How Meals can Help you Fight cancer Worries

Can Incorporating a Cancer Fighting attitude and diet into your Family Meals help overcome Cancer worries?

Cancer is a major killer today, 38 percent higher than Malaria and HIV combined. Studies reveal that 1 out of 5 death occurrences in both developed and underdeveloped countries are attributed to cancer. Did you know 30% of causes of Cancer can be remedied at home without any special medical care?

An unbalanced diet, insufficiency of information, the exorbitant cost of conventional cancer treatment and the medical community’s decline in embracing holistic therapies costs lives of an estimated 35% of people across the world. 

Costs related to cancer medication are fairly unmanageable both to the patient and the society globally and therefore spurs a discussion on the need to explore home tailored solutions in addressing cancerous ailments.

John Wesley is a nutritionist at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya and says Cancer can be handled in its early stages of development when the right diet is at play and through healthy living practices. "In order for us to get rid of cancer, we need to keep off our bad habits," he says. 

Lifestyle Changes to Cancer Prevention and treatment

Untreated water contains chemicals such as chlorides, fluorides and arsenic acids that if not broken down would predispose you to cancer. Boiling tap water breaks them making it safe for your body. Sarma, a beautician based in Kisumu, Nyanza region, believes women can do away with chemical products that threaten their health by embracing natural life, free of sodium laurel sulfate, propylene glycol among other hazardous products that lead to skin cancer.

Becca Tebon Health Fit Life Coach, and an Expert Speaker on matters related to health, currently working with Institute Of Integrative Nutrition West Palm Beach in Florida says no matter how sedentary you are, you need to exercise a little bit as this helps replenish body cells. Bleaching, a common phenomenon today can be hazardous to your health, research shows that chemicals used for bleaching contain hydroquinone and mercury which are active ingredients that result in precancerous lesions.

Smoking and alcoholic drinks as well cause Cancer, it’s important to refrain from both as they predispose you to suffer no matter the shortened pleasure you find in them. Drinking up to a pint of premium beer or a bowl of wine a day can considerably increase the risk of oesophageal, throat, breast, mouth and bowel cancers. Measured use of spices in food does not only provide the punch and tantalizing effect to your serving but has also been proved to be therapeutic to cancer. In a report published by NaturalHealth365, people who take a lot of spiced food have less risk of cancerous diseases as compared to those who hardly take spices. 

Red pepper services the heart by improving general blood flow. Studies have also demonstrated that indulgence in spicy food protects you against cancer by promoting a healthier heart.

"...Eat and cancel Cancer”, be a gourmand of lower risk Cancer Threat

World Health Organization recommends green leafy vegetables such as spinach, kales, and broccoli to be medically fit and certified to contain enzymes and vital nutrients that can help you fight cancer-causing cells. They are rich in fiber, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and phytochemicals that reduce your risks of contracting many types of cancer, including but not limited to skin, lung, breast and colorectal cancer. 

In earlier reports by Cancer Council, NSW, it’s widely reported that fruits and vegetables help check on cancerous diseases and their causes when taken in rightful quantities. They work by releasing specific anti-carcinogenic agents or helping maintain healthy body mass index. 

Samuel Adroa Kaikara, a resident of Kyazanga village, Western Uganda was diagnosed of skin Cancer in May 2001, this was agony to him, and a setback to his family as acquiring medication meant selling off all the family land, hard-earned fortune plus running a series of fundraising campaigns to settle chemo bills. The father of six recalls an evening he met his "savior" While attending a table banking fellowship in his village. His friend, Masawe a foodie asked him to resort to herbalism and vegetarian lifestyle a change that he records success in the healing of his skin. While narrating his plight with cancer, Mr. Kaikara said since he changed his lifestyle, he's free of the skin deformity he had witnessed while suffering from the dreadful illness. 

 "As you can see am a healthy person" boastful Kaikara said with an easy smile. He encouraged those suffering from cancer not to give up as the situation is under control. "You should not despair or just lose hope turn to vegetarian life, eat a lot of fruits, reduce the rate of red meat consumption and all shall be well with your health." He concluded. 

Recent studies conducted by the American Institute for Cancer research and published under Breast Cancer Research and treatment further proves that soy foods and cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, kales, cabbages, pumpkin leaves and seeds, collard greens, bok choy, Brussel and sprouts cuts on common effects of breast cancer while one is on medication.