Hedge Your Best Against Cancer (Yes, Cancer!)
Nov 04, 2009 by Bill Rawls, M.D.
If you set about to create a diet that would induce cancer in the human body, the average American diet would be a good place to start. This morning on the way to work traffic was backed up behind cars waiting for the new item at a local fast-food restaurant— fried baloney biscuits.
Add in 12 teaspoons of refined sugar found in a large cup of sweet tea, car exhaust fumes and short tempers from waiting in line, to the refined flour, hydrogenated oils, nitrite preservatives and chemicals retained in meat byproducts and abnormal fats created by frying the baloney, and you have a perfect recipe for cancer. This, unfortunately, is characteristic of how many Americans live and eat every day.
Traveling outside of the average American lifestyle and diet we can learn a lot from other cultures. In Japan, where consumption of meat is low and consumption of vegetables, fish and soy products is high, the rate of prostate and breast cancer is much lower than the U.S. In India, despite overcrowding, poor sanitation and high exposure to industrial pollution, the cancer rate is half that of America and interestingly, the rate of dementia is the lowest in the world. Very likely this is related to consumption of food spiced by curry. The average Indian consumes 1-2 grams of curry every day. Turmeric and ginger, commonly used in curries, are both are known for potent anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Tomatoes, olive oil and red wine found throughout the Mediterranean and closer to home, strict vegetarian diets practiced by Seventh Day Adventists are all associated with significantly reduced cancer risks.
More than any other time in all of history we are truly living within the Garden of Eden, finding it is simple of matter of making the right choices. As much as some foods can do us harm, others can protect us. Fresh vegetables, fresh fruit (especially temperate fruits such as berries), spices and herbs are more available than ever before, and all of them contain substances that directly inhibit the processes leading to cancer. Better foods, a less stressful approach to life, avoidance of toxins and regular exercise are choices that most anyone in America has access to and can greatly reduce risk for cancer and other diseases.
For guidance from Dr. Rawls on daily supplements for preventing cancer and other diseases, please refer to Step 1: Basic Essentials on the First Do No Harm Health Systems website.
Categories: Disease Prevention, Nutrition,
Tags(s): Cancer,
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Shelby Longfield- Nov 04, 2009
Fried baloney biscuits! Yikes!
