As the saying goes, “nine out of ten people have stomach problems”, stomach discomfort, acidity and bloating have become the common problems of modern people. But when it comes to stomach cancer, many people still feel that it is very far from them. Xiao Wen, a college student in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, has to go to “rub a meal” almost every night after studying, and sometimes he even takes barbecue as the main food. Recently Xiao Wen was found to have advanced stomach cancer, and the culprit is “barbecue”.
Dietary habits and environmental pollution cause high incidence of gastric cancer
According to the annual report released by the National Tumor Registry, the incidence of gastric cancer is mainly concentrated in the western part of China and the southeast coastal provinces, such as Shanghai, Jiangsu, Qinghai and Gansu. The incidence of gastric cancer in men is much higher than that in women, especially in middle-aged men who suffer from gastric polyps, gastric ulcers, chronic atrophic gastritis and other diseases, which are likely to develop into gastric cancer if left untreated for a long time.
Data show that in the past 5 years, there are 400,000 new cases of gastric cancer in China every year, and the incidence rate accounts for about 42% of the world; it is expected that by 2015, the incidence rate of gastric cancer in China will climb by 1.6% per year.
The high incidence of stomach cancer in China is related to the unique eating habits of Chinese people, for example, Chinese people love to eat grilled lamb skewers, hot pot, spicy and pickled foods, etc., and foods with too heavy taste will stimulate the digestive tract and cause organ lesions; Chinese people drink a lot of alcohol is also a reason, and too much liquor not only hurts the liver but also has adverse effects on the whole digestive tract.
In addition, the incidence of stomach cancer in China has surged in recent years, which has a lot to do with environmental pollution. Contaminated water and food can stimulate the digestive tract and cause damage to the stomach. In addition, pesticide residues and drug abuse can also lead to the increase of digestive system cancers.
3 types of people are the high incidence group of gastric cancer
One is that people with family history of tumor in two or three generations of relatives who have had digestive system tumor or other tumors will have a higher chance of getting stomach cancer.
The response is to do professional tumor screening about 10 years earlier than the youngest age of cancer members in the family, and gastroscopy should be done for stomach cancer, every 3 years, according to the doctor’s recommendation. For example, if the minimum age of cancer members in the family is 55 years old, then the first gastroscopy should be done at the age of 40.
Secondly, people with bad habits such as long-term smokers, alcohol drinkers who especially love hot food, pickled and barbecued food, and high-salt food. These habits can cause more serious damage to the stomach and should be adjusted in time.
Third, gastric ulcers, chronic gastritis and other gastric disease patients suffering from these diseases should be actively treated to prevent disease progression, and regular hospital reviews.
Note that these bad habits hurt the stomach the most
In addition to lifestyle, some of people’s daily bad habits also aggravate the damage to the stomach, such as the following habits, many people are unknowingly hit.
Walking while eating, watching while eating stomach in digestion requires a lot of blood, if the person is in motion or other activities, will “grab” part of the blood supply to the stomach and intestines, resulting in indigestion. This will damage the stomach in the long run. Eat to concentrate, chew slowly, so that the stomach likes to eat.
Long-term alone to eat alone to eat easy to produce anxiety, which affects the gastrointestinal digestive function. Single friends, it is best to find a partner to eat together; even when alone, but also to remind themselves to maintain a relaxed and happy mood, and create a good dining environment, which is an important step to protect the stomach function.
Eating too acidic and astringent fruits on an empty stomach, eating persimmons, pineapples and other fruits containing strong acids or tannins can easily lead to gastric juice and acid synthesis stones.
often drink soda, coffee soda itself is not harmful to the stomach, but too much or too cold will stimulate the stomach; coffee will stimulate the secretion of gastric acid, leading to indigestion and panic acid, people with stomach ulcers and heartburn symptoms must be cautious.
Eat leftovers or expired food leftovers will produce bacteria after heating, expired or even moldy food is more likely to produce carcinogens such as nitrites.
Processed meat products such as sausages are often eaten to extend the shelf life, and too many preservatives are added to increase the risk of cancer; cured meat, smoked fish and other processed meat products contain a lot of nitrite, which is very easy to form carcinogens in the body, which is also an important reason for the high incidence of stomach cancer in coastal areas of China, as well as the Japanese.
Swedish scientists found that every 30 grams increase in the daily intake of processed meat products will increase the chance of stomach cancer by 15% to 38%.
The most important details to pay attention to in order to maintain the stomach
Stomach care is a long-term thing that needs to be maintained. A healthy lifestyle such as regular life, reducing stress, quitting smoking and limiting alcohol, not abusing drugs, and eating less roadside food can all help to protect the stomach. Experts warn that attention to the following details can make the stomach healthier.
Chew slowly stomach like fine food, foreign research has proved that if each mouthful of food can be repeatedly chewed, adhere to decades, health will be significantly better than their peers. It is recommended that it is best to reach about 30 strokes per mouth to help digestion.
Avoid raw, cold, and propped up raw and cold foods, such as various cold drinks, raw vegetables and fruits, etc., which will carry cold into the body and most likely hurt the spleen and stomach. The spleen and stomach are most afraid of support, hungry a meal, full a meal is the most harmful to it. Especially dinner, do not eat too late, and do not eat too much, otherwise it will increase the burden on the stomach.
Usually have some soda crackers soda crackers can neutralize stomach acid, when you can’t eat on time, eat two soda crackers can not only relieve hunger, but also prevent stomach acid damage.
Eat spicy, drink before a glass of milk milk can form a good protective film in the stomach to prevent alcohol or spicy food directly contact the stomach wall, to play a role in reducing the damage.