Diet Named to Reduce Cancer Risk: Important Part of Prevention

18.04.2024 13:23

It is easier to prevent any disease than to treat it. In this regard, a healthy lifestyle and proper nutrition in particular help.

Moreover, much depends on nutrition, since excess weight and not only it provokes the development of a number of chronic diseases.

Limiting your intake of certain foods can reduce your risk of developing certain types of cancer.

It is important to limit the consumption of high-calorie foods and products that contribute to weight gain. Excess weight disrupts metabolism. With proper metabolism, cells are nourished and live. As soon as a failure occurs in the body, mutation begins in the cells, - oncologist Anton Ivanov told Gazeta.ru in an interview.

According to the specialist, diet can prevent the occurrence of cancer.

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To do this, you need to reduce the amount of red meat you consume in your diet.

This means that beef, pork and veal should be kept to a minimum in the diet.

The reason is that excess “heme iron” that occurs when consuming such products increases the risk of inflammation in the body.

It is also important to avoid or reduce the amount of alcohol in your diet, salt, and not to eat moldy foods.

But plant-based foods should be eaten every day.

Previously we talked about why people gain weight .

Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor