How not to get cancer...

[girlblue_77]

Since I do breast cancer research, and am constantly attending talks about the environment and women's health and cancer in general, I thought I would share with you a few I've learned about cancer prevention. Cancer is tragically common, and there are simple things we can do to lower our risks. Also, some of you are likely to have already had

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[sauvage1983]

Thanks for the tips!

So glad that I naturally snarf down loads of brocci :-)

[girlblue_77]

Me too! I LOVE vegetables!! I always have. My mom likes to tell stories about how when I was little and could barely talk, I used to say "Corn bean!" to get her to feed me corn and beans. And that I ate so many carrots that I actually started turning orange at one point. :)

[melsmarsh]

You too!

I once had specks of orange appearing on my skin. It was pretty worrisome at the time, but they went away in a few weeks. Dumb carrots.

[melsmarsh]

Another thing, eat parsley. It is very high in Vit A, C, and folic acid.

I love veggies, broccili, cauliflower, etc. I'm pretty good on the veggies and vitamins. And I am incredibly lazy, so I usually remove all the plastic from my frozen foods when I cook them, instead of following the directions. Never thought that would come in handy! Good to know I follow half those tips already!

Only thing that worries/confuses me is the melatonin bit. I'm naturally a night owl and I simply can't sleep during the nighttime. So far none of my family's night owls have gotten cancer, but 4 of our morning larks on the other hand have. My family is split between owls and larks pretty evenly. One would think an owl would get cancer once in a while, but we are the healthiest of the family.

[girlblue_77]

THAT is interesting. I wonder if there's something else going on... Some third factor present in the night owls that's not present in the morning larks. Maybe you all inherited a gene that alters your circadian rhythm which is linked to some other gene that decreases your risk of cancer. Something like that. Or else it's just a statistical fluke. Either way, it's compelling...

[melsmarsh]

I have no idea why, but there are larks and owls on both sides of my family. You have to wonder what that gene is. I guess my family is just pretty weird! :)

In my hubby's family, I think there has only been two cases of cancer both of them were larks too! But I don't think that is too weird as there are few owls in his family. One of his sisters was a sun bather for 20 years, so she had a little skin cancer, but it was cleared up.

I'll keep my nocturnal pattern. :) Besides, my veggies will kick cancer's butt!

[girlblue_77]

Oh, and I never knew that about parsley! I should definitely eat more of it!

[imabadkitty]

i really am sincerely glad to see someone posting these tips, wish i had read them six years ago!

[sleeping_hare]

I hate most green vegetables, but ironically, broccoli is one of the few that I will actually eat! Blueberries and pomegranates are also supposed to be good anti-cancer foods as they are rich in antioxidants--too bad they are so expensive!

I didn't know about the microwaving in plastic; I always wondered why all the Chinese people I worked with used the same Pyrex containers for their food.

[neurochemistry]

Thanks for posting this. I was good to see.