A warning to "White Bone Demon" to eat the right dinner and stay away from stomach cancer

After a busy day, many white-collar workers in cities have a habit of having a late-night snack with friends or entertaining clients. Professor Wang Guimian, a famous gastric cancer expert at Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and chief gastric cancer expert at Beijing Andingmen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, recently issued a warning: Frequent late-night snacks or dinners that are too late, too good or too full will increase the burden on the stomach and increase the risk of gastric cancer.

Data shows that gastric cancer ranks second among cancer-related deaths worldwide. 42% of new cases of gastric cancer worldwide are from my country, with nearly 400,000 people. However, the early detection rate of gastric cancer in my country is only about 10%, and few people realize that gastric cancer is closely related to irregular dinners. At present, the situation of gastric cancer prevention and treatment in my country is extremely severe.

According to Professor Wang Guimian, a gastric cancer expert, Japanese researchers found that most of the 30-40-year-old gastric cancer patients had the habit of eating supper before they became ill, and 38.4% of them had irregular dinner times. According to Professor Wang Guimian's analysis, the inner surface of the stomach is covered with a layer of tissue rich in secretory glands - gastric mucosa, which is a complex secretory organ that plays an important role in protecting the health of the stomach and maintaining normal digestion and absorption functions. The life span of gastric mucosal epithelial cells is very short, and they need to regenerate about 2-3 days. This regeneration process is generally carried out at night when the gastrointestinal tract is resting. If you often eat at night, the regeneration and repair of the gastric mucosa cannot proceed smoothly, which will cause harm to the health of the stomach. In addition, the food eaten at night will stay in the stomach, which will promote the secretion of a large amount of gastric juice, irritate the gastric mucosa, weaken the resistance, and cause ulcers. If you often eat some fried, barbecued, and cured foods at night, the carcinogens in them will further damage the stomach. Eating supper is a thing that makes the mouth enjoy but the stomach suffer. For health, it is better to eat less.

Who is prone to gastric cancer?

Infected with Helicobacter pylori; male, especially male who weighs 20-25 kg more than normal; aged between 50 and 80 years old; often use salted pickled vegetables or smoked meat and fish; smoke; have undergone gastric surgery, gastric polyps; family tumor disease, family history of gastric cancer; pernicious anemia; type A blood; long-term work in an environment containing large amounts of smoke, asbestos and nickel.

Seek medical attention as soon as possible if you feel unwell

There are no typical symptoms in the early stages of gastric cancer. Even if symptoms such as abdominal distension, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting occur, they are easily ignored as common stomach diseases. This is an important reason why it is difficult for patients to detect it early.

People who often eat at night should be vigilant if they experience bloating, poor appetite, weight loss, fatigue, dull pain in the heart, abdominal pain, indigestion, a feeling of fullness after eating, frequent vomiting of overnight food and gastric juice without bile, or black tarry stools. They must not ignore the symptoms and cannot just go to the pharmacy and buy a few pills to get through it, because these symptoms may be the early manifestations of gastrointestinal tumors such as esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, and colorectal cancer.

Eating more fresh vegetables can prevent

The main external cause of gastric cancer is unscientific diet, and the internal cause is gene mutation. Many carcinogens, such as aflatoxin and benzopyrene, are lipophilic substances that dissolve in lipolytic enzymes, and high-fat foods will cause a large amount of lipid substances to deposit in cells and tissues. These "dirty things" allow more carcinogens to be absorbed, causing gene mutations in cells, and then gastric cancer. Professor Wang Guimian, a gastric cancer expert, said that although gastric cancer is "sharp", it can be prevented. And preventing gastric cancer is very simple, just eat more fruits and vegetables.

As the saying goes, disease comes from the mouth, which is especially true for patients with gastric cancer. Some people always have meat on the table, and they eat meat with relish, but are not interested in vegetarian dishes, or only take a few chopsticks and stop. In fact, vegetables, fruits and other vegetarian foods contain a lot of antioxidant ingredients such as vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E, which can keep cells fresh and young, resist the attack of cancer cells, and regulate cell differentiation to prevent gastric mucosal degeneration and necrosis.

Therefore, when dining, vegetarian food must be the absolute majority. Eat a few bites of vegetarian food after eating a bite of meat. Elderly patients with high blood pressure, high blood fat, and diabetes should pay more attention to this.