Eating a healthy, balanced diet can help you keep a healthy body weight. Keeping a healthy weight is important, because obesity is the second biggest preventable cause of cancer after smoking.
Diet can also directly affect cancer risk. Some foods, such as processed and red meat and salt-preserved foods, can increase the risk of developing cancer. While others, such as fruits,
vegetables and foods high in fibre, can reduce the risk of cancer.
That is, if you have a healthy lifestyle. "As many as 70% of known causes of cancers are avoidable and related to lifestyle,"
says Thomas A. Sellers, PhD, associate director for cancer prevention and control at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa. Diet, exercise, and
avoidance of tobacco products are, of course, your first line of defense, but recent research has uncovered many small, surprising ways you
can weave even more disease prevention into your everyday life.
Yoga and meditation reduce our risk of cancer by changing our DNA, new research reveals.
People who practice so-called mind-body interventions (MBI), such as yoga, meditation and Tai Chi, produce significantly
lower amounts of molecules that activate inflammation-causing genes, a study review found.
Inflammation has been linked to cancer, accelerated ageing and poor mental health.
Lead investigator Ivana Buric from the University of Coventry, said: 'Millions of people around the world already enjoy the
health benefits of MBIs like yoga or meditation, but what they perhaps don't realise is that these benefits begin at a molecular level and can change the way our genetic code goes about its business.
'Put simply, MBIs cause the brain to steer our DNA processes along a path which improves our wellbeing.'
Read the information given below in the links to reduce the risk of cancer ........
Foods That Can Help Prevent Cancer
Ways Yoga Can Reduce Your Cancer Risk
Things You Can Do To Prevent Cancer