Why did cancer come to you? It turns out that you are lacking some nutrients

A new report shows that in 2015, there were 4.29 million newly confirmed cancer cases in my country, with 12,000 new cancer cases diagnosed every day. In 2015, approximately 2.81 million Chinese people died of cancer, with an average of more than 7,500 people dying from cancer every day. These statistics are shocking. Nowadays, cancer is not far away from everyone. The causes of cancer are very complex. From the perspective of dietary nutrition, the lack of essential nutrients for the human body is an important cause of cancer. Deficiencies in these common nutrients can increase the risk of cancer.

Lack of vitamin C may lead to esophageal cancer and gastric cancer

Long-term and excessive deficiency of vitamin C may lead to digestive tract tumors such as esophageal cancer and gastric cancer. Vitamin C can promote the synthesis of collagen, maintain the health of esophageal epithelial tissue and gastric mucosal tissue, protect epithelial tissue, repair damage, and reduce cell cancer in the digestive tract. Vitamin C also has a detoxifying effect. It can activate the activity of oxidase and help the body detoxify during the process of food digestion and absorption. Adequate amounts of vitamin C can block the synthesis of carcinogenic nitroso compounds, reduce the production of carcinogens, and reduce the damage of carcinogens to the digestive tract.

Lack of dietary fiber increases risk of colon cancer

Whole wheat flour, brown rice, oats, beans, vegetables, and fruits are all rich in dietary fiber. Dietary fiber will swell when it meets water in the intestines, which can soften the stool, speed up the passage of food through the gastrointestinal tract, promote gastrointestinal motility, and relieve constipation. At the same time, it will absorb toxins in the intestines, reduce the time toxins are in contact with the intestines, and prevent colon cancer.

Among them, soluble dietary fiber is beneficial to the growth of beneficial intestinal bacteria, improves the intestinal ecological environment, enhances intestinal motility, facilitates the absorption and utilization of nutrients, and promotes intestinal health.

Iodine deficiency may lead to thyroid tumors

In the 20th century, people in all regions of my country were generally iodine deficient, and goiter occurred in many areas. The country had taken intervention measures such as iodized salt to increase iodine intake. Iodine participates in the synthesis of thyroid hormone in the human body and is an important hormone in human metabolism. It can promote protein synthesis, regulate water and salt metabolism, and improve the absorption and utilization rate of vitamins.

Iodine has a significant impact on human growth and development. If there is a lack of iodine, children's growth will stagnate, the development of the nervous system will be impaired, intellectual development will be affected, and infantile cretinism will occur. For adults, iodine deficiency can cause goiter, which is the common goiter, and in severe cases it can turn into thyroid tumors and thyroid cancer.

Lack of vitamin A and B2 may increase the risk of cervical cancer

Vitamin B2 is an essential nutrient for the metabolism and repair of body tissues. It can improve the body's utilization of protein, promote growth and development, maintain the integrity of cell membranes, and protect the skin hair follicle mucosa and sebaceous glands. Vitamin A maintains the health of epithelial tissue cells. When vitamin A is deficient, the basal layer of the epithelium will proliferate and thicken, the elasticity of cell fibrosis will decrease, and the lining of the urogenital system will become keratinized. Clinically, it has been found that vitamin A can inhibit the growth of epithelial tissue tumors and help delay precancerous lesions.

Vitamin B2 deficiency can lead to orogenital syndrome, an inflammation of the mouth, lips, skin, and genitals. It induces scrotitis (female labiavitis), accompanied by papules, erosion exudate, scabs, etc. According to clinical studies, women who lack B2 are more likely to develop cervical atypical hyperplasia and cervical cancer.

In addition, iron deficiency can lead to upper esophageal cancer, and calcium deficiency can lead to breast cancer and prostate cancer. Deficiency of trace elements molybdenum and selenium can easily induce respiratory and digestive tract cancers.

Nowadays, our food is very abundant, but at the same time as there is overnutrition, the problems of nutritional imbalance and lack of essential nutrients are very serious. How can we ensure that the dietary nutrition is reasonable and balanced and reduce cancer caused by nutritional deficiencies?

1. Food diversity is an important guarantee for comprehensive and balanced nutrition. Nutritionists recommend that we consume 25-30 kinds of food and change the types of ingredients frequently. The more diverse the species, the better, and the richer the colors, the better.

2. Reduce the intake of carcinogenic foods: such as aflatoxin in moldy grains, benzopyrene in barbecued and fried foods, nitrite in pickled vegetables and leftovers, etc.

3. Eat more anti-cancer and antioxidant foods. Various dark-colored fruits and vegetables are rich in biologically active substances. For example, purple cabbage is rich in anthocyanins, allicin in black garlic, carotenoids in broccoli, and common antioxidant vitamins C and E, etc., all of which have a positive effect on cancer prevention and treatment.