Prevention of Breast Cancer

01 October 2011

Prevention of Breast Cancer

Womens Health Problems - Breast cancer is abnormal cell growth in breast tissue. When you are at an advanced stage, removal of the breast is sometimes needed to be done for the safety of patients. This is of course something that is frightening for a woman. Breast cancer prevention can be done in a natural way, namely :

* If you eat meat, do not be cooked too ripe

Regardless of the saturated fats found in meat, the way you cook the meat will affect the risk of breast cancer. Meats are cooked / baked produce carcinogenic compounds (amino heterocyclic). The longer it is cooked, the more of these compounds are formed. Amino heterocyclic most numerous in the outer layers of grilled meat (skin) and charred black.

* Antioxidant supplements

Supplements can not replace fruits and vegetables, but an anti-oxidant formula could be a food additive that can prevent breast cancer.



* Reduce fat

Some research suggests that low-fat diet help prevent breast cancer. Other research shows that there is no relationship between fat and breast cancer. Recent research states that more important is the type of fat is not the amount of fat consumed. Type of fat that trigger breast cancer is the saturated fat in meat, butter, foods that contain full-cream milk (whole-milk dairy foods) and fatty acids in margarine.

While this type of fat that helps prevent breast cancer is the unsaturated fats in olive oil and omega-3 fatty acids in salmon and other cold water fish. Saturated fats in meats and dairy products and fatty acids in margarine raise levels of estrogen in the blood, whereas the unsaturated fats in olive oil and omega-3 fatty acids in fish does not cause increased levels of estrogen in the blood.

* Avoid alcohol

Many studies have shown that the more alcohol consumed, the risk of breast cancer is increasing because alcohol increases estrogen levels in the blood.

* Bask under the sun

The increasing incidence of skin cancer (malignant melanoma) make us afraid of sunlight. But a little sunlight can help prevent breast cancer, because at the time of sun on the skin, the body makes vitamin D. Vitamin D helps absorb calcium breast tissue, thereby reducing the risk of breast cancer. In order to obtain the sun for 20 minutes / day, are encouraged to walk under the sun in the afternoon or evening. But if you want to get calcium or vitamin D from sunlight, you can try to consume food supplements.

* Exercise regularly

Research shows that in line with the increasing activity, the risk of breast cancer will be reduced. Exercise will lower the levels of estrogen produced by the body thus reducing the risk of breast cancer.



* Foods that contain soy, nuts and fiber

Foods derived from soy contains plant estrogens (fito-estrogens). As with tamoxifen, this compound similar to estrogen the body, but weaker. Phy-estrogen receptor bound to the same cells with estrogen the body, tied it out of breast cells, thereby reducing the effects of breast cancer triggers. In addition to blocking the body's estrogen to reach receptor cells, berkedelai food expenditure also accelerated estrogen from the body.

In addition to the soybean, fito-estrogens are also present in other types of nuts. In addition to functioning as anti-oxidants, fruits and vegetables also contain lots of fiber. Fibrous foods will bind to estrogen in the digestive tract, so that levels in the blood is reduced.

* Eat more fruits and vegetables
The more fruits and vegetables you eat, the less risk for all cancers, including breast cancer. Foods from plants contain anti-oxidants are high, such as vitamins A, C, E and the mineral selenium, which can prevent cell damage that could be causing cancer. National Cancer Institute (NCI) recommends to consume fruits and vegetables at least 5 (five) times a day. But to avoid fruits and vegetables that contain lots of fat, like french fries or a banana cream pie.

* Avoid xeno-estrogens

Xeno-estrogen estrogen means from outside the body. Women taking estrogen from outside the body, especially those from hormone residues in meat contained estrogenic and estrogenic pesitisida residues. Suspected xeno-estrogens may increase blood levels of estrogen thereby increasing the risk of breast cancer. The best way to avoid xeno-estrogen is to reduce the consumption of meat, poultry (chickens, ducks) and dairy products (whole-milk dairy products).

But you do not have to worry about eating lots of fruits and vegetables, because the effect of anti-oxidants and fiber content more than the residual effects of pesticides.

Besides the prevention of breast cancer can be done by not smoking, breastfeeding and avoid stress. Let us prevent breast cancer before it happened, because prevention is better than cure, may be useful.(Womens Health Problems)