Your body is the only home you have to live in so treat it well. Discover 17 cancer-fighting facts you need to know.
- At least half of all cancers and cancer-related deaths are preventable. In 2015 an estimated 1.6 million deaths will be attributed to cancer. Let’s save half with prevention.
- Cancer is the single name assigned to more than 100 diseases and is the result of abnormal cells that multiply and spread out of control, damaging healthy cells along the way.
- Less than 5 % of cancers have a genetic link so when the experts tell us that most cancer is genetic that majority are not.
- Environmental factors can increase your risk of cancer. Pollution, heavy metal, toxicity and even household cleaning products can increase your risk of cancer.
- Smoking causes more than 90% of all lung cancer cases. Quitting is the number one preventative measure you can take right now to decreases your cancer risk.
- Less than 6 hours of sleep per night increases your risk of colon cancer, the healing benefits of sleep is one of the most underestimated ways to keep your body strong and cancer
- Cancer and the conventional treatments for cancer are the number one killer of children as results of disease. The survival rates are not improving using conventional treatments such as chemo and radiation as they can cause cancer.
- If you prepare nitrate filled processed meats with high heat and ingestion, it causes a chemical reaction with the digestive fluids in your body, converting nitrates to nitrites which are known as a carcinogen.
- Globally, approximately one in every eight death is caused by cancer, more deaths than malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS when all combined.
- Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women.
- Lung, prostate, and stomach cancer are the most common diseases for which men are diagnosed. Survival rates for lung cancer are less than 20%.
- Approximately 77% of all cancers diagnosed are found in people aged 55 or older.
- Obesity increases your risk of cancer and affects your chances of survival should you be diagnosed.
- You may experience no symptoms of ovarian cancer, lung cancer, and colon cancer until the cancer cells spread to other areas of your body.
- The number of detected skin cancer cases increases steadily every year. Contrary to popular belief, sun exposure is actually good for you. 30 minutes of early morning or late afternoon sun on your hands and face is enough to get your recommended dose of vitamin D.
- Healthy cells have a built inability to self-destruct to protect the rest of the body when damage is present. This is known as apoptosis or cell suicide.
- Green tea, turmeric, berries, avocados, garlic, kale and even dark chocolate can naturally trigger damaged cancer cells to self-destruction via apoptosis.
Having a healthy diet, drinking enough water, taking adequate rest, regular exercise, quitting smoking, limiting the alcohol consumption and treating your body well is the front line of defense of all the diseases especially cancer.
