Every day medical science treats millions of patients around the world for innumerable diseases. As clinicians battle new forms of infection, more and more clinical resources are being spent on curing and managing Non communicable diseases. Most of these NCDs are preventible with lifestyle changes. Enough exercise , good food and a cleaner environment can go a long way in preventing, diabetes, heart disease and even cancer.
Cancer has become a big killer in the modern world. There are so many types and categories of cancer from oral cancers to intestinal camncer, breast cancer to prostate cancer and so on.
Cancer is caused by changes in a cell’s DNA – its genetic “blueprint.” Some of these changes may be inherited from our parents. Others may be caused by outside exposures, which are often referred to as environmental factors. Environmental factors can include a wide range of exposures, such as:
1. Lifestyle factors (nutrition, tobacco use, physical activity, etc.)
2. Medical treatments (radiation and medicines including chemotherapy, hormone drugs, drugs that suppress the immune system, etc.)
3. Pollution
As doctors and patients fight cancer, most of us live in the disbelief that cancer will not happen to us. We go about our daily lives eating food that has potent carcinogens and increasing our risk for cancer without even recognising it.Here are some foods that we consume on a daily basis that contain natural carcinogens:
