Health and Wellness

Archive for the ‘Cancer Tips’ Category

Healthy eating is essential for anyone who wants to fight against the cancer process. Proper nutrition can rebuild cells, stimulate immune system function and protect your body from chemical and environmental damage.  Here are my top suggestions to maximize your chances for an optimal treatment outcome:

Step up to the scale

Have you weighed yourself recently?  Retrieve that scale from the far corner inside your bathroom cupboard and find out if your suspicions are true.  Overeating can lead to obesity, which in turn, has been linked to immune suppression.

Face fats

It’s time to stop eating all that fat!  Try to eat no more than 25% of your daily intake from fat.  Consuming too much fat, or the wrong kinds of fat, has been associated with inflammatory conditions, immune system depression and cancer cell growth. If diets are high in total fat, there seems to be an increased risk for lung cancer.

Don’t be so sweet

If you are like most Americans, you are consuming over 100 pounds of sugar a year. Sugar, as well as other unrefined carbohydrates, can wreak havoc with blood sugar levels, creating an environment favorable for cancer cell growth.

Supplement your diet

You may benefit from the following dietary supplements.  Take with meals unless otherwise indicated.  Please communicate with your doctor when you begin to take, or change, your dietary supplements.

Scientists think that physical activity can reduce the risk of cancer in many different ways: By decreasing the amount of time food spends in your bowel.  This means your bowel is exposed to cancer-causing chemicals for less time, reducing the risk of bowel cancer. By reducing the levels of hormones such as insulin, in your blood.  At high levels, these hormones make it more likely for bowel and breast cancer to develop.

Physical activity reduces swelling in the bowel. Being physically active could help prevent thousands of cancers in the UK every year. Physical activity does not have to cost you money. It can include everyday things like housework, DIY, gardening or walking, as well as sports or going to the gym. The more active you are, the more you can reduce your cancer risk.

Even small bursts of movement are good for you and can add up over the course of a day.  You can move more by making small changes like:

1. Standing on the bus or train, instead of sitting – this burns an extra 70 calories for every hour of travelling.
2. Getting off a stop earlier if you take public transport.
3. Walking to and from work, if you can, or going for a short walk in your lunch break.
4. Taking the stairs instead of the lift.
5. Breaking up your sitting time and standing up for 10 minutes out of every hour.
6. You could try standing up during ad breaks and doing a couple of chores while watching TV.