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Nowadays, cancer illness is growing rapidly, we have often heard that someone is battling cancer or someone died due to cancer. The reason behind developing cancer is the lifestyle choices we make.
To protect yourself just get regular check-ups of all various types of cancer so that it can be treated at an early stage. You just need simple lifestyle changes that can make a difference and are listed below:
1. Don’t smoke or consume tobacco
Smoking has been linked to many types of cancer including cancer of the lung, mouth, throat, larynx, pancreas, bladder, cervix and kidney. Also, chewing tobacco develops cancer of the oral cavity and pancreas.
Avoiding tobacco or deciding to stop using it is an important part of cancer prevention.
2. Eat nutritious
Although making healthy selections at mealtime might reduce your risk.
Your good health relies upon the selection of food. Add fruits, vegetables and other foods from plant sources such as whole grains and beans to boost the immune system to fight against the cancer cells.
Alcohol consumption in excess raises the risk of developing cancer including breast, colon, lung, kidney and liver.
A research report from the International Agency and the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, determined that eating high amounts of processed meat can increase the risk of certain types of cancer.
3. Stay physically fit and healthy
Eating healthy maintains your weight which further lowers the risk of various types of cancer, including cancer of the breast, prostate, lung, colon and kidney.
Physical activity counts, too. Approximately 30 minutes of workout in your daily routine keeps you healthy, active to perform all day chores.
4. Sun protection
The most common cancer which is found and can be curable is skin cancer. As per the reports, don’t stay too much in the sunlight as the sun’s rays are strongest. While traveling, wear Sunglasses and a hat.
5. Get vaccinated
To prevent cancer you need to protect yourself from several viral infections. Hepatitis B can surge the risk of developing liver cancer. To prevent that hepatitis B vaccine is suggested for certain adults. Another vaccine that is recommended by the experts is Human papillomavirus (HPV) which is a sexually transmitted virus that can raise the risk of getting cervical and other genital cancers as well as squamous cell cancers of the head and neck.
6. Safe sex:
Another cancer prevention method is to do safe sex. Avoid doing sex with multiple partners and make sure that your partner is also not getting involved with many sex partners. Many sexual partners arises the risk to contract a sexually transmitted infection such as HIV or HPV. HPV is most often associated with developing cervical cancer, but there is risk of cancer of the liver, lung, anus, penis, throat, vulva and vagina also.
