Genes are responsible for the expression of our health conditions. Health conscious people, like ourselves are so interested to know the diseases that they may have inherited from their ancestors. Certainly, forewarned is being forearmed. But, be obsessed and anxious, to think that once they have the gene for a certain disease, they are destined to suffer and die as their relatives did. Maybe by inaction! But when I reviewed recent studies, this shouldn’t really be your scenario. I really think that if you have a gene for a certain chronic illness you can prevent its full blown expression. more…

Obese people are prey to a lot of degenerative fatal diseases like diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and a lot more.

A causative factor of cancer including prostate cancer is obesity. Somehow, fat cells induce the formation of inflammation, the initial beginnings of mutation of prostate cells that starts the abnormal replication leading to cancer. Those fat cells also produce proteins called cytokines that enhance the inflammatory process. Evidently, losing weight shrinks the weight of fat cells in your body.

Exercise burn fat?

People think exercise can do the trick to make you lose weight. Without doubt, exercise has lots of benefits. It improves the functioning of your cardio-vascular system, relieves your stress and decreases your risk of developing diabetes among others.
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Most of us think that all fruits and vegetables are created equal. To ascertain this, I did some research and surprisingly, I discovered that highly colored fruits and vegetables are more saturated with phytochemicals. As we all know, phytochemicals are highly effective in preventing chronic illnesses and prostate cancer.
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The big bad wolf

All the media around us warn us to be aware of the H1N1 flu. Everybody got an idea of how devastated this virus can be with half a million deaths in the State and over 30 million worldwide. However, the majority of deaths in the 1918 flu pandemic were the result of secondary bacterial pneumonia, which can be now treated by antibiotics due to the discovery of penicillin in 1928, attributed to the Scottish scientist and Nobel laureate Alexander Fleming. Consequently, new types of influenza developed in the world due to mutation and re-assortment of the influenza viruses from both animals and humans.
In flu history, in 1968 and 1969, the H3N2 Hong Kong flu emerged, killing an estimated 1 million people worldwide, 100,000 in Hong kong or 15 percent of the population and 33,800 in the USA. more…

Who doesn’t love making love? If you’re diagnosed with prostate cancer you’d want to know whether an active sexual life is good or bad for you. Recently, I made some in-depth research on this issue and landed upon two conflicting findings. Cancer research says it may actually be good for your prostate, while on the other hand it may actually hasten cancer cell proliferation.

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Middle aged men have a lot of concern about their prostate. They complain of symptoms of prostate trouble like difficulty in urinating or recurrent urinary tract infections. When this happens, they start thinking, “Is it prostate cancer, or is it just a benign case of hypertrophy of the prostate?” Don’t panic, see things objectively and cooperate with your doctor.

Prostate enlargement usually begins around 50 years of age. If prostate cancer has put its influence in your life there is a lot you can do. more…

Your mom had always nagged you to go outdoors to play and catch some vitamin D. She had been right! A laboratory-population based research confirms that Vitamin D actually reduces the risk of developing prostate cancer. Here’s more, of the good news, it was also found that Vitamin D suppresses the growth and spread of cancer cells. Is not the first time I spoke about vitamin D and cancer but here there is some new research I found interesting to share.

Cancer research results

Research reveals that men born in the sunnier portions of the USA have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer as compared to men in areas with lesser sunshine. Moreover, men who live in the northern latitude who are therefore more exposed to sunshine than those in the Southern latitude have lesser risk. This all goes to prove that sun exposure correlate with the importance of Vitamin D with the risk of prostate cancer development. more…

I recently landed on a Cancer and Diet website which lists most of the functional foods and related study on cancer . The interesting fact here is most of the conclusions from those studies present no evidence for the fact that eating vegetables and fruits will reduce the risk of cancer. This is the perfect example of using one type of information in a wrong way. This is against my views and position and here is why:
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The cancer patients take alternative medicine for one simple reason: Fear.

All your life you were in a safe place with rules. But cancer changes all that and you start to doubt your principles. This is especially true if your child gets cancer. You are in a very vulnerable state of mind and crook and charlatan will sell you anything expensive to replace that void created by cancer. The Federal trade commission is starting to look at these marketers and sue them for our own protection. Besides the pricey item, they are charging with the dream of a quick cure, however those little magic pills or potions can be quite harmful. more…

Many cancer survivors had shared experiences on how they have battled cancer. Some have written books, web pages and even started foundations to share their triumphs. Majority focused on their diet apart from their medications as a strategy to fight the disease.

Utmost of their plans were plant based diets consisting of  a variety of vegetables and fruits a day. Dark Green and leafy vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, cabbage, Brussels sprout, eggplants, artichoke, asparagus, kale, basil, bitter melon, carrots and a host of other vegetables specially the deeply colored ones have more phytochemicals that retard the growth of cancer cells. Darkly colored fruits such as blueberries, cranberries, strawberries, grapes, pomegranate, tomatoes, and apples are rich in phytochemicals and flavonoids also inhibit the growth and spread of those deadly cancer cells. If your dietitian had a made a diet plan for you incorporating at least 5 or 10 fruits and vegetable a day by all means stick to it. At the best, your diet should be dense in vegetables and fruits.

Of course, it is understandable that a drastic change in your eating habits and food preferences is always difficult. You might find your diet boring. But little and gradual changes are beneficial.
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