a solid, taken in by a plant or animal to enable it to live a grow. But when this food has carcinogen agents on it, some type of cancer ca be produced by our body. Current research indicates that the food we eat can influence our susceptibility to certain types of cancer.
There are certain type of food that can prevent and even treat some types of cancer. There is convincing evidence that diets high in vegetables and fruits are protective against lung cancer. Diets high in mono-unsaturated fat may reduce breast cancer. Soy in particular may decrease prostate cancer. Physical activity and vegetable intake are protective when you have bowel cancer.
There is also a list of food we must avoid in order to reduce the risk of cancer. These are often called "wrong food" and these type of diet include a lot of animal fat, low fiber, a lot of processed food, poor in fresh vegetables, poor in fruits and also poor in whole grains.
There is no evidence that meat causes cancer. However, diets high in red meat may increase the risk of bowel cancer. When red meat is eaten, it should be limited to les than 80 grams per day.
Some individual foods have been singled out as potentially carcinogenic but most of them, are actually safe to our diet. These food include: .
*Artificial sweeteners: laboratory rats can develop bladder cancer if fed huge amount of saccharin, but international studies agree that humans aren't affected in the same way. .
*Cured meat is not a safe option, because it contain a substance called nitrate, which has the potential to cause cancer in laboratories when eaten in huge doses. *Alcohol also has been proven to be safe and in some cases healthy when drinked in minimal doses, but if you exceed this and combined with cigarette, it increases the risk of develop cancer.
So, in order to prolong life and its quality its important to follow a healthy diet and watch what we eat, and remember that a healthy diet include: fruits, vegetables, soy and a regular plan of exercise.
