Can you prevent cancer by eating anti-cancer foods?

We are no longer strangers to cancer as a "super killer" that threatens human health. According to the data, there are about 3.8 million new cancer cases and 2.29 million deaths every year, and the incidence rate and mortality rate show a rising trend year by year. However, we don't have to talk about "cancer". International experience shows that active prevention, early screening, standardized treatment and other measures have a significant effect on reducing the incidence and mortality of cancer. Today, we will talk about those rumors that disturb people's mind on the way to fight against cancer.

　　Rumor 1: Eating anti-cancer food can prevent cancer

　　Truth: Although some foods do contain some anti-cancer ingredients, it is unrealistic to rely solely on eating such foods to fight cancer! Take broccoli, it has been "anti-cancer star" title, however, according to research data, if you want to eat broccoli to achieve the effect of anti-cancer, you must eat 5.4 pounds a day. But if this is the way to eat, we are likely to be unable to eat other foods, resulting in nutritional imbalance, but not conducive to our health. Therefore, just rely on eating anti-cancer food does not prevent and fight cancer.

　　Rumor 2: Radiotherapy is baked electricity, will roast people bad

　　Truth: Radiotherapy is a kind of common tumor treatment to kill cancer cells through radiation, sometimes some radiotherapy reactions will occur in the irradiated parts and neighboring organs, such as redness, blisters and even skin breakage of the irradiated skin, local pigmentation in some patients in the late stage, and some patients will suffer from reduced appetite or nausea and vomiting, etc., which will be recovered through the correct treatment by doctors and will not leave after-effects in general. Generally, there will not be any after-effects. With the progress of radiotherapy technology, especially in the past 20 years, radiotherapy is accompanied by the high-speed development of computer technology, high-definition imaging technology and stereotactic technology, etc., pursuing precise positioning, precise planning and precise treatment, which makes radiotherapy more and more safe and the side-effects less and less, and it has become one of the three mainstream technologies in the treatment of tumors, which is just like an invisible "scalpel". It is like an invisible "scalpel".

　　Rumor 3: Eggs are hairy things and tumor patients can't eat them.

　　Truth: We all know that losing weight in a short time is one of the manifestations of cancer, which is because cancer is a kind of chronic consumptive disease, and tumor cells need a lot of nutrients in the process of proliferation, which will lead to nutritional depletion of the patients and even consume themselves. Therefore, cancer patients need more nutrients than normal people, including protein. Eggs can provide cancer patients with high-quality protein, which is easier to be absorbed and utilized, so cancer patients are able to eat eggs to replenish their body and enhance their physical fitness and anti-cancer ability. In addition, it should be noted that when giving eggs to cancer patients, try to choose boiled eggs and egg soup. Some studies show that the protein digestibility of boiled eggs with shell is as high as 99.7%, almost all of which can be absorbed and utilized by the body.

　　Rumor 4: Eating less can starve tumors to death

　　Truth: Previously, some articles claimed that cancer cells like sugar, so cancer patients should not eat too much sugar, or even eat less, so as to starve cancer cells. In fact, tumor cells are able to take in more glucose and other nutrients compared to normal cells. Cancer is a chronic wasting disease, cancer patients need more nutrients to meet the body's needs and resist the disease. Dieting not only won't starve the cancer cells to death, but will make the patient's body nutritional status deteriorate and resistance decline, which is not conducive to anti-cancer treatment. Of course, appropriate less intake of sugar is conducive to reducing the occurrence of obesity and cardiovascular endocrine-based diseases.

　　Rumor 5: Cancer pain with painkillers will be addictive and have big side effects.

　　Truth: For cancer pain, it is still necessary to use drugs when it is time to use them for two main reasons. First of all, improving the quality of life is one of the main treatment objectives of cancer patients. Pain will not only affect the daily activities of patients and their quality of life, but also trigger anxiety, cause loss of appetite, insomnia, and even the spirit will be affected to varying degrees, and the immune function is bound to be impaired, which will then aggravate the condition. In addition, doctors to patients with painkillers are mainly divided into two categories, one belongs to the role of the central nervous system opioid receptors of painkillers, we are often referred to as opioid painkillers, this type of painkillers are addictive; the other category belongs to the non-opioid painkillers, non-addictive, clinically, usually referred to as the "non-steroidal painkillers", such as Aspirin, ibuprofen, paracetamol and so on. If your pain is not particularly severe, your doctor may give you a non-opioid painkiller. Even if you are given opioid painkillers, they are not addictive as long as they are taken under the supervision of a medical professional.