The importance of antioxidants and phytochemicals
Antioxidants such as vitamin C, lycopene, beta carotene found in many fruits and vegetables,if you eat regularly, protects against cancer. “Phytochemicals in plant protects from harmful substances in the environment and prevent mutations,” said Jed W. Fahey of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

For cancer prevention requires the adoption of a balanced diet, not necessarily exclusively vegetarian. Therefore, do not have to eat only fruits and vegetables, but also foods like lean meat, fish, whole grains. You also need to pay attention to weight gained. Obesity favors the appearance of the most feared disease. “We know that overweight and obesity are risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. It was also agreed that is a major factor in causing breast cancer, endometrial and colon cancer,” said Arthur Schatzkin from the National Cancer Institute.

Here are some foods that protect you from cancer:
Broccoli
Broccoli contains phytochemicals that converts to compound called isothiocyanate (such as sulforaphane). It also contains carotid lutein – an excellent source of vitamin K, C and A, folate, fiber, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and vitamin B6 and E. The researchers suggest that this vegetable is a compound called Indole-3-carbinol which help disabling a powerful estrogen that help tumor growth, especially in breast, while the 2-hidroxiestrone decreases, a form of estrogen with a role in protecting against cancer.

Also, scientists found that sulforaphane increases the ability of enzymes to detoxify the body, possibly by altering gene expression, those who rush carcerigene cleaning chemicals. Broccoli protects against cancer of the mouth, esophagus and stomach, according to research conducted by the World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research.

Garlic
Do not love the smell? Know that you dislike the same substances (sulfur compounds) protect against cancer. They help repair DNA and kill cancerous cells. Garlic reduces the risk of colon cancer. Before the cooking, clean it for 15. In the meantime, its beneficial active substances and you get maximum protection. Researchers believe that garlic should be eaten raw or cooked fresh, supplements are not as effective in reducing cancer risk.

Tomatoes
Tomatoes are a potential “weapon” against prostate cancer. Tomatoe red hue is given by lycopene, a powerful antioxidant. A diet rich in this substance reduces the risk of prostate cancer. In laboratory tests, lycopene has proved effective against other types of cancer: breast, lung and endometrial cancer. Researchers believe that lycopene prevents stops tumor growth and spread of cancer by stimulating the immune system. To benefit from this substance, experts advise you to eat fresh tomatoes so raw, and cooked.

Main contributing factor to this syndrome is probably caused by a fundamental malfunctioning in the body’s system that works on storing and burning energy. Other factors could also be genetics, unhealthy lifestyle , in-appropriate diet especially those high in refined carbohydrates and low in fiber, smoking, high intake on saturated fats, and progressive weight gain.

Metabolic Syndrome appears to have exponentially increase the risk of various health problems, notably heart related disease, diabetes, and possibly certain type of cancer too. It’s important to note that you don’t need to be obese to suffer from this Syndrome ! Many people think that obesity is the most crucial and deciding factor in this metabolic syndrome. This is not true and it’s dangerous to carry on without any treatment for the syndrome as your risk of subsequently developing more serious illness increases as time flows.

In general, if you have three or more of the following listed then you do probably have it, and you should start now to reverse your risk with appropriate diet and exercise :-

• Waist Measure : more than 40 inches for males ; above 35 inches for females
• Blood pressure: greater than 130/85
• Serum triglycerides : greater than 15o mg/di
• High fasting glucose ( or blood sugar ), of at least Ho mg/d1 of blood
• HDLs : less than 4o mg for males and less than 5o mg for females

In general, the following steps should be taken if you have sign of suffering from metabolic syndrome :-

1. Work on to start losing those excess weight.
2. Increase physical activity ; Example, more exercise.
3. Watch your blood pressure level. Take steps to reduce it if it goes high.
4. Adopt healthy diet plan consisting more on vegetables and fruits.
5. Watch your cholesterol level. Consider to take medication to control it if the level doesn’t goes right.
6. Avoid a very low-fat diet ! Yes, low fats dietary is alright, but ‘very low-fat’ diet is not ! Any diet that has less than 20 percent of calories from fat could exacerbate metabolic syndrome. Usually, eating very little fat means an increase in carbohydrate consumption can cause both triglycerides and blood glucose to rise, worsening metabolic syndrome.

Discuss with your local health care provider to see if you should pursue further medication or more appropriate diet, exercise, and stress control.

Do you know there are almost a hundred million American people going to a weight loss diet every year? Yes, almost a hundred million of them. It works, though. About ninety-five percent of them lose weight AND regain it in the next five years. Basically, they lose it now, and get back to their old body five years later. What makes it worse is that a third of them will gain more weight than before.

How could this happen? That’s the danger of following one diet program to another. Your weight loss will up and down like a yo-yo when you switch your weight loss diet program. Following the conventional weight loss diet program or using any weight loss drugs may cause you to gain more weight than you have before, and not to mention several illness of your health.

Read the newspaper today, and you’ll find out there are approximately sixty-five percent of people in America are overweight. Even if they know they need to stay thin, it seems like their body reject it. They start eating unhealthy or greasy foods, and thinking that they will stop tomorrow because tomorrow they will start their new weight loss diet plan. What they don’t realize is that tomorrow never comes. So, they keep repeating the same pattern all over again, and ended up with adopted several health disease such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and so on.

Also, obesity also donated about nineteen percent heart disease that costs about thirty billion dollars per year, and diabetes cases that costs nine billion dollars per year. Don’t doubt it, because this information came from the researchers at Harvard University.

So, how you could fight this obesity problem?

If you have REPEATEDLY fallen head over heels to many weight loss diet plans and programs that promise you to lose several pounds by tomorrow, it is time for you to stop. They bring you no good, and only cause you physical discomfort and a deep disappointment. It’s true you probably lose some weight, but what will you do if you stop it and your body gain more weight than before? Avoid any weight loss diet plan that forces you to eat just one type of food. It’s not healthy for you. A healthy diet is a balanced one that consists of several types of foods. What you want from your diet is the healthy, safe, and a permanent weight loss.

There are so many fad diet plans that you probably ever done before, such as Atkins diet, South Beach Diet, Cabbage Soup diet, the Grapefruit diet, Beverly Hills diet, Breatharian, the Rotation diet, Ornish Plan, and so on. If you really want to do a weight loss diet plan, pick the one that consists of variety of fruits and foods, and stick to it. Give yourself about 6-12 months to follow the same diet pattern, and let your body recognize it. If, and only if, after that time ranges you’re still not lose weight, you could change the diet plan.

But do remember – Only choose the weight loss diet plan that keep you healthy.

Strawberry, being one of the best source in cancer prevention fruit, contain kind of special acidic substances, that act as anti-toxic material and preventing cancer cells from being developed. Further, strawberry also has an enzyme that helps in preventing leukemia.

Citrus fruits class fruits( like orange, lemon, grapefruit ) , with its rich Vitamin C, helps in strengthening our body, skin, lung, intestinal, and liver . By transforming water-soluble toxic into fat soluble substances, it helps discharges those toxic substances out of our body, keep us healthy.

As well known, Vitamin C helps in strengthening our body immunity, researches indicated that for those who eat citrus class fruits in their daily dietary, has show positive reduction in cancer risk prevention of about 30% for , for pancreas cancer risk.  For those who often eat citrus class fruits, the possibilities of contracting mouth related deseases such as oral cavity, pharynx and larynx, stomach cancer, the risk level could be reduced as much as 50%  !

In recent laboratory researches, it is discover that Kiwi ( which Vitamin C content is often recognized as high as 4 to 12 times compare to orange, about 30 times more than apple. is apple 30 times, grape’s 60 times ),  contain active substance that help in preventing cancer. Also, according to researches, apricot is the one of the best fruit that contain highest level of Vitamin B17 content. This particular Vitamin is highly effective in anti cancer treatment, as it eliminates the cancer infected cells. There are even research reports showing that cancer patients whom undergo treatment with Vitamin B17, more than 90% are treated successfully. Till now, there has been whooping number of about 4000 terminally illed cancer patient’s being saved by using Vitamin B17 in their treatments.

Nevertheless, although it is well known that the positive effects of these fruits in fighting cancer is highly recommended, people still need to eat accordingly when consuming these fruits. Depending to individual dietary habits, some may develop allergy or body/organ disorder if not careful especially consuming the fruits in raw form. Example would be patients with kidney illness are not advisable to consume much of strawberry as the fruit contain higher level of calcium, which may aggregate the kidney illness or worsen the condition.

Like what we often said – An Apple a day keeps the doctor away. But well, just like everything else,  having too much of it could sometimes brings trouble too ! So, proper consumption is still advisable.

This vitamin could even help in delaying or preventing cataract formation. This is because ultraviolet light  and oxidative stress are believed to be the main causes of cataract formation. And Vitamin C can helps in preventing the damages caused by oxidative stress !

The other most commonly known above Vitamin C is that it does helps in fighting cold and flu. It is well known that this vitamin supercharges our immune system, helping it to move faster and fighting effectively against viruses and bacteria. While it may not means that we could prevent cold and flu with Vitamin C, it could actually help to shorten the infection period, and lessen the severity.

Further, Vitamin C has long known to be helping in protection of joints, gums, and skins, improving wound healing process by supporting the production of collagen. Nevertheless, apart of all these healing benefits, majority of us are actually fall short of sufficient level of this crucial nutrient on daily basis. Thus, that’s where vitamin supplement comes handy in helping us to boost up the required short fall.

Most of the vitamin supplements available in your local drug store are good source for it. However, for people with deficiencies in red blood cell enzyme ( or glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase ) shout avoid high intake of this nutrient. Consult your local healthcare professionals before hand.

For instance, the bladder cancer, regular use of Vitamin E shows a reduced risk level of bladder cancer deaths. Another cancer, the prostate cancer which is common in male smokers. Smokers with regular intake of Vitamin E supplement do shows reduced risk of prostate cancer. For women with highest blood level of Vitamin E have much lower risk of breast cancer comparing to those who has lower level of Vitamin E in their blood.

Another interesting discover is that Vitamin E could act as the first line of defense against lung cancer. The vitamin try to neutralize those harmful free radical that harm lung cells and tissues.  Vitamin E may also stimulate and enhance our body immune system. Based on these positives protection that Vitamin E could have, it may prove to be a key factor in cancer prevention actions.

Nevertheless, from our daily food intakes, Vitamin E is often not sufficient enough to be that of effective level. It is difficult to get large amount of Vitamin E thru daily dietary source. Only thru supplements intakes, we can then possibly obtain sufficient level of Vitamin E for it to be effective cancer fighter. Look for those supplements that are ‘mixed natural tocopherols’ which offer more varieties.

Fish – the Omega 3

Already, there are much studies that suggest omega-3 fatty acid from fish ( such as salmon, sardines ) could help in lowering some cancer risks. In some studies, men who ate moderate to large amount of fish are reported to having lower risk level of prostate cancer, compare to men who didn’t eat fish !

Soybeans

In both animal and human cell studies, it shows that soybeans contain several chemicals that proven to be anti-cancer substance. For instance, studies in large population show that soy may actual help in preventing several common cancers like colon cancer , breast cancer , prostate cancer . Another chemical, Genistein , by inhibiting the growth of cancerous risk blood vessel and eliminating cancer cells, Genistein might protect against cancer.

So, next time, try to include more soy food in your dietary, like cheese, tofu, miso, and of course soy milk !

Go Green with Fruits and Vegetables

Well, one of the easiest route to lower you risk of getting cancer ( and all other diseases ), is to consume more serving of fruits and vegetables on daily basis. Well, don’t get the wrong idea and start chewing off with just bowl full of salads without any other food. Mostly, a mid-size bowl salad daily should be sufficient.

Another point to take note is that, the more variety of the fruits and vegetables, the wider the range of cancer fighting compounds. Such compound is called as ‘flavonoid‘ . So, eat up those red grapes, leeks, red apples, cabbages ( red ), yellow onions too !

Love the Apples !

As the norm saying -> An apple a day keeps doctor away. While it may not be 100% practical, researches do found that one of the best sources of cancer-fighting compound, phenolics , is within apple skin. Apple skin could possibly be the main contributing factor as to why apple is such an healthy fruit .

Reduce the Sugar

It is known that high sugar diet is almost likely to be of high in fat content, and low in fiber and other nutrients. Such high sugar diet could actually increase your risk of getting cancer. So – cut it down !

Reduce Red Meat intake

Red meat is already well-known to be one main contributing factor of increase cancer risk. It is found that higher intake of red meat might be the culprit behind higher risk level for common type of breast cancer.

Reduce Coffee Intake – Go for Tea

Coffee, a known phytoestrogen, already widely known to be causing fibrocystic breast disease worse. Although it is not thought to be the caffeine, but coffee itself actually mimics estrogen much. Thus, decaffinated coffee still may be estrogenic.

Tea, on the other hand, contains antioxidants called ‘catechins‘ , which in laboratory studies show to be having the ability of preventing cancer. Both green and black tea are rich in antioxidants. Nevertheless, green tea actually contain higher level of antioxidants, probably due to less being processed.

Though the majority of age spots are just harmless blemishes, there are still potential of getting into early stage of skin cancer . That said, if you do notice any of the spot enlarge, getting thickens, change in color, bleeds, feeling itchy and so on, it is strongly advisable to consult doctor.

Protection with Vitamin C

Although there is no magical ingredient that could just fade those annoying age spots, there are few that can help in boosting up your skin healthy level. For one, Vitamin C is one of the most well-known sunblock vitamin. In general, Vitamin C is important in keeping the skin younger and vibrant. A daily intake of Vitamin C of about 300~500 mg ( milligrams ) would certainly help in maintaining skin youthfulness.

Under sun exposure, free radical are natural occurring unstable molecules that could harm your skin. For some serious situation, it cold even cause significant damages. Vitamin C, being one of Antioxidants, could help in neutralizing those harmful free radicals. Further, since Vitamin C could prevent those skin damages from sun exposures, it is also believe that it could help to reduce wrinkle and age spots.

Sources of Vitamin C
Fresh vegetables and fruits, such as broccoli, cabbage, pineapples, cauliflower, lemon, citrus fruits, collard greens, strawberries, green and red peppers, brussel sprouts.

Prevention with Vitamin E

Another common antioxidant – Vitamin E , also helps in preventing sun damages that bring age spots. Vitamin E is a fat soluble vitamin that protects your cell membranes against those harmful free radicals. Researches shows that the natural Vitamin E oil , if applied before sun exposure, does helps in preventing inflammations and skin damages.

Such Vitamin E oil can be easily bought over the counter in your local drug store, example, Vitamin E fortified creams. It is also shown that if oil or creams that contains at least 5% of Vitamin E, it could be effective in reducing post sun damages.

Healthy dietary sources of Vitamin E

Spinach, corn, avocados, wheat germ, eggs, soybeans, nuts, polyunsaturated vegetable oil, and of course the sunflower seeds. A daily intake of 400IU of Vitamin E is recommended by most.

Recommendations

Oral Intakes :-

• Vitamin C  ( 300~500 milligrams daily )  ;
• Vitamin E  ( 400 IU daily – d-alpha-tocopherol )

External Application :-

• Vitamin C  ( 10% ~ 17% in lotion , depending on skin type)  ;
• Vitamin E  ( at least 5% in cream or oil, to apply after exposure under sun )