“Prevent Cancer through a healthy lifestyle”

Preventing cancer involves reducing risk factors and aopting healthier life styles. While no method guarantees complete prevention, the following

evidence based strategies complete prevention, the following evidence based strategies can significantly lower your risk.

1) Healthy Diet Eat a diet rich in proteins, fruits, vegetablesn and fiber. Eliminate processed foods, seed oils and limit sugar and alcohol intake

2) Maintain a Healthy Weight. Obesity can impair your immune system by promoting chronic inflamation.

Obesity is linked to cancers like breast, colon and kidney. Aim for a balanced and regular exeercise to

maintain a healthy BMI.

3) Physical Activity Engage in 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity, like brisk walking or 75 minutes of vigorous activity such as

running, biking per week. Exercise helps regulate hormones, boosts your immunity and helps maintain a healthy weight.

4) Avoid carcinogens Limit exposure to enviromental toxins like asbestos, radon, industrial chemicals and heavy metals.

5) Manage stress and sleep Chronic stress and poor sleep may increase risk of cancer by weakening your immunity. Prioritize stress

management, with exercise, prayer and meditation, and maintain a healthy positive attitude and self image. Aim for 7-9 hours of sleep nightly.

6) Avoid Tobacco Smoking and tobacco are linked to multiple cancers. Quitting smoking or never starting is critical. Avoid second hand smoke.

7) What’s killing us now, whether it’s dementia, cancer, cardiovascular disease or diabetes, is civilization itself.” Which means: Not exercising, being under stress, having poor sleep and eating ultra-processed food (sometimes food-like substances). Our bodies become less and less capable of using oxygen to generate energy. Cells resort to fermentation, like cells in primitive life forms once did. This is the crux of the matter. When cells switch from oxygen to glucose (a sugar) and glutamine (an amino acid) to generate energy, they become cancer cells. The solution? Starving the tumor.