If you ask what foods can prevent breast cancer risk, walnut is the answer. The researchers from the Marshall University School of Medicine was tried to figure out what ingredients are in the walnuts.

Walnuts are not too popular than many other foods touted as anti-cancer foods such as soybeans, tomatoes and others. But studies show that walnut consumption on a regular basis can reduce the levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) and increase healthy cholesterol (HDL) in the body.

Not only those, walnuts are also very well known to prevent and slow the progression of breast cancer. Walnuts are unique compared to other nuts because walnut is the only bean containing alpha-linolenic acid, one type of omega-3 fatty acid that contains the most.

The other Source of  alpha-linolenic soybeans is, flaxseed, fish and some green vegetables, but only slightly and it implies nothing more than walnuts.

In the study, researchers wanted to know the effect of walnut consumption on the development of breast cancer in rats. Components contained in the walnut such as phytosterols, polyphenols, carotenoids, melatonin and omega-3 fatty acids are bioactive components that can inhibit cancer formation of MDA-MB 231 or breast cancer.

To determine its effectiveness, tumor cells were injected in two groups of mice as a precursor of breast cancer. One group was fed the walnuts and the other group did not. After 10 days, tumor cells found in mice not given the growing walnuts, unlike mice that ate walnuts which was experiencing shrinking tumor cells.

From there, researchers from the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology know that walnuts can indeed slows the growth of cancer cells, especially breast cancer. Researchers also found the content of eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) in the liver of mice who ate walnuts is higher than the other mice.

Prostate cancer, for men is as scary with breast cancer for women. Although prostate cancer is often not fatal, it can damage the quality of life, the prostate often cause sexual dysfunction (impotence) and Incontinence urine (wet).

Both side effects were clearly a heavy blow to him. Diagnosis of prostate cancer is like coming of the Hour. In fact, preventive measures for this disease, actually is not too difficult.

A good diet or a diet may reduce prostate cancer risk by 50 percent. John Hibbs said naturopathic physician experts from Bastyr University, Seattle, Washington, United States.

Preventing is always better than cure. Preventive measures that will be very profitable if run by those who are at increased risk of prostate cancer.

Who are these high-risk groups?
- Men aged 50 years and over.
- Having a history of prostate cancer in the family (father or brother had prostate cancer).
- African-American race (this still needs detailed study, but the race is expected riskier than whites).

John Hibbs Offered a way to prevent it, namely diet, obviously very natural and easy to do. The men just need to discipline ourselves to live it. Steps include cutting the consumption of fat, more fruits and vegetables, and so on, such as falling below.

Adding fish intake and omega 3
Omega 3, a very friendly nutrients to the heart seems to help prevent prostate cancer. Research Laboratory demonstrates the power of omega 3 in stop the development of tumor cells of the prostate.

When Harvard University researchers tested 48,000 U.S. men for 12 years, men who ate fish more than 3 times per week, 44 percent less prostate cancer than those who ate fish less than twice a month.

Omega-3 fatty acids found in cold water fish such as salmon, mackerel, trout, and mussels. You can also fish oil supplements.

Reduce meat and dairy
If you want to avoid prostate cancer, stay away from fatty foods such as meat and milk. Many studies suggested, foods high in saturated fat increases the risk of prostate cancer up to two or three times as much.

Japanese men are still adhered to the traditional diet, which is a lot of eating fish rather than junk food, have a risk which is much less to get prostate cancer than American men.

Why  meat and milk are considered dangerous? According to Hibbs, saturated fat contained in them can stimulate inflammation, which in turn supports the growth of tumors. When you accumulate in animal fat in the body, it was tantamount to cutting the levels of cancer-preventing antioxidants.

Try to replace red meat with fish or skinless poultry meat. Forget the full-fat milk, and milk exchange with low or no fat.

Choose soy
Women are often advised to eat soy to strengthen bones and other healthful benefits. Based on the latest research, men are also advised to eat more soy.

Researchers have studied the health of 12,000 people for about 20 years. Men who drank soy milk more than once per day, the risk for prostate cancer are 70 percent less  than a men who did not drink it.

Therefore, should the men started drinking soy milk diligently .You  can also change the mix of milk for cereal or coffee, with soy milk.

Expand vegetables
In 2000, researchers from the University of Hawaii examine diet of 3237 men. Half suffered from prostate and half did not. The survey proved, the men who were cancer-free eat more vegetables and legumes. A recent study in Canada showed the same results. So, if you want to be free of prostate cancer, eat at least five servings of vegetables a day.

Complete with Tomatoes
Vegetables that contain substances most prostate prevention is tomato. Tomatoes contain lycopene, a carotenoid family that are antioxidants.
The scientists from Yale University have analyzed blood samples from 473 men, both prostate cancer, or who do not. They found that men who have prostate cancer-free more lycopene in their blood than those who are sick.

The best of lycopene found in cooked tomatoes. Cooking tomatoes not only maximize the function of lycopene, but also adds flavor to the tomato itself. Now lycopene can be obtained in supplement form, but the best course of natural fresh ingredients.

“Tomatoes contain more carotenoids, except lycopene, and all that important,” said Dr. William Dahut of the U.S. National Cancer Institute. Consumption of tomatoes at least 3 a week to prevent prostate cancer.

Selenium
Selenium into the belle of cancer prevention in 1996 when a study showed an unexpected result. Researchers from the University of Arizona provides supplemental selenium to skin cancer patients every day, hoping to prevent a recurrence. This did not give many benefits.

However, after six years of results showed that administration of selenium  can actually reduce the growth of prostate cancer. These results are corroborated by several other studies.
Selenium is found in plant foods such as garlic. To meet the need, you can also take supplements of selenium 200 meg per day.

Consumption of vitamin E
Finnish researchers found that vitamin E may reduce the risk of prostate cancer up to 32 percent. The problem is difficult to get vitamin E intake of adequate daily food. Vegetable oils rich in vitamins, but the process can change the levels of processing. Peanuts, beans, and green vegetables also contain this vitamin. So that the body needs adequate, you can get vitamin E from supplements with a dose of 400 IU per day

Benefits of green tea have long known efficacious to prevent unwanted diseases. By drinking five cups of green tea a day, even prostate cancer can be passed.

The team of researchers from Japan’s Ministry of Health has surveyed 49,920 men aged 40-69 over a period of 11-14 years.

The result, the risk of developing prostate cancer 50 percent lower for men who drank five cups of green tea or more a day, than men who drank less than a cup of green tea.

“The substance catechin in green tea reduce the risk of contributing to the curb to be testosterone level risk factors of prostate cancer,” say the research team in a written statement the National Cancer Center as reported by AFP.
Prostate cancer incidence is lower in Asia than western countries. Assumption of the researchers, is related to high consumption of green tea in Asian societies.

Despite bitter taste, of course there’s no harm in drinking green tea nan efficacious. Sluurrpp … Bye-bye prostate cancer!

ood news for people who like to drink coffee, tea and wine. Health experts say that the drink can prevent urinary tract infections. While the apple juice is not good for urine.

Lucky also for men, because the prostate gland located at the genitals is a stronghold of the entry of bacteria in the urinary tract.

This was stated by Dr. dr. Parlindungan Siregar SpPD.KGH, in the seminar ‘Beware of Dehydration Effect On Health at Hotel Akmani, Jakarta, Thursday (22/10/2009).

“Coffee, wine, tea, and drink tea or citrus juice can increase the excretion of (expenditure) urine. And the high excretion may prevent urinary tract infections,” said Parlindungan.

According to him, the coffee can prevent and reduce bladder stones as much as 10 percent, 14 percent of tea and wine 39 per cent.

Parlindungan explained, when the excretion increases, osmotic regulation in the body also will increase. The hormone ADH (Anti Diuretics) and will decrease and make the volume of urine increased.

“When the volume of urine increases, the ability of a urinary tract antibacterial increased, and bladder stone disease can be prevented,” he explained.

Described, good urine is yellow, almost translucent white, pH neutral and odorless. Should within 24 hours, urine in the body out as much as 2 liters.

“So, to remove as much urine, the body should drink more water than 2 liters,” said Parlindungan.

In addition to coffee, tea or wine, other beverages, according Parlindungan to prevent urinary tract infections is beer.

“Drinking beer is good, but there are contradictions, namely increased uric acid,” explained a specialist in internal medicine at the RSCM.

There is a good drink, there should also be avoided. According to studies conducted Parlindungan, apple juice was not good for urine.
“Although the apple has a good vitamin, but it could increase the risk of stone up to 35 percent,” explained Parlindungan.
Another fact revealed Parlindungan is about the risk of kidney stones among men and women, who were more experienced women.

“The channel length of the urethra more men than women. Men also have a prostate gland, which was able to excrete an antibiotic to fight bacterial infections. The two differences that make men less urinary tract infections. Fortunately for a man,” explained Parlindungan.

Urinary tract infections can make kidney function decreases, pain when urinating as well as kidney stones.

“If women have no symptoms of illness after urinating, have to be examined. And if he’s also experienced, careful could be a sign of prostate cancer,” he said.

For that, get used to drinking 2-3 liters of water a day, or about 8-10 glasses (glass size 250 ml) each day can reduce the risk of bladder tract infections.

“But for older people is the opposite yes. Do not be too often drinking water, enough just 1.5 liters a day,” said Parlindungan.

Excess water in the elderly were able to make sodium in the body decreases and experiencing symptoms called Hiponatrium. When sodium is reduced, the body becomes limp and sleepy.

“Usually when people sleepy or weak, especially parents, easy to stumble and break bones can result,” he explained.

Masturbation can be proved one way of preventing prostate cancer. Researchers suggest a man to masturbate at least 12 times a month to remove carcinogenic substances that can harm the male prostate gland.

Some studies have suggested that many men to masturbate in order to avoid prostate cancer. Researchers from Australia have conducted a survey of 1,000 men to know their sexual habits, especially masturbation. And the result is indeed proven to prevent masturbation men from prostate cancer.

But the key to prevent prostate cancer  it is not the masturbation itself, but in the process of ejaculation. Ejaculatory fluid allows the sperm that may be carcinogenic. So, with ejaculation body can perform the cleaning process and the expenditure of toxic substances through the medium of sperm.

Based on a 2004 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, to prevent the formation of prostate cancer, the researchers suggested that a man does ejaculate at least 12 times a month.

Researchers say that the increase in ejaculate as much as 3 times per week will directly reduce the risk of prostate cancer to 15 percent. Even men who do masturbate 5 times a week is very rarely known that prostate cancer later in life.

Processes that occur during ejaculation masturbation will remove the accumulation of toxic substances in the male prostate gland. Prostate gland to leak into the semen when ejaculation which would enable the union of sperm and prevent toxic substances with the sperm.

But the researchers suggest masturbate only if it is not possible to have sex with the wife. Because instead of masturbating, having sex with a partner directly would be more healthful. Masturbation is known very effective in preventing prostate cancer, especially if done by men from the age of 20 years.

If not removed, toxic substances in the prostate gland such as potassium, zinc, citric acid, 3-methylchloranthrene likely to be carcinogenic substance. “The point is simple, the more often you clean the ‘pipes’, the less bacteria that gather in it,” says Graham Giles of the Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, as quoted from AskMen.

As reported scientists from the UK, broccoli is a great potential to be a cancer-preventing foods because of its natural ingredients has a unique mechanism against cancer.

Richard Mithen, a biologist from the Institute of Food Research, explains, compounds in broccoli may trigger hundreds of genetic changes in the body. In addition, substances in broccoli also activate genes that can fight cancer anddiactivate  genes that supplying tumor development.

Previously, there are lot of research evidences that supports the importance of fruit and vegetable diet to reduce the risk of cancer. However, Mithen claims that his research, which was also published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS One, is the first study in humans that investigated the potential and mechanisms of biological processes. “Everyone advised to consume vegetables, but none could explain why. Our research  are able to explain why the vegetable is very good,” said Mithen who led this research.

Prostate cancer is now listed as the second highest killer disease in men after lung cancer. Each year, approximately 680,000 men worldwide are diagnosed with this disease and about 220,000 of them died.

In his research, Mithen and his team involved dozens of men who have precancerous lesions at risk of prostate cancer. Participants were divided into two groups, a group that eat broccoli and a group that eat peas. Every week for one year, this group was given four extra servings of broccoli or peas.

The experts also took tissue samples during the operation of their research and found that men who ate broccoli showed changes in genes that play an important role in the fight against cancer. According to investigators, the same benefits are also likely to be obtained from vegetables from the Cruciferae or Brassicaceae species containing isothiocyanate compounds, such as kailan cabbage, cauliflower, cabbage, arugula, watercress and horse radish (a type of radish).

However, broccoli has a very strong kind of special materials called sulforaphane , which is believed to make green vegetables have an extra weapon antidotes for cancer. “When people have cancer, some genes deactivated and a few others are activated. What do the compounds in broccoli seems to activate genes that prevent the growth of cancer and other deadly gel that make tumors spread,” says Mithen.

He added, broccoli eaters showed 400 to 500 positive genetic changes in the body, in which men who have similar gene called GSTM1 obtain maximum benefit from broccoli. Recorded that half of the population carry the genes of this type.

Researchers did not observe any further participants to see who ultimately suffer from cancer. However, this finding supports the idea that by eating more vegetables each week can provide a big change for health.

Mithen indicates that important compounds in this vegetable is also likely to provide the same benefits for the other organs and can even protect from many types of cancer. “You do not need to change your diet, just need more servings of vegetables to make a big change.”