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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Tips for Staving Off the Big C’s – Part II

Say no to ‘White’ breads

According to Harvard Medical School trial enrolling thirty-eight thousand females, those consuming foods having high GI (glycemic index) causal to quick surge in blood glucose – may be at a greater risk for colorectal cancer as compared to females consuming low GI food types. Offenders are largely – white pastas, breads, sugared pastry whereas ideal low GI foods are fiber-rich.

Genetic Screening

In case you have a family past for some cancer form or several cancers then do visit a genetic counsellor. For example, almost all people with FAP (a heritable pre-disposition to colon cancer) leads to the development of the condition by forty years of age unless preventative surgical intervention is not conducted. Identifying it sooner could assist in preventing it.
MRI scan for breast cancer

Requesting for Superior Breast Scans

In case one is at an elevated risk for breast cancer – having gene mutations BRCA1,2 – for instance –then asking the physician for pairing one’s regular mammography alongside an Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan. A trial noted that in unison, the duo were able to spot nearly ninety-four percent of tumors while mammogram solely identified forty percent & MRI spotted seventy-seven percent.

Prudent Grilling

Foods when cooked on bare flames are an ideal means of curbing calorific worth though regrettably it could additionally augment risk of developing cancer. The elevated temperature during grilling could activate production of carcinogens like HCA or heterocyclic amines. However a simple means of averting this danger is keeping gas jet in ‘sim’ and waiting till the charcoal pieces turn radiant ember prior to any food being cooked. Try to lace the burger with some high-antioxidant herb forms like rosemary, thyme to lower HCA levels in meats. One could even microwave the meats beforehand to aid in disabling HCAs forming and reducing grill time.

Staying Active

According to study done is Canada, females in their post-menopause phase who stayed physically active (mostly doing domestic chores) curbed their breast cancer risk by thirty percent.

Letting Garlic sit

A vampire and cancer staving food, its potent cancer-combatant properties are best preserved by chopping them and letting them lie around. Studies indicate that garlic when heated could obstruct alliinase activity by ninety percent (an enzyme which aids in forming a cancer-combatant compound). The enzyme is however triggered on crushing or cutting garlic. Though in case chopped garlic is allowed to lie around for around ten minutes pre-heating then ample compounds are produced that could endure cooking.

Checking Radon levels

Being exposed to the odour-free, radioactive gas emitted through innate uranium decaying is among the prime reasons for lung cancer in the U.S. One must get one’s residence checked for radon levels. NRSB’s hotline at 800-SOS-RADON provides cost-effective testing kits that are additionally obtainable in hardware shops.

Tips to prevent cancerGo Red-Hot

Red-coloured fruit forms like tomatoes, pinkish grapefruits, watermelons are lycopene-rich which have been found to combat cancers. It appears that fruit forms when heated make the lycopene simpler for our bodies to utilize, hence those males eating loads of ketchups, pizzas- spaghettis (laden with tomato sauces) have a much lesser likelihood of developing prostate cancer.

Ditching the hot dog

A trial enrolling almost two lakh individuals noted that those who ate a hot dog on an everyday basis might be boosting their risk for developing cancer of the pancreas that is almost lethal in most instances (by sixty-seven percent). Analogous is pertinent for daily consumption of sausages and meat forms that have undergone processing.

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