Cancer – Vitamin Resource

Diet for oral cancer prevention

July 30, 2023September 21, 2017 by admin

What to eat to keep out oral cancer of your mouth? Diet is one of the best allies for the prevention of oral cancer.

The diet for oral cancer prevention puts special emphasis on healthy habits and bet on natural and seasonal foods (vegetables, fruits, and fish).

Fruits and vegetables are key to a healthy and balanced diet, a source of essential nutrients (antioxidants, vitamins and minerals) and an excellent protector against oral tumors. Something as simple as eating 5 pieces of fruit and vegetables a day helps prevent the onset of this type of cancer. Food alone does not prevent cancer but does favor a reduction in the risk of developing it.

Preventive Mastectomy: Tightens the risk of breast cancer by 95%

December 25, 2023August 11, 2017 by admin

Preventive mastectomy is surgery for the partial or total removal of one or both breasts in order to reduce the risk of breast cancer. A technique that can reduce risk by 95% in cases of genetic predisposition, as has been shown by science.

In our country, Public Health carries out a genetic test in cases where it is detected that there is a genetic risk, although it is only applied in extreme cases and always under medical prescription.

Immunotherapy: Advances in the fight against cancer

August 1, 2026June 4, 2017 by admin

Immunotherapy consists of the treatment of diseases through the support of the immune system. It is a considerable help for our own body to be able to defeat the enemy in this case, many different types of cancers that have little or little chance of being overcome by the body naturally. Below we tell you more about this hopeful news about immunotherapy and its power to treat cancer.

Nutrition in childhood cancer

January 21, 2025December 1, 2016 by admin

The nutritional status of children with cancer is of great importance, because both cancer and its treatment can affect the child’s appetite, tolerance to food and the body’s ability to absorb nutrients.

A suitable nutrition can improve the clinical evolution, outcome and quality of life of patients undergoing cancer treatment. Recommendations during treatment may focus on eating foods high in energy, protein and micronutrients to help maintain nutritional status. The habitual nutritional advices include eating many fruit, vegetables and cereals, with a moderate consumption of meat, fatty products and milk derivatives.

Remedies for prostate cancer

January 21, 2018March 1, 2016 by admin

Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor that develops in the prostate; gland the size of a walnut, located below the bladder and produces the fluid portion of semen.

Initially, the tumor remains within the outer capsule of the prostate, but with increasing size, is spread through the capsule and into the tissues surrounding the prostate.

Cancer cells also can be inferred from the primary tumor.

The lymphatic ganglion, near to the prostate, traps and becomes secondary tumors, or metastases. In addition, the tumor can spread through the blood vessels, producing metastases in the back, spine and pelvis…

Symptoms of cancer that men should not ignore

January 21, 2018February 19, 2015 by admin

Only 2% of people who present symptoms of “alarm” of cancer is considered as one of the causes. And men tend more often ignore signals that something is wrong with their health.

Symptoms of cancer are not always recognizable, however there are some physical changes that denounce it and that should not be ignored by men, but they are, as a inexplicable bleeding.

When there is blood in the urine of a man, it may be an early sign of bladder cancer or a more advanced of the prostate. And in the dreg can be linked to colorectal or anal cancer.

Breast cancer: A curable disease

January 24, 2018February 21, 2014 by admin

Breast cancer is the most common tumor type among women. In fact, doctors and specialists, estimated at one in 10 women suffer this type of cancer. When previously detected, the greater the chances of winning the battle and healing. Knowing the risk factors, like the programs or tests (mammography, breast self-examination), will help us to anticipate the diagnosis. Factors among which include not having children or having the first pregnancy after age 35.

Delay of childbearing age is not the only factor that makes women more vulnerable to breast cancer, there are also others such as history of relatives (mother, sisters) with cancer, feeding (diet too rich in fats and proteins) and stress, one of the enemies of our being and can influence our lives and our health.

Diet against cancer: Fiber and Micronutrients

January 24, 2018February 8, 2014 by admin

Follow a healthy life style is the best shield for our health, and not only as an effective preventive measure to reduce the risk of cancer but also other diseases such as cardiovascular disease. A diet should be varied and balanced to be healthy. A diet in which, among other tips, it’s good to go for the consumption of dietary fiber and micronutrients. In what food can we find them? What properties we reported for our health?

It is estimated, according to medical data, lifestyle, and that includes healthy habits such as eating healthy and varied influences 80% of cancer cases. A careful diet helps prevent the development of diseases and, including cancer. Modify the diet passes through something as simple as replacing the products or less natural food by others that they are recognized preventive properties against cancer, a term that includes different types of diseases that are characterized by an uncontrolled growth of cells.

How to prevent prostate cancer?

March 3, 2023January 7, 2014 by admin

Today we can find a lot of health-conscious men and occupied in preventing problems and diseases typical of them, such as prostate cancer.

It has been shown in several studies that the feed may have a positive impact on the prevention and, in some cases, in the treatment of patients with cancer. So we give you some recommendations.