Can Certain Types of Food Prevent Cancer?
Literature Review
Introduction
Cancer is a problem that has been around for many years and as the years go by more and more different types cancers are being discovered. This is not to say that it is taking over the world because just as different types of cancers are being discovered, some are being cured or are in the process of finding a cure for certain types (Early, 2014). In our modern age science is advancing and becoming more beneficial when it comes to medicine which is an immense benefit for cancer patients. More and more human beings are relying on the advances of medicine and not taking care of their health which is causing complication in the long run since their body could become immune …show more content…
There have been two different types of ways on how to deal with cancer, one of them is cancer chemoprevention and the other is dietary cancer prevention. Although most of the time these two tend to overlap each other in hopes that they both work in the healing process of cancer. Cancer chemoprevention is known as the pharmacologic intervention to prevent cancer from spreading while dietary prevention is known as a change of food one intakes to decrease the risk of getting cancer. In Singletary’s symposium he explains that there are benefits to the cancer chemoprevention method because it can prevent, inhibit or reverse the damage that cancer has already done and also to avert the development of invasive cancer (Singletary, …show more content…
Each individual has a preference when it comes to the way one is to be given treatment for cancer. Some individuals prefer the cancer chemoprevention way that deals with pharmaceuticals and some like the nutritive plant way because it is more natural. Yet, neither of them is wrong. Both ways have their advantages and disadvantages but together they can reverse the damage that cancer has already (Singletary,2000).
But can cancer really be prevented by diet? Salomon has a different theory in which she says that cancer cannot be prevented altogether but she is not wrong. It would take a miracle to get rid of cancer all together but with a healthful diet and lifestyle an individual can lower their risk of getting cancer. In the research Salomon conducted she found that people who lived their life in a healthful manner lowered their chances of getting cancer by 40 percent (Salomon, 2009). Von Nostitz also agrees with Salomon that the way a person lives can determine if an individual is most likely to have diseases later in life (von
Literature Review
Introduction
Cancer is a problem that has been around for many years and as the years go by more and more different types cancers are being discovered. This is not to say that it is taking over the world because just as different types of cancers are being discovered, some are being cured or are in the process of finding a cure for certain types (Early, 2014). In our modern age science is advancing and becoming more beneficial when it comes to medicine which is an immense benefit for cancer patients. More and more human beings are relying on the advances of medicine and not taking care of their health which is causing complication in the long run since their body could become immune …show more content…
There have been two different types of ways on how to deal with cancer, one of them is cancer chemoprevention and the other is dietary cancer prevention. Although most of the time these two tend to overlap each other in hopes that they both work in the healing process of cancer. Cancer chemoprevention is known as the pharmacologic intervention to prevent cancer from spreading while dietary prevention is known as a change of food one intakes to decrease the risk of getting cancer. In Singletary’s symposium he explains that there are benefits to the cancer chemoprevention method because it can prevent, inhibit or reverse the damage that cancer has already done and also to avert the development of invasive cancer (Singletary, …show more content…
Each individual has a preference when it comes to the way one is to be given treatment for cancer. Some individuals prefer the cancer chemoprevention way that deals with pharmaceuticals and some like the nutritive plant way because it is more natural. Yet, neither of them is wrong. Both ways have their advantages and disadvantages but together they can reverse the damage that cancer has already (Singletary,2000).
But can cancer really be prevented by diet? Salomon has a different theory in which she says that cancer cannot be prevented altogether but she is not wrong. It would take a miracle to get rid of cancer all together but with a healthful diet and lifestyle an individual can lower their risk of getting cancer. In the research Salomon conducted she found that people who lived their life in a healthful manner lowered their chances of getting cancer by 40 percent (Salomon, 2009). Von Nostitz also agrees with Salomon that the way a person lives can determine if an individual is most likely to have diseases later in life (von