Gastric cancer is the 4th most common malignancy in the world and the 2nd most common tumor-related death each year (mortality rate of about 10.4%). About one million Americans were diagnosed with cancer in 2008, and more than 35% of cancers can be prevented through exercise, diet and weight loss.
For keeping away from stomach cancer, ten life rules we should follow are
1.Light food, low salt and less seasoning, avoid too cold, too hot, too hard, spicy and stimulating, fried, smoked and pickled food
High salt diet will increase the secretion of stomach acid and increase the risk of stomach cancer. Our stomach is very delicate, if it is repeatedly and strongly stimulated, often consuming spicy, hot and cold food, the mucosal blood vessels will contract or dilate sharply, causing irritation and damage to the digestive tract. In the process of continuous damage and repair of the digestive tract, it will easily cause cancer.
Nitrosamines are recognized as strong carcinogens. Pickled foods and moldy foods contain nitrosamines and fungal toxins, which should be avoided.
2. Eat more natural and fresh food, avoid too rough food, and eat less processed food, especially processed leisure snacks
Vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin B2 and vitamin C deficiency are common features of the diet of residents in areas with high incidence of esophageal cancer and stomach cancer. Consuming more fresh vegetables and fruits, which are rich in vitamins, can reduce the risk of diseases. Processed foods usually contain a lot of seasonings, salt, sugar, additives, etc., which are not beneficial to health.
3, choose easily digestible food, chew slowly, food is fully chewed before swallowing
Our teeth are cutting tools, which are designed to cut and chew the food, and the stomach does not have long teeth. So if you eat without chewing, you will send large pieces of food to the stomach, increasing the burden on the stomach. In the long run, the stomach will be overwhelmed.
4, eat porridge, but do not eat soaked rice
The state of soaking rice is different: rice is rice water is water. And in eating rice bubbles most people will eat the same as porridge, do not chew on swallowing, thus bringing a greater burden on the stomach, so often eat rice bubbles are more harmful to the stomach.
5, away from tobacco, alcohol, strong coffee
Tobacco, alcohol, tea and coffee are all very stimulating to the digestive tract and can damage the gastric mucosa, causing congestion, edema, bleeding and erosion.
Smoking is an independent risk factor for gastric cancer, gastric ulcers, and duodenal ulcers, and even if other aspects of life are reasonably healthy, smoking is a trigger for many diseases. Alcohol, on the other hand, causes erythema and decay damage to the gastric mucosa, and can stimulate gastric acid secretion and aggravate gastric mucosal damage.
If there is already a peptic ulcer, coffee will aggravate the symptoms of indigestion and gastric acid secretion.
6, relax and reduce stress
Psychological factors have a very large impact on health. Continuous excessive mental tension, emotional excitement and depression and other mental factors will have a certain role in promoting the occurrence and recurrence of ulcers.
Excessive stress can cause excessive secretion of gastric acid and a decrease in mucosal repair capacity. Emotion and state of mind can cause gastrointestinal symptoms, and long-term bad mood can also damage the immune system and increase the risk of gastrointestinal disease conduction. Usually keep a happy mood and emotional stability, avoid tension, anxiety, irritation and other bad emotions.
7, pay attention to keep warm
The cold weather in autumn and winter is also a high incidence of stomach problems. The gastrointestinal tract is very sensitive to cold stimulation, if you do not pay attention to keep warm, it will trigger gastrointestinal symptoms or aggravate the original gastric disease.
People with gastrointestinal diseases should pay special attention to keeping their stomachs warm and add clothing at the right time. Women who love beauty should also pay attention, do not wear too short and too little for the sake of beauty.
8, regular diet, three regular meals, not hungry and full, balanced nutrition
Many people’s stomach problems are eaten out, is a long-term irregular diet, food irrationality caused by poor eating habits can cause a variety of digestive tract diseases. To be healthy, eat well, regular diet is very critical.
9, moderate exercise
Irregular life is often a serious lack of exercise. Exercise to increase physical fitness, can improve the overall immunity of the body, improve the body’s ability to resist disease and reduce the occurrence of disease. So to develop good habits, not only diet to pay attention to, but also to pay attention to the benefits of exercise to the body.
10, timely consultation of discomfort, regular medical checkups
Many people feel uncomfortable stomach just buy some stomach medicine to eat, and some people feel that stomach problems are minor, do not care, these are not desirable. It is recommended that healthy people over the age of 40 do a gastroscopy once a year; if you already have digestive tract diseases, you should follow the doctor’s advice to do the appropriate examination. Never give yourself medicine or ignore it.