Unreasonable diet is the highest cause of cancer

Among the factors that contribute to cancer, an unreasonable diet accounts for 30-35% of the factors causing cancer.

The factors that contribute to cancer are smoking and drinking (30%), chronic infections (accounting for 18-20%), hormones (accounting for 18-20%), occupation and pollution only 3%.

Factors that contribute to cancer.

The information above was Dr. Nguyen Quang Dung - Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health), Hanoi Medical University emphasized at the workshop of food security and Nutrition took place in the morning of November 7 in Hanoi.

Dr. Dung said that cancer occurs in all ages , 80% of cases of cancer aged 45 and older. Every part of the body can get cancer and in people with about 100 different types of cancer. Environmental factors are major causes of cancer such as smoking, diet, infections, chemicals, radiation .

For overweight people, obesity increases the risk of breast, colon, endometrial, esophageal, kidney, gallbladder cancer.

Specifically, in the diet, obese people gain weight, or drink alcohol increases the risk of breast cancer. A diet high in red meat, smoking, drinking alcohol, and obesity increases the risk of colorectal cancer. Eating plenty of red meat, fat-rich dairy products increases the risk of prostate cancer; High-salt foods, HP infections increase the risk of stomach cancer.

Currently 30-40% of cases of cancer worldwide are due to diet and less physical activity.

According to Dr. Dung, currently 30-40% of cases of cancer worldwide are caused by diet and low physical activity. In the meantime, these are completely redundant.

To prevent diet-based cancer, every citizen needs to change their diet, increase exercise, maintain a healthy weight, drink plenty of water and a cup of vitamins every day. Thus, the number of cancer cases can be reduced by 60-70%.

Therefore, experts recommend that people should eat less than 504g of red meat (beef, pork, sheep) / week instead of eating fish, poultry and beans. In particular, when eating meat should choose lean pieces of meat, should limit foods such as pickles, pickles or processed foods with salt.