In 2012, 8.2 million people worldwide died of cancer: 1.59 million died of lung cancer, 745,000 died of liver cancer, 723,000 died of gastric cancer, 400,000 died of esophageal cancer…
These figures look terrible. At present, the consensus of the medical community on cancer is that prevention is more important than treatment.
What details can help prevent cancer in life? Dr. Clove has compiled this three-character sutra for everyone. I hope everyone will remember it:
Many fruits and vegetables, low sugar lipid; Anti-mildew, less pickling
Don’t be greedy and hot, keep it warm. Far-frying, near-stewing and stir-frying
Quit smoking early and drink less alcohol. Weight control, good mood
Next, Dr. Clove will explain why he did this.
Many fruits and vegetables, low sugar and fat
Eat fruits and vegetables every day and pay attention to less sugar and oil.
There is no doubt that eating a proper amount of fruits and vegetables every day is good for your health. You should ensure that you eat at least 2 portions of fruits and 3 portions of vegetables every day (click on the blue font to see how to eat them).
However, desserts with high sugar and oil, such as cream lasagna, must be limited, otherwise they will easily gain weight. Obesity is also an important risk factor for cancer.
Anti-mildew, less pickling
Don’t eat moldy food, eat less pickled food such as pickled vegetables.
Aflatoxin belongs to a substance with definite carcinogenic effect, and moldy peanuts, corn, nuts and other foods are prone to aflatoxin. Know that many middle-aged and elderly friends are thrifty, but it is not cost-effective to take such a big risk to eat moldy food.
Nitrite is easy to exceed the standard in pickled vegetables. Although nitrite itself will not lead to cancer, for people with gastrointestinal diseases or gastric acid deficiency, a large amount of nitrite will easily react with more amines in meat and generate carcinogenic nitrosamines after entering the stomach.
Don’t be greedy and hot, keep it warm.
Don’t swallow hot food in a hurry, try to eat warm food.
China is a country with a high incidence of esophageal cancer, with about 150,000 people dying of esophageal cancer every year. Although liking hot food is not the only culprit of esophageal cancer, it is indeed an important reason.
Some tests have confirmed that food exceeding 70 ℃ will burn the esophagus. If you eat hot food for many years, it will cause chronic trauma and inflammation of esophageal mucosa, which may eventually lead to the occurrence of esophageal cancer.
Therefore, friends who like to drink hot soup and eat hot food must get rid of this bad habit and wait for the food temperature to be lower before eating.
Far-frying, near-stewing and stir-frying
Pay attention to the cooking method, use less frying, and use stewing, steaming, quick frying and braising.
In the process of high-temperature frying, food is easy to produce carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. If you have to fry, please pay attention to using less oil, the lowest oil temperature and the shortest heating time on the premise of ensuring cooked and acceptable taste.
However, cooking methods such as stewing, steaming, quick frying and stewing can not only reduce the use of oil, but also reduce the possibility of carcinogens.
Quit smoking early and drink less alcohol.
Quit smoking early, drink less and try not to drink.
Tobacco and alcohol are substances with definite carcinogenic effects. Smoking is related to lung cancer, bladder cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer and other cancers, while alcoholism is related to liver cancer and esophageal cancer.
Therefore, friends who smoke should give up smoking now, for themselves and for their families.
As for alcoholic beverages, according to the recommendations of < < Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents 2007 Edition > >, the daily alcohol intake of adult males is less than 25 g, which is equivalent to 750 mL of beer, 250 mL of wine or 75 g of 38-degree liquor. Adult women consume less than 15 g of alcohol a day, which is equivalent to 450 mL of beer, 150 mL of wine or 50 g of 38-degree white wine. However, considering many other factors, health headlines suggest that everyone should stop drinking as much as possible.
Weight control, good mood
Keep in good shape, don’t be overweight, obese, obese friends should lose weight.
A Lancet study shows that obesity may increase the risk of uterine cancer by 62%, gallbladder cancer by 31% and kidney cancer by 25%. Therefore, friends with obesity problems should be steadfast in losing weight and don’t use [shut up and keep your legs open] as a slogan, just shouting but not implementing it.
Well, the meaning of the three-character sutra on cancer prevention has also been explained. Now it is up to everyone to do it.