Tips to prevent cancer

Everyone must have longed to live healthy and happy throughout their lives, but there is a dangerous disease that can be fatal, such as cancer. How can we prevent cancer?

Cancer is a malignant disease that can cause a person or sufferer in death if not handled further. However, each person can take precautions so that you are protected from this deadly disease.

There are some simple tips that you can make reference to prevent cancer include:

a. Examine the risk for offspring

One of the causes of cancer from our heredity. If there is a parent or sibling with cancer, cancer may also attack other family members. To determine whether there was a family member who had cancer is very important in order to prevent cancer.

b. Avoid foods that are smoked and burned

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Other causes of cancer are smoked foods, baked, or pickled, for Example such as smoked fish or pickled foods. Food is likely to cause cancer. Therefore avoid or reduce the frequency of eating these foods become imperative to prevent cancer.

c. Avoiding food additives

Many foods today are mixed with dye to make it look attractive. Though the content of these dyes are very harmful to the body and can lead to cancer. To prevent cancer, you should try to avoid foods that use dyes. Using food dye can be seen from the color of the food looks much more attractive than the original color.

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d. Avoiding fatty foods

Fat causes many problems in the body. Fat is a trigger for cancer. To prevent cancer, avoid high-fat foods such as red meat, cakes, and so on.

e. Don’t forget to exercise

Exercising is a good way to prevent cancer. Because when you exercise, the body will burn fat and speed up metabolism. It will prevent the occurrence of cancer. You don't have to have to be strenuous exercise. Moderate exercise such as brisk walking or jogging can help to prevent cancer.

f. Consumption of vitamin A, C, and E

Vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E have antioxidant properties which are very useful for preventing cancer. The vitamins can you get from fruits, vegetables, and other foods. You can also take dietary supplements sold in drugstores, but remember to consult with your doctor so that you get more accurate information.

g. Healthy sexual behavior

Not have multiple partners in the sex also be a great way to prevent cancer because cancer is also possible due to unhealthy sexual behavior.

You also need to pay attention to prevention tips compiled by Women's Day, which is mentioned below:

1. Keeping a Balanced Weight Loss

Recent research shows that being overweight can increase the risk of colon cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, esophageal cancer (cancer of the esophagus), endometrial cancer (cancer outside the uterus tissue), and post-menopausal breast cancer. BMI or Body Mass Index is a calculation to determine your ideal weight by comparing the amount of weight and height.

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A healthy person has a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 numbers. While the cancer risk was found in people with a BMI of 23 or more the amount. Example of BMI calculation method, weight = 55 kg and TB = 165 cm, then BMI = (55) / (1.65) * (1.65) = 20.2.

2. Walking 10 Minutes Every Day

Reports of studies at the University of California shows that walking 10 minutes a day can lower the risk of developing breast cancer. Stated in the study, women who do 45-60 minutes of exercise such as brisk walking or cycling for as long as at least five times a week can increase the body's protection against breast cancer or colon cancer.

3. Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

Consumption of fruits and vegetables not only makes your weight to be ideal but eating colorful fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of cancer. Fruits and vegetables contain fiber which is very beneficial for our body.

Colleen Doyle, RD, Director of Nutrition and Physical Activity for ACS reminds us that: "The habit that is often done in a healthy diet can also reduce the risk of cancer, including cancers of the lung, mouth, esophagus, stomach, and colon cancer,"

4. Avoid smoking and Smoke Inhalation

As many as 87% of deaths on lung cancer caused by smoking. About ten years after you quit smoking, the risk of lung cancer is reduced at least by half, as well as the risk of developing cancer of the mouth, bladder, and kidney cancer is greatly reduced, obviously Norman Edelman, MD, chief medical officer of the America Lung Association. If you are not a smoker, then you also have to stay away from people who frequently smoke, the smoke inhaled by the smoker the same effect.

5. Avoid Alcohol

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Alcohol increases your risk of oral cancer, oral cavity cancer (larynx), esophagus, liver, and breast. Although only drank a little, but it can have a major impact on the health of the body. Recorded in the study, women who drank alcohol during the week associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.

A short note to you:

Cancer can be suffered by adult men and women, children, teenagers from all social and economic backgrounds. Let's create healthy living so we can make healthy children and happy families. 

 If we could live in a healthy lifestyle, then we can prevent cancer. Health experts and doctors have long advocated for pro-active public health screening in hospitals or health centers, so we know what to do after we do the medical checkup.

Let's enjoy a beautiful life. Please share this information with your family, and friends around the world.