Cancer: Reduce Your Risk, Extend Your Life
Most people have a healthy fear of cancer, and who can blame them? Watching someone cope with this disease can be frightful. That said, you can make some changes in your life to help you keep cancer at bay and have a healthier life. This article will detail a few ideas you can start implementing today.
Surprisingly enough, if you plan to grill meat on the barbecue, your best bet is to marinade it or coat it in a thick layer of sauce. Once meat hits the grill, chemicals which benefit cancer increase within it. If you soak it so that the flames never actually touch the meat, the chemicals are reduced. If you want to better your chances even greater, cook the meat in the oven first and then finish it on the grill.
If you want to throw a healthy food on the grill which helps you further reduce your cancer risk, choose salmon. Studies show that those who ate fish four or more times every week developed blood cancer 30 percent less frequently than those who didn't. That means their chances of developing myeloma, lymphoma and leukemia dropped like a rock. Shrimp is another excellent choice, as are scallops, tuna and halibut when it comes to reducing endometrial cancer risk.
You are what you eat, and adding garlic to your food will help you be healthy and cancer-free. The sulfur compounds found in garlic help to bolster the immune system when it comes to fighting cancerous cells. They not only can help you keep tumors at bay, but are said to cause tumors to slow their growth. When it comes to stomach cancer, the benefits are even greater, decreasing the risk of developing this malady by as many as twelve times!
Want to boost garlic's benefits even more? Crush two cloves and mix with two tablespoons of olive oil and saute, then add in some diced, cooked tomatoes. Cooked tomatoes have a boost in lycopene's effectiveness, so they are your best choice. This becomes an amazing tomato sauce you can serve on top of whole wheat spaghetti. The tomatoes will help you avoid bladder, colon and prostate cancer, while the olive oil actually increases your absorption of the lycopene itself. Eating a meal full of fiber assists in reducing your risk of developing colon cancer. What else is great about this dish? It tastes amazing and is healthy, too!
If you want to super boost your breakfast when it comes to cancer prevention, add blueberries to your high fiber cereal. They're full of antioxidants which fend off free radicals, preventing cell damage and the resulting cancerous changes. They also help prevent other diseases, so they're worth eating every day, if you can.
All you have to do to increase your chances of remaining cancer-free is make these changes in your life. You should also continue reading articles just like this one to learn about other techniques available to you. The changes you make will extend your life, better your health and give you some peace of mind.
