I just read a report about 27 different foods that help fight cancer because of antioxidants. That's all very fascinating. But the truth of the matter is we don't really know what causes cancer. There are theories out there, ongoing research, but in the end no one really knows. The report that never seems to get published is the one that covers details of people that have cancer...
Every time I hear an advertisement for a product that says 'it is safe for cancer patients' or 'will not cause cancer' I have to think to myself-- How do they know? There are so many products out there, along with zillions of pharmaceuticals that it seems virtually impossible to come to any sort of concrete conclusion about what might or might not cause cancer...
Health advocates and the popular press have been telling us that diet is a major risk factor for many kinds of cancer. One of the strongest cases for a relationship between diet and cancer is the case of meat consumption and colon cancer risk. Studies have shown that incidence of colon cancer is generally low in nations and in cultures where meat consumption is low, while in Europe and North America, where meat consumption is high, colon cancer incidence is also high...
A variety of published studies show that a high carotenoid intake is directly related to a decreased risk of cancer. The carotenoids are the pigments that give vegetables such as carrots, squash, and tomatoes their bright colors. All yellow and orange fruits and dark-green leafy vegetables have these compounds...
Cancer is probably the most dreaded of all diseases. It is one of the leading killer overall, after heart disease. Thus cancer prevention is a goal that almost everyone would agree is worth achieving. The book, "Changing the Odds : Cancer Prevention Through Personal Choice and Public Policy," by R. Grant Steen, gives us some tips to avoid cancer : (more...
Why do certain cells multiply to produce the outlaws we call cancer cells? We don't know. What we know, for example, is that after cells have become cancerous, the situation changes, and it is not possible to curb the aggressive multiplying cancer cells by good nutrition. While some studies showed possible nutritional manipulation to starve cancer cells and make them multiply more slowly, the animal or person that bears the cancer is generally being starved simultaneously too...
Research studies have found many factors which lead to the formation of cancer. A couple of studies that repeatedly showed that eating meat fat is a cause of cancer : * A 12-year research study, of more than 5,000 vegetarians and over 6,000 meat eaters found that vegetarian diets reduce risk of death from all causes, including cancer...
A study found that coconut oil contains superior anti-cancer properties. Dr. Clara Lim Sylianco, discovered that the low-cost coconut oil can prevent the formation of cancer cells induced by chemicals. Sylianco began testing rats in January 1990, by introducing to rats various cancer-causing chemicals, particularly those that produce carcinogenic properties on the skin as well as other abnormalities on the fetus, liver and colon...
Prevention is still the only realistic means of battling cancer. As has been said "Cancer prevention remains as the most essential method of preventing early deaths from cancer." From the "Natural Remedies Encyclopedia (4th ed., c2004), the best cancer-fighting foods include : * Carotene-rich foods : carrots, yams, green vegetables, tomatoes...
Cancer generally is easier to prevent than to treat, health experts say. Nourishing the body, building up the immune system and avoiding excess and debilitating substances enables the body to resist cancer. Report from the National Cancer Institute, Press Bureau said : "About 80% of cancer cases appear to be linked to the way people lived their lives...
