Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: April | Volume: 7 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 315-327
Anti-Cancer Diet: Eat Well To Live Longer
Baishakhi Modak
House Surgeon, Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Kolkata
ABSTRACT
The primary goal of treating cancer is to relieve suffering and improve the quality of life. Through studies, it has been estimated that 30-40% of all cancers can be prevented by changing the way of leading life and dietary measures. The connection between cancer, nutrition, and diet is now accepted and even there is enough epidemiological evidence to support that cancer can be prevented by modification of dietary habits. A diet that includes more fibres, fruits, vegetables, micronutrients, phytochemicals, and probiotics, has been proved to have an anti-cancer effect. Though there are conventional therapies that are used to treat cancer most of these cancer therapies come with unavoidable serious adverse effects. But on the other hand, nutritional therapies help to build up the body’s anti-cancer defence. Hence, the primary objective of this paper was to review the role of diet and nutrition in the prevention of cancer.
Keywords: Cancer, Diet, Nutrition, Micronutrients, Antioxidant, Phytochemicals, Flavonoids, Probiotics, Prebiotics, Phytosterols, Anti-cancer.
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