Are there steps to preventing cancer?

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Yes, there are! But it’s unfortunate that people start to take care of themselves after something detrimental happens to them or someone close. People should know that the food they eat could be causing a lot of their ailments. According to Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, a researcher at the National Cancer Institute, “The easiest and least expensive way to reduce your risk for cancer is just by eating a healthy diet.” Here are 5 steps that one can do to help prevent cancer:

1. Eliminate refined foods: Packaged foods are full of hidden ingredients that the body has a hard time processing. Most of the time these foods are packed with refined sugars such as high-fructose corn syrup, sucrose, and aspartame. A lot of the microwavable dinners use enriched bleached flour, white rice, white pastas and not whole grains. Whole grains are the complex carbohydrates the body needs.

2. Avoid hydrogenated oils: Trans fat is created when manufacturers put oils through a chemical process known as hydrogenation. Hydrogenation increases the shelf life and flavor stability of oils and foods. They can be found in numerous packaged goods such as microwave popcorn, hamburger buns, animal crackers, cheesecake, muffins, donuts, cookies, pies, sweetened fruit juices to name a few.

3. Get natural sunlight: The sun is the source of energy for our plants to grow and indirectly for all humans. Sun gives us Vitamin D naturally, where when people use sun block it is preventing them from getting this vibrant light. According to Richard Hobday, MSc, PhD, people should welcome sunlight back into their lives as sunlight can be used to prevent and cure diseases as it has in the past, it can heal people. Sunlight helps the body heal wounds and injuries and overcome virtually any illness.

4. Incorporate physical activity: The body was designed to move. Why do people think they have legs and arms? People could have been easily created without these body parts if they were designed to sit in front of the TV all day. Take on some type of activity with movement to move the lymph fluid around. Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, says body movement “is an important function of your immune system that fights cancerous cells. If you refrain all body movement, you will hamper your body’s ability to fight off cancer, thereby further increasing your odds of being diagnosed with this chronic disease.”

5. Eat a plant based diet: As Hippocrates said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Fruits and vegetables give people the nutrients to be alive. There is no need for people to think they need to go vegetarian, but to have more plant based food on their plates. Most of the time people have 1/3 of vegetables on their plate which is not enough. Some fruits and vegetables that have cancer-fighting properties are blueberries, dark leafy greens, garlic, broccoli, cauliflower, sea vegetables and mushrooms.

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