If there is a cancer patient in your family, ask yourself, ‘May I?’ You may be engulfed in anxiety. Although the family history of cancer cannot be ignored, the influence of lifestyle is much greater. Even if you have a family history, maintaining a healthy lifestyle can help you avoid cancer.
Particular attention should be paid to food. You should plan your diet around fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and healthy fats. There are also some foods that should not be eaten. Foods that should be avoided if you have a family history of cancer have been compiled by ‘It This Not That’.
◆ Hot Dog = Processed meat contains a lot of fat and salt. Compounds generated during the process of smoking meat or preserving it with the addition of nitrates are also a problem. Such compounds increase the risk of developing colorectal cancer and other cancers, according to Professor Milleran. If you have a family history of colorectal cancer, it is better to avoid all processed meats such as ham, jerky, salami, pepperoni, and bacon in addition to hot dogs.
◆ Steak = Be careful with the sirloin of fresh cattle raised on pasture and less than a day old after being slaughtered, not processed meat? Yes. Red meat is a food that people with a family history of colon cancer should be wary of. If you can’t give up meat, you should reduce the amount. It is wise not to eat more than 500g per week. one more thing. Boiling beef or pork is better than grilling it. Roasting meat at high temperatures releases carcinogens.
◆ Beer = Alcohol is the same. increase the chances of getting cancer. If you have to go to a party for unavoidable reasons, be careful not to drink too much. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends not exceeding 40 g of alcohol per day for men and 20 g for women. If you calculate based on 500ml of draft beer, it is 2 glasses for men and 1 glass for women. For 200ml of makgeolli, 4 servings for men, 2 servings for women, and 5 servings for men and 2.5 servings for women for 50ml of soju.
◆ Ketchup = Tomatoes are healthy foods, but if you process them with a lot of sodium, it’s a different story. Sodium increases the risk of stomach cancer. If you have a family history of stomach cancer, you should eat especially fresh foods. In addition, you should be careful with foods that are unexpectedly high in sodium, such as canned fish and semi-cooked soups. The same goes for pasta sauce, bagels, and pickled radish.
◆ Apple Pie = Excessive intake of sugar and refined carbohydrates is easy to get cancer. Avoid pies such as apple pie and pastries such as apricot tart. Of course, donuts are popular these days. If you eat bread as a meal rather than a dessert, it is better to choose whole grain bread instead of white bread.
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