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Cancer has become one of the main public health challenges in the world. In Colombia, according to figures provided by the Fund for high-cost diseasesin 2020 and 2021 declared 416.289 people with a certain type of cancer. It is therefore important to understand that certain foods and nutrients that contain vitamins and minerals can increase or decrease the risk of this disease.
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The High Cost Diseases Fund document assured that mortality from this disease has reflected an upward trend and reported almost 33,600 people who died in the country.
The importance of responsible food consumption lies in the fact that there are certain diseases that can directly affect the digestive system such as colon cancer or rectal cancer, even scientists have verified that the appearance of breast cancer It is strongly influenced by the type of food consumed.
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According to Dr. Marcos Malumbres, of the National Cancer Research Center of Spain, food is not responsible for the onset of diseases such as cancer, what can make the body sick is the amount of food consumed.
“There are no bad foods per se. What happens is that our body is designed for certain foods better than others. The seal needs an amount of fatty food that would be toxic to us,” Malumbres said.
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According to some studies, it is necessary to understand what kind of food the body is able to process, which can cause irritation that ends in metabolic problems and, over time, cause damage or the appearance of diseases.
For example, Marina Pollán, director of the Spanish National Center of Epidemiology, made a distinction between red meat alone and that to which seasonings have been added, such as those found in foods such as hamburgers, sausages and other types of processed meats.
According to studies, processed meat has a high risk of causing cancer, but if its consumption is not habitual it does not represent a health problem, so in relation to the consumption of red meat, Dr. Pollán has assured that: “it contains iron and vitamins of group B protective against cancer, therefore consumption twice a week is considered normal”.
Another food that experts say should be avoided is sugar, and although it is present in many foods and beverages, it is an important risk factor in the development of cancer. For Malumbres, “the danger of sugar is that it is very addictive, it has a higher risk of obesity and recent studies link it directly to breast tumors”.
A study concerning the Prostate cancer and plant-based diets found that by having cancer-fighting compounds such as flavonoids, tatins, and resveratrol, the plants They can help reduce the risk of developing this type of cancer.
This was confirmed by Charlie Schmidt, editor of the Harvard Medical School’s annual report on prostate diseases, who assured that “in general, the studies lean towards the beneficial effects of the consumption of foods of plant origin. Most observational studies found that herbivores developed prostate cancer at lower rates than carnivores. And 60% of intervention studies reported that prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels increased more slowly in plant eaters than in meat eaters.
Other studies have shown that antioxidants help fight cancer because they contain molecules that protect against damage that can frequently occur in the body; For this reason, foods like green tea, wheat and rye, tomato, olive oil, broccoli, or aloe vera can help prevent the growth of proliferating cells that can cause cancer in the body.