Cancer prevention
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- Eat properly Reduce your consumption of saturated fat and red meat, as it may increase your risk of colon cancer and more aggressive form of prostate cancer. To prevent this you should consume more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Obesity increases the risk of many forms of cancer, calories count. Too much body fat can cause levels of growth hormones to rise.
- Avoid exposure to radiation To prevent cancer, ONLY get medical imaging when needed. Check your home for residential radon, which can cause lung cancer, Protect yourself from ultraviolet radiation in sunlight, which increases your risk for melanomas and other skin cancer. Exposure to too much radiation can damage tissues by changing cell structure and damaging DNA.
- Avoid industrial and enviromental toxins Avoid exposure to toxins such as asbestos fibers, benzene, aromatic amines, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as they can cause cancers. As these toxins can cause DNA damage, immune impairment, ect.
- Alcohol limiting If you drink you can still prevent mouth cancer by limiting yourself to one drink a day. Alcohol damages cells by binding with DNA. Excess alcohol increases your risk of cancer in the mouth. Such as larynax, esophagus, liver, and colon.
- Avoid infections contributed to cancer Infections contributed to cancer are HIV, human papillomavirus, and hepatitis. Many of these infections contributed to cancer are transmitted sexually or through contained needles. Use protection and ask partner about any transmittable infection in order to prevent this.
- Get enough vitamin D Although protection is far from proven, evidence suggests that vitamin D may be able to help reduce prostate cancer, colon cancer, and other maligances. Vitamin D might slow or decrease cancer by decreasing cell growth, stimulating cell death, ect.
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