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Coffee may prevent breast cancer among postmenopausal women

Coffee may prevent breast cancer among postmenopausal women
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How to prevent variegation from disappearing

How to prevent variegation from disappearing
It’s May and many of the garden perennials are starting to leaf out. Now is the time when gardeners might notice that a favorite plant with variegated leaves is sprouting solid green ones called reversions. I found some last week when walking by a patch of brunneras on a shady hillside.

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Top 7 Tips to Prevent Cancer

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A complex mix of factors related to environment, lifestyle, and heredity plays a role in the causation of cancer. For example, 80 percent of all cancers are related to the use of tobacco products, to what we eat and drink, and to our exposure to radiation, asbestos, and some of the other cancer-causing agents. There’s not much you can do about your genes, but several other key risk factors are under your control. If you identify them and make the necessary changes in your lifestyle early enough, you can substantially decrease your chances of developing a malignancy. Here are some of the risk factors you can do something about:

1. Tobacco

Tobacco is the most preventable cause of mortality in this country. Regardless of whether you chew it, snuff it, smoke it, or inhale someone else’s exhaust, tobacco is a killer. In the United States, it is responsible for 85 to 90 percent of all lung cancers, and for one-third of all deaths related to other cancers. The magnitude of the risk depends on the number and kind of cigarettes you have smoked and for how long. A pack-a-day smoker is ten times more vulnerable than a non-smoker. It is never too late to quit. After you do, your cancer risk declines gradually each year.

2. Chronic alcohol abuse

This type of abuse can cause cancer of the liver, as well as of the mouth, throat, and larynx, especially in combination with tobacco. It may also raise the risk of breast cancer. If you are going to imbibe, limit yourself to the equivalent of two drinks a day – and stop smoking.

3. Diet

People who shun fruits and vegetables have roughly twice the incidence of most types of cancer – lung, larynx, oral cavity, stomach, colon, and rectum, bladder, pancreas, cervix, and ovary – than those with the highest intake. Yet only 9 percent of Americans heed the recommendations of the National Cancer Institute and the National Research Council to eat two servings of fruit and three portions of vegetables a day. Seventh-Day Adventists, who don’t drink or eat much meat but do consume a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, have the lowest incidence of cancer in the U.S. population. This protective effect is probably due to the antioxidants and folic acid present in fruits and vegetables, which neutralize damage to chromosomal DNA caused by oxygen-free radicals.

4. A high-fat diet

This type of diet is associated with cancer of the breast, uterus, and prostate. The guilty foods are eggs, fatty meat, high-fat salad dressings and cooking oils, and diary products such as whole milk, butter, and most cheeses.

Blueberries have a higher antioxidant capacity than any other fruit or vegetable. They are said to protect against cancer by virtue of their anthocyanins and other natural phytochemicals.

5. A high consumption of soy-based food

Soy-based food such as tofu, may also protect against cancer because of the genistein content. Genistein suppresses the production of proteins that cancer cells need in order to keep growing. In China and Japan, where people eat lots of soy, there is much less cancer of the breast, colon, and prostate than in this country. Since men with prostate cancer generally have lower blood levels of selenium than their normal counterparts, selenium supplements may protect against this malignancy.

6. Some supplements

Some supplements seem to protect against certain cancers. For instance, colon polyps and cancer do not recur as often in persons who regularly take multivitamins, calcium supplements, and vitamin E. A diet rich in fruits and vegetables is protective against cancer, presumably because of the beta-carotene content. So take your mother’s advice: Eat all the fruits and vegetables you can – and forget the pills.

7. Don’t have X-rays

Don’t have X-rays any more frequently than is absolutely necessary. I no longer take annual routine chest films on myself. Some dentists are too enthusiastic about X rays. Make sure you really need them before acquiescing.

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Anybody that has ever had cancer or knows somebody that has had it, or has a family member that has had cancer knows just how devastating and horrible it can be to the person who has it and everyone involved. Although there currently isn’t any known cure, anything that we can do to prevent cancer is very important, vitally so. In fact since there isn’t a cure, the only thing we can do is try to prevent it.

In this article today I’d like to give you several important tips for things that you can do to help prevent cancer in yourself.

One of the main areas to focus on is diet. Studies have shown that how we eat and what we eat is a major contributing factor to cancer prevention.

That means avoiding certain types of food if at all possible. Eating less dietary fat can definitely cut your cancer risk for things such as breast, colon, and also prostate cancers.

You should try to minimize the consumption of certain meats including beef, pork, and even poultry and fish.

You should also try to eat more vegetables and fruits but along with eating more of these things you should also be aware of how you prepare them. When it comes to preparation, it’s very important to wash your produce thoroughly as well.

Another important tip is to drink more water. Some studies have shown that drinking between 6 to 8 eight ounce glasses of water every single day does a good job helping to flush carcinogens out of your body which is very important to cancer prevention.

You should also try to consume as much dietary fiber is possible. This comes in the form of fresh fruits but also vegetables and whole grains. Fiber generally speeds that passage of feces through the intestines. This helps reduce the amount of time that those carcinogens stick around in your body which can only be a good thing.

Along with avoiding certain foods, it’s a good idea to add certain foods that are known to be good in the fight against cancer. When you come right down to it, almost all fruits and vegetables and grains are good for you and this area but some of them are even better than others.

These foods include onions and garlic as well as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and brussel sprouts. Nuts and seeds are especially good as well and whole grains; and tomatoes are great too.

So there you have several tips on how to prevent cancer that are fairly simple and straightforward and shouldn’t take too much effort on your part.

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SHERYL CROW & FANS FLIP THEIR LIDS TO HELP PREVENT BREAST CANCER

Friday, October 10, 2008: Los Angeles CA. Multi-platinum multi-Grammy Award® winning singer songwriter Sheryl Crow celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the Yoplait® Save Lids to Save Lives® breast cancer awareness and fundraising initiative with a special performance at the The Wiltern in Los Angeles. As October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, concert goers were asked to present ten specially designated pink Yoplait® lids at the door with their ticket. Yoplait® has pledged to donate $1.00 per pink lid collected at the concert to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, equaling $10 per donation guest. Crow, a breast cancer survivor, is currently on the road to support her latest album Detours and on October 11 will release a new album entitled Home for Christmas. Consumers who wish to participate in Save Lids to Save Lives® the program have the opportunity to save pink lids and mail them to Yoplait until December 31, 2008. Yoplait® will donate 10 cents to Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and up to $1.5 million with a guaranteed minimum donation of $500000. Fans can also join Sheryls lid collection efforts on www.YourLidMatters.com through a new online program that allows consumers to create teams with their family and friends to support the fight against breast cancer. Bader TV was on the pink carpet to capture the excitement…

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