is now more proof than ever before that having a change of diet, will in fact keep a lot of life-threatening diseases at bay. Originally our ancestors ate what was available at the time but now these days we are surrounded by lots of unnatural processed foods.

Nobody ever says that the additives contained within the food are actually harmful or not, but you can’t but help think that some people get cancer for a reason obviously, no doubt in years to come a lot of these links will drop into place and we will find out the real reason why it happens.

There are drugs on the market that are very good at preventing cancer, but quite often they can take a long time before they are actually available to use. So perhaps this is why preventive maintenance now is better rather than later after all mostly. It’s just a case of making a few necessary adjustments to what you’re eating.

< ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” /> Approximately one third of what you eat can be related to some of the cancers that we get, such as bowel cancer breast and prostate cancer and the other is lung cancer. Roughly statistics show that 300,000 people in the United Kingdom alone will be diagnosed with cancer every year.

But is it possible to not become a statistic yourself, by merely watching what you buy when you are you are out shopping and putting in your basket. There are a lot of other considerations in this equation and it’s not just purely down to diet there are a lot of other things involved as well.

Such as what we eat foods which we don’t eat how much exercise we get, whether or not we choose to drink or smoke etc if you become one of the unfortunate people to get cancer merely changing what you eat probably won’t be enough to alleviate the symptoms, although on the plus side it might make you feel a bit better, the experts however say that they don’t exactly know with pinpoint accuracy which foods are known to stop cancer from happening in the first place.

But hopefully in the not too distant future they will have the magic ingredients and put them in a pill to give to people. So to get you on the right track here are some foods which should help with cancer prevention bought as is stated these are not necessarily set in stone.But foods that will definitely do you more good than harm

Vegetables

eat plenty of the following

Cabbage cauliflower and broccoli

brussels sprouts, kale, spinach lettuce

Foods that contain fibre

Eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, wholemeal bread, wheatgerm breakfast cereals, eat plenty of things like muesli, Weetabix, shredded wheat, porridge (oatmeal). Pasta Brown rice and pulses such as chick peas, lentils, and kidney beans. One of the main reasons for eating plenty of fibre is it makes your bowel movements regular, were as if you eat plenty of red meat and it can stay within your bowels for quite some time. And this is where toxins can start to manifests and problems occur so very few of us eat enough fibre in our diets.

Fish

eating oily fish a approximate portion of 80 grams every other day, may help with not contracting bowel cancer but not only this, the Omega three oils contained within the fish are good for your heart also. It must be oily fish that you eat this is most important such fish as salmon, herring and mackerel are just fine.

Tomatoes

This particular fruit contain’s something called lypocene, which possibly could protect you from prostrate cancer this is something that a lot of men suffer from later on in life, something worth bearing in mind don’t think if you’re a man.

Soya type products

Things like tofu and soya milk are supposed to lower the risk of getting breast cancer, although more research needs to be done to actually confirm this.

Not so good news foods

Red meat

Try to keep on eye on the amount of red meat that you have within your diet, if you are eating more than two 80 grams portions of red meat a day then you are far more likely to, contract bowel cancer so keep tabs on the following meat foods and make sure you are eating them in moderation.

Beef, pork, lamb and veel and also be weary of processed meat in the form of ham, salami and bacon. Proteins contained with in some meat can make cancer forming compounds within the body.

Saturated fats

If you consume a large quantity of saturated fat within your diet, and you are a woman and have over 90 grams of saturated fat a day then you’re far more likely to contract breast cancer. Try to keep your intake of saturated fats below 40 grams per day then you should be fine.

Don’t forget however saturated fat is in a lot products these days so you must take it upon yourself to read the labels which unfortunately a lot of people don’t do.

Watch your weight

A global study which is following 500,000 people and monitoring their dietary habits over a period of 10 years they have found that being obese can be a major factor in some cancers being developed, so the advice they give is cut down on fatty and sugary foods. They are trying to find the links between obesity and cancer so they can understand the mechanisms behind it.

And one final thing eat as many foods as you can that contain antioxidants namely phytochemicals these are the natural antioxidant properties, within foods that prevent cell damage. Finally remember that prevention is better than cure.

Source http://nutritionandfitness.axappphealthcare.co.uk/eating_features9.html

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