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Healthy diet for cancer prevention

Question

HI EXPERT MY FAMILY HAS A HISTORY OF STOMACH CANCER, HOW CAN THAT BE AVOIDED. ALSO I SUFFER FROM PSORIATICAL ARTHRITIS CAN YOU PLEASE RECOMEND ANY NUTRITION. CAN YOU ALSO ADVISE ME OF SERRAPEPTASE I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPLY KIND REGARDS SEAN

Answer

1. You can help to reduce your cancer risk by eating a healthy, balanced diet. A balanced diet will help to maintain a healthy body weight, which can itself reduce the risk of many cancers.

The following dietary suggestions may help:

  • Try to increase the fibre (roughage) in your diet.
  • Eat at least five different portions of fruit and vegetables a day.
  • Red, processed and preserved meat should be eaten in smaller quantities.
  • Try not to eat fatty foods, particularly those high in saturated fat too often.
  • Try to cut down on the amount of salt you eat. It is recommended that we should be eating no more than 6g salt (2.5g sodium) a day.

Why not follow this link to the Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator to find out if you are a healthy weight for your height? Another suggestion is to look at the Cancer Research UK web site, which contains further information on how the things we eat affect our risk of cancer and offers advice for eating healthily and reducing your risk.

2. Psoriatic Arthritis General advice is to follow a healthy, balanced diet as outlined above. Achieving a healthy body weight will help to reduce strain on your weight-bearing joints (back, hips, knees, ankles and feet). There may be some benefit to increasing the amount of oily fish in your diet. Before making any changes to your diet you should discuss them with your Doctor/ Healthcare professional who will be aware of your medical history and have a record of your prescribed medications.

3. Serrapeptase Serrapeptase is an enzyme which was originally found in the silkworm, but is processed commercially today through fermentation.

I would advise that you discuss this with your Doctor as I am unable to make recommendations on medications.

Source: Nutrition in cancer Editorial Board