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Behavior of living is one of the main causes of the occurrence of cancer. Behavioral factors, especially concerning the life pattern of eating everyday. Below is from the writings of Dr. Elvina Karyadi, M.Sc. matters related to food processing and the risk of exposure can cause cancer as well as some material that can reduce the risk.

Reports of experts’ health and nutrition / food that 80-90% of the various forms of cancer are closely associated with the food they consumed daily. A number of research epidemiology many strengthening statement.

Breast cancer and suspected prostate consume too much fat and alcohol is suspected as the ringleader. While the disease colon cancer and also rectum caused by high consumption of fat and alcohol (especially beer). Meanwhile, throat cancer (esophagus), associated with high alcohol consumption and also because smoking habits. Stomach cancer associated with high preservative with high salt. The liver cancer is suspected contamination of food by aflatoksin and also high alcohol consumption, in addition to hepatitis B virus infection meanwhile, lung cancer and bladder, especially due to tobacco exposure (smoking) and some chemical substances industry produce.

Carcinogens in Food

Oxygen in the food (dietary factors) can be the promoter to cause violence, which is not directly cause a tumor or cancer. Substances are classified as carcinogens. In addition carcinogens have also procacinogens a change so that the chemical substance is a fuse (precursor) cancer.

Carcinogen in food can be found in the processing of food that cause carcinogen polycyclic hydrocarbons due to the evaporation process the food, chemical substances nitrosamine, physical substance because the nuclear radiation, or biological substances that are toxic in nature, such as in tobacco .. Carcinogen substances will damage the integrity of cells and thus are essentially mutagenic (normal cells after get contaminated these substances, the cells become malignant and uncontrollable in multiply).

In addition carcinogen substance also found in foods with a food-processing that is not appropriate, such as unduly high heating temperature and duration (substances cause trans-fatty acid), a frying pan and excessive use of oil is repeatedly (cause free radicals such as peroxide , peroxide etc..), with the preservation of over-curing.

Food contaminated by the fungus Aspergillus a flavor that produces toxic aflatoksin as peanut decay. Similarly, the cheese that has expired can be carcinogenic.

Additional food (food additive) is not to be less important. Cyclamate artificial sweetener such as saccharine and, although permitted in use, FDA (Food and Drug Association), still gives the bounds in its use (cyclamate 11mg/kg body weight / day, saccharin 5 mg / kg body weight / day), because according to epidemiology research can also cause bladder cancer.

Substance unCarcinogens

In addition to the oxygen in the womb is a certain food nutrients, there are also oxygen-vitamin that is famous as the substance of a Protective uncarcinogen (someone who consume protect from the occurrence of cancer). Included in this group are vegetables and fruits that contain lots of vitamin A (β.karoten), vitamin C, vitamin E, folat acid, and minerals such as selenium, calcium, magnesium and zinc. Also contain material that folat acid, alkilgliserol, koenzimQ10 etc...

Betakaroten, vitamin C, vitamin E and selenium are antioxidants as substances that can stimulate body's immune system to fight free radicals that form carcinogen (substances that can cause cancer), including normal cells prevent damage to other.. In the animal experiments that these substances antioxidants can prevent chromosome damage, stage of tumor promotion, cell transformation and stimulus cancer growing in chemical or radiation. Betakaroten much in yellow vegetables, for example carrots, yellow squash and so on. Vitamin C found in many different acam fruits, especially citrus, guava etc.. Vitamin E found in many green leaved vegetables, fruits, maize, vegetable oils, cereals. While there are a lot of selenium in meat, shellfish, cereals, and livestock products.

Vitamin B3 (niacin) that intentionally added, can also be reported to prevent cancer. This vitamin is usually given also on the people who are undergoing cancer chemotherapy, to reduce the effects toxics (poisoning) of the chemotherapy itself. Niacin in many beef, chicken, beans, fish, meat is not fatty, eggs and avocado.

While other research specialists, shows supplementation vitamin D in the form of actively (1.25-hidroksi) can prevent multiplication of cancer cells. The higher vitamin D in the blood (in the form of 25-hidroksi vitamin D), the lower the risk of cancer colon affected. Especially a lot of this vitamin found in butter, milk, yolk, liver, rice and fish.

According to several studies, women's cancer serviks (mouth of the womb) folat acid content in the blood are low. With supplementation acid folat, abnormal changes in cells mouth womb (cervical dysphasia). That can cause mouth cancer can be prevented womb. Acid folat much is located on the greens (broccoli, spinach, and asparagus), seeds, liver, nuts polonh, snaps.

Calcium (Ca) as one of the minerals that play a role in the process of Maintenance (proliferation) in the cell layer mucosa colon man. Because the inclusion of high enough calcium may reduce the risk of cancer colon affected. There are a lot of calcium in milk, yoghurt, cheese, spinach and broccoli.

Research been done on experimental animals showed, lack of magnesium (Mg) in the diet can improve animal experiment of the occurrence of throat cancer and skin cancer outside.

Other minerals that play a role in fighting cancer adalan zinc (Zn). Found that someone who suffered from throat cancer have a low zinc content in the blood. But this is not yet known with certainty whether zinc deficiency is the reason or the result of this cancer. In the case of cancer in men, prostate cancer also found that iron is low in prostate gland and secrecy going prostate gland itself. So the experts thought are zinc in protection against disease prostate cancer.

Later some of the substance is known that certain useful to prevent cancer as there is lots of alkylglycerol on shark liver oil, co-enzyme Q10, butyrate acid, which functions to prevent the formation of new blood in the spread of cancer cells. Also, omega-3 from fish oil, omega-6 and some plants extracts such as bromelin (from pineapple), garlic (Allium sativum), bombai onion (Allium CEPA) and lentinan substance derived from the original Japanese shitake mushroom.

Bacteria Lactobacillus acidophillus also known as the normal bacteria in the human large intestine and functions menormalisasikan enzyme activity resulting from other bacteria.


Far as the food-containing food materials anti carcinogen above, fiber (fiber dietary) is part of the vegetable food that plays an important role in the maintenance of health and can prevent the occurrence of cancer colon. Function of fiber is important because it can attract water from the surrounding blood vessel so that the rebate faces and encourage the efficient expenditure through intestine. Food with high-fat and low fiber content, such as the food-food "fast food" and food western / European other, can cause disturbs of enzyme activity in the form of faces in the colon that can increase the risk of the occurrence of colon cancer.