Vegetable and Fruit Only a Few Can Fight Cancer

Consumption of fruit and vegetables is essential for a healthy lifestyle. But to fight cancer, fruit and vegetables was not enough. Need a comprehensive lifestyle changes not only from a single factor such as food.
Reporting from the British Journal of Cancer found that the relationship between fruit and vegetables with cancer development are still not convincing.

Researchers found the evidence is incontrovertible that the cancer is strongly associated with smoking, being overweight (obesity) and alcohol consumption more than the recommended daily limit. That means if the person is eating vegetables and fruit but still did not avoid the three above trigger cancer is difficult to fight cancer.

Overweight people produce higher levels of certain hormones than people of a healthy weight and this can contribute to an increased risk of breast cancer.
Being overweight can increase your risk of other common cancers like bowel and also hard-to-treat forms of the disease like pancreatic, oesophageal and kidney cancer.
When alcohol is broken down by the body it produces a chemical which can damage cells increasing the risk of mouth, throat, breast, bowel and liver cancers.

In the UK 15,000 cases of cancer are caused by alcohol, it is believed, and 19,000 cases of cancer are caused by being overweight or obese. Sara Hiom, director of health information at Cancer Research UK, said: “Too few people know about the significant cancer risks associated with obesity and drinking too much alcohol.

"While stopping smoking remains the best way to cut your chances of developing cancer, the importance of keeping a healthy weight and cutting down on alcohol shouldn’t be overlooked. Keeping alcohol intake to a maximum of one small drink a day for women and two small drinks per day for men and keeping weight within the healthy limits can have an enormous impact.”

The British research mirrors the findings of an American study published in April. For every extra two portions consumed the risk of cancer reduced by just three per cent, the research conducted by a team at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York suggested.