Showing posts with label Breast Cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Breast Cancer. Show all posts

Monday, December 27, 2010

Green Tea and Eating Mushroom Reduces Risk of Breast Cancer

Mushrooms and green tea seems a kind of simple food and drinks. But behind her, mushrooms and properties of the large green tea shop. Recent studies show, mushrooms and green tea to effectively reduce the risk of cancer. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women worldwide.

Therefore, in particular for women, good food and drinks in the list of the diet. Results can be sure to meet your initial motivation.

A study by a team of researchers from the University of Western Australia, Perth was conducted, showed that women who eat lots of mushrooms and green tea in your diet to reduce the risk of breast cancer.

The study in the International Journal of Cancer has published, in which more than 2,000 Chinese women. They found that women eat more fresh mushrooms and dried mushrooms, the greater the risk of breast cancer. The risk is also lower among women who drink green tea every day.

As is known, the rate of breast cancer in China was 4.5 times lower than in other developing countries. Although this number has begun to increase in particular in the fields of plenty.

"These latest results indicate that the traditional diet, especially with the mushrooms and green tea has a lot due to the low incidence of breast cancer in China," said study leader, Dr. Min Zhang.

This study was conducted in southern China, with 2,018 women. A total of 1009 diantarnya, breast cancer and staying healthy women without breast cancer. Participants 20-87 years. They were asked to complete questionnaires about their diet and the frequency of consumption of certain foods such as mushrooms and green tea.

usually held in Zhang's team found that women, many of the fresh mushrooms, 10 grams or more consumed per day, 3.2 times the risk of breast cancer less than they do not eat mushrooms. Meanwhile, 4 grams of dried mushrooms or more per day ate the risk of a lower average time to cancer with experience who do not eat mushrooms.

Meanwhile, women who drank green tea and eat mushrooms every day that a 11-18% risk of breast cancer than those who drink do both. However, the research is clear, this study does not prove cause and effect.

Researchers have shown that risk factors for breast cancer as a bit of weight, educational level, frequency of exercise habits and smoking, but are bright, there are other factors that could explain these results.

"This study is the first to link the amount of mushrooms and green tea in the diet with a reduced risk of breast cancer," said Zhang. However, he added, this invention can also be received in biology.

Studies in laboratory animals, he says, showed the mushroom with anti-tumor substances can stimulate the immune system to recover the body against cancer. The same goes for green tea, this tea contains antioxidants called polyphenols. This substance was effective against breast cancer in animals.
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Green Tea Not Proven Can Prevent Breast Cancer

Antioxidants in green tea has long been known to prevent cancer cell growth. However, recent research in Japan shows no link between green tea consumption with breast cancer risk.

Several previous studies noted that consumption of green tea may help protect women from breast cancer. This is because the content of polyphenol compounds contained in green tea may actually protect against breast cancer.

Polyphenols belong to a powerful antioxidant. This compound neutralizes free radicals that cause cancer. However, recent large-scale studies in Japan showed different results. Drinking green tea had no relation to breast health. Result of these findings published online in the Oct. 28 issue of the journal Breast Cancer Research.

"We found no overall relationship between green tea consumption and risk of breast cancer among Japanese women used to drink green tea," said study leader Dr. Motoki Iwasaki, Epidemiology and Prevention in Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening of the National Cancer Center in Tokyo, Japan.

"Our findings suggest that consumption of green tea is consumed regularly is not possible to reduce the risk of someone suffering from breast cancer," said Healthday.

For this study, Iwasaki team members collected data on 53,793 women who were surveyed between 1995 and 1998. Ask the question of how many participants are consuming green tea.

This question was given at baseline and introduced five years later. In the second study, researchers also asked about the two types of green tea Sencha and Bancha Genmaicha.

The researchers found, among women, approximately 12% of them consumed less than one cup of green tea in the other 27% per week. Drinking five or more cups a day.

This study also included female respondents who drank more than 10 cups a day. For nearly 14 years of follow up, 350 women from the study participants had breast cancer.

However, the researchers found no association between green tea and breast cancer risk. In the study, Iwasaki said that a force of this investigation and the enactment of the goals to reach for the number of participants to information collected before the diagnosis of breast cancer.

"So avoid the bias that is often inherent in research using the case study method," he said.

Dr. Stephanie Bernik, breast cancer surgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, United States, said it was difficult to say that there is no benefit at all from green tea consumption.

"Maybe there is no benefit, specifically for breast cancer," he said.

Bernik said that many women who have breast cancer are interested in alternative medicine when Western medical treatment can not cure.

"We always seek more knowledge about how to treat breast cancer and reduce the incidence of breast cancer," he said.

"Women definitely interested in how you can have a healthy lifestyle," continued Bernik.

Jennifer J. Hu, professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, United States, adding that the problem with population-based study is that when it comes to seeing a single factor, which not be taken into account the risk factors Another conclusion that can affect research.

"Also, just by drinking green tea, do not get enough of the form (possibly compound to fight cancer) to make a big difference," he said.

Based on these problems, Hu did not believe that this research is to answer the question of whether or not green tea may help someone prevent breast cancer.

Breast cancer deserves to be seen as a frightening disease for women. Worldwide, breast cancer is the second leading cause of death after lung cancer, colon cancer followed.

While in Indonesia, the number of patients with breast cancer is second after cancer of the cervix (cervical). The high number of cases of suspected breast cancer that women are less aware of breast changes that often causes breast cancer is detected at an advanced stage.

In fact, early detection and increased surveillance along the appropriate treatment is thought to reduce the number of deaths from breast cancer.

Specific causes of breast cancer remains unknown. However, there are many factors that are estimated to have an influence on the occurrence of breast cancer. The family history, menstruation or menopause very young at the age of 50, gave birth to her first child at the age of 35 years, diets with excessive consumption of fat, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption , stress, genetic factors and others.
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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Beware, Breast Cancer Attack Youth!

Once cancer is identical to the age of the elderly. But now, the number two killer diseases world women attack began at a young age. Necessary precautions to maintain productivity.
October to the dynamics of the celebration of World Breast Cancer Awareness. And the momentum should be the fair sex, are more concerned with breast health.
"Breast cancer is not just strike older women, but also young people have a talent for early breast cancer have. The people must always check the awareness of women themselves," said the chairman of the Health Foundation.
Recommend breast ultrasound for women who are not married. And while stepping age of 35 years, breast ultrasound should be performed every two years. Then check regularly.
"We have used the century of cancer. Expenses, we are a developing country in two. Diseases, cancer slowly but surely. I fear, more to the young age. I patients with recent age of 15 years," he said.
Added added precaution, checked regularly to an ideal combination for the prevention of breast cancer in the light of normal malignant cells will last for many years.
"We know baseball, how to live healthy, but we forget the environment is beyond our role. Substance of free radicals incredible," he said.
Preventive measures that can be grown, control environmental factors, lifestyle and diet (which is now more ready meals). While breast cancer risk factors, including no children, age over 35 years, history of benign tumors of the breast, while still single, and overweight women who work at night.
"The problem now is stable, the trend of a young age. In fact, we have a research, genetic factors were increased by 5-7 percent annually," he said.
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Prevent Breast Cancer with Papaya

Papaya (Carica papaya) is a versatile plant. The fruit contains high levels of antioxidants. This vitamin C, flavonoids, folic acid, vitamin A include panthotenik acids, minerals, magnesium, vitamin E, fiber, potassium and vitamin B. The fruit contains an enzyme that can prevent breast cancer cell growth. And the leaves and roots of various kinds of diseases to overcome.
Papaya fruit contains a variety of enzymes, vitamins and minerals. Its vitamin A content of more than carrots, more vitamin C than oranges. It is also rich in B vitamins and vitamin E.

"The protein content in papaya fruits are not too high. Only 6.4 grams per kilogram of fruit. However, this small amount almost completely digested and absorbed by the body. This is the enzyme papain in the papaya in a position a substance 35 times larger than the size alone digest, "said Dr. Diana Goddess of the European Centre for slimming.

Papaya fruit contains the enzyme papain. This enzyme is very active and capable of accelerating the process of protein digestion. This enzyme can break down food that contains protein and several amino acid compounds that are or training autointoxicaing automatically removes unwanted substances due to incomplete digestion. "High blood pressure, constipation, arthritis, epilepsy, diabetes and diseases and the digestive process is not perfect. Papain can not always prevent the occurrence of them. But at least the negative impacts, to minimize the result. Of course, papain to help the process of digesting food better, "continued Dr. Diana.

Papaya can also speed up the digestion of carbohydrates and fats. The enzyme papain to break down the fibers of the meat so the meat is easily digestible. Not surprisingly, when the papaya is often used as ingredients of meat. to keep the contents of antiseptics, the teams of the digestive system, especially the intestine with the bacterium.

Preventing Heart Disease

papaya fruit can assist the oxidation of cholesterol in the liver. High cholesterol can lead to heart attacks and strokes. And this can prevent a regular eating papaya.

Papaya is also rich in fiber can reduce cholesterol in the liver to help. Folic acid is found in papaya, harmful substances that damage the walls of blood vessels and eventually eliminate a heart attack can.

Papaya fruit contains vitamin A and vitamin B are needed to strengthen the immune system. In addition to the enzyme papain, chymopapain papaya contain enzymes that reduce inflammation, thus helping the body in the healing process of burns and other injuries.

Benefits of the papaya is no less important are the prevention of colon cancer. This is not due to fiber content. This fiber is very useful for those who have difficulty passing stools. Vitamin A is found in papaya, is very useful for people with weak lungs.

Prevent cancer

In papaya, more than 50 Amoni acid in papaya latex contain, among other things, aspartic acid, threonine, serine, glutamic acid, proline, glycine, alanine, valine, isoleucine, leucine, tyrosine, phenylalanine, histidine, lysine, arginine and cysteine tritophan. "They are useful to refine the skin, strengthens skin tissues are very elastic (anti-aging early), and keep your teeth plaque deposits," said Dr. Diana.

In addition to the positive on the skin, Dr. Diana, papaya leaves can be used to treat vaginal discharge, fever caused by birth, menstruation, and will launch a breast milk (breast milk). And it can prevent cell growth of breast cancer in particular. Why?

papain enzyme can break down proteins into arginine. Arginine is an essential amino acid compound under normal conditions can not be used to produce the body and obtained through foods such as eggs and yeast. However, if the enzyme papain digestion of proteins involved in the process, it certainly makes some proteins to papain with arginine had an effect on the production of human growth hormone, human growth hormone (HGH) is . "Now, HGH is what helps to improve muscle tone and reduce fat accumulation in the body. Other relevant information, laboratory tests showed arginine used to inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells, "he said.
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