5 Ways to Prevent Cancer

Cancer is one disease that is very dangerous. Many of the world's deaths caused by cancer. Cancer often strikes people who have a family history of cancer sufferers. Many have tried various ways to avoid this disease.

Prevention is better than cure. If you want the cancer does not happen to you, here are five ways to preventcancer, summarized from the Women's Day.

      1.      Keeping the Balance Weight Loss

Being overweight can increase the risk of esophageal cancer, colon cancer, endometrial cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer and breast cancer post-menopause. Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated to determine the ideal body weight, by comparing the amount of weight and height.

People who are healthy, have a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 number. While the risk of cancer found in people with a BMI of 23 or more amount. Example calculation of BMI: weight = 55 kg and height = 165 cm, then BMI = (55) / (1.65) = 20.2.

2.      Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

By eating fruits and vegetables can make a ideal weight, it can even reduce the risk of cancer.

3.      Walking 10 minutes every day

Reports from the University of California study showed that, walking 10 minutes a day can lower the risk of breast cancer. Otherwise also, women who exercise such as brisk walking or cycling for 45-60 minutes five times a week can increase the body's protection against colon cancer and breast cancer.

4.      Avoid smoking and smoke inhalation

87% mortality for lung cancer caused by smoking. About 10 years after you quit smoking, the risk of lung cancer is reduced by half, as well as the risk of oral cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer is greatly reduced, clear Norman Edelman, MD, chief medical officer of the American Lung Association. If you are not a smoker, then you should stay away from people who are smoking, the smoke inhaled by smokers have the same effect.

5.      Avoid Alcohol

      Alcohol increases risk of mouth cancer, throat cancer, oral cancer, breast cancer and liver cancer. Although drinking a little, can have a major impact on health. In the study, women who drank alcohol during the week associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.