In fact, cancer can be prevented. According to the World Health Organization, cancer is also a lifestyle disease. Adhering to a lifestyle of non-smoking, healthy diet, moderate exercise and preventing and controlling related infections can prevent 40% of cancers; advocating a healthy lifestyle and staying away from risk factors is the first priority of cancer prevention.
A healthy lifestyle should be.
(1) Quit smoking and limit alcohol.
(2) Exercise in moderation and maintain a good state of mind.
(3) Eat a reasonable diet and maintain a normal weight.
(4) Vaccination, such as hepatitis B vaccine, cervical cancer vaccine (HPV vaccine), etc.
(5) Keep the surrounding environment hygienic and reduce pollution. Stay away from jobs that are heavily polluted such as decoration, baking paint and leather. Because health is much more important than temporary salary.
(6) Frequent breast self-examination and regular cervical cancer cytology examination for adult women.
Stay away from tobacco
Smoking is the main cause of lung, throat, oral cavity, pharynx and esophagus cancers, and is a contributing factor to bladder, pancreatic, liver, cervical, kidney, stomach, colorectal and certain leukemias.
Healthy Eating
The occurrence of many cancers is closely related to unhealthy diet, such as esophageal cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer and colorectal cancer. A healthy diet includes.
(1) Eating less smoked, pickled, soaked and fried foods, such as nitrite-treated meat, smoked food and kimchi, etc.
(2) Eat less hot, salty and hard foods, and limit salt intake (including salt-cured foods or foods processed with salt).
(3) Avoid sugary drinks and limit the intake of high sugar, low fiber, high fat and meat foods.
(4) Avoid excessive consumption of red meat (such as beef, pork and lamb) and processed meat products.
(5) Drink less alcoholic beverages (to prevent the occurrence of throat cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, etc.)
(6) Do not consume moldy cereals and legumes, such as moldy peanut rice, corn, soybeans, etc.
(7) Use less spicy condiments, such as cinnamon, fennel, pepper, meat f, etc.
(8) Emphasize meeting nutritional needs through the diet itself and do not use nutritional supplements to prevent cancer.
(9) Eat more different kinds of fresh vegetables, fruits, beans and mushroom foods (to increase the vitamins in the body and inhibit the reproduction of cancer cells).
(10) Eat more foods rich in dietary fiber, such as carrots, celery, lettuce and other vegetables.
Prevention and treatment of related viral and bacterial infections
The World Health Organization announced that one-fifth of cancers worldwide are caused by chronic infections, such as human papilloma virus causing cervical cancer, hepatitis B and C viruses associated with the occurrence of liver cancer, and Helicobacter pylori associated with stomach cancer.
Therefore, prevention of these cancers should be done by.
(1) timely vaccination against hepatitis B virus infection. Hepatitis B virus infection should be treated with regular antiviral therapy.
(2) Use condoms to prevent human papillomavirus infection.
(3) Develop good dietary hygiene habits to prevent H. pylori infection. Helicobacter pylori infection should be treated actively.