Simple Foods, Good To Reduce Breast Cancer Too!

Skipped meals and over eating the next meal is not good for you. If you don’t have time to eat your breakfast, at least carry two sandwiches stuffed with vegetable slices and a piece of cheese. You can quickly gulp down a glass of milk at home and eat the packed sandwiches while on your drive to office. It is simple to make and good to eat. Has a lot of nutritional value too. The early symptoms or signs of developing breast cancer are fatigue, sudden weight loss or gain, anemia, dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), breathing problems, lymphedema (swelling), and digestive problems such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation. Soy acts as anti-cancer agent in women. What we know at this point is the phytoestrogens in soy foods are "anti-estrogens". In other words, they may block estrogen from reaching the receptors and hence potentially protecting women from developing cancer. A recent study has shown that selenium may enhance immune function, at least in those healthy adults with relatively low blood selenium. It reduces the symptoms of prostate cancer.

Simple things to add in your diet to reduce breast cancer:

3 to 6 servings a day of whole wheat or grain foods:

Replace high fat food products with whole grains which have a greater nutritional value. Whole grains must include brown rice, green grams and wheat berries. Fiber rich food such as breads, cereals, whole grain bagels, pasta, tortillas and green gram is vital for digestion besides having nutritional value. It is quite helpful in fighting breast cancer as it reduces estrogen level in the body.

Nuts – just a handful of them: Nuts have mono unsaturated fats; they not only add fibre to your food intake but are also good to reduce breast cancer.

Fruits and vegetables: Having few servings of fruits and vegetables is suggested by a dietician. Cancer-fighting phytochemicals are found in abundance in fruits and vegetables. Nine servings of these fruits and vegetables are good for breast health. It increases your resistance power against cancer. 

After nuts, its time to talk about beans: Add beans to your soup if you don’t like it in any other form. Salads and pizzas can also have a good quantity of beans in them. Canned beans are easily available and ready to eat. If it takes time to prepare any thing else, canned beans is quite handy! One or two servings of it every day is required to minimise the risk of cancer.