Stomach Cancer Prevention

Stomach cancer prevention basics

Stomach cancer prevention is largely a matter of common sense. Although there are certain stomach cancer risk factors that are beyond a person's control, most risk factors are related to lifestyle and diet.

Stomach cancer prevention has come a long way since the 1930's, when stomach cancer was the most common type of cancer in the United States. But since then, Americans have been reducing their intake of the kinds of foods that probably cause an increased stomach cancer risk: namely heavily salted, pickled and smoked foods. This has come about because of the widespread availability of refrigeration.

Diets which include a lot of nitrates, like hot dogs, certain deli meats, bacon, ham and red meat probably lead to a higher risk of stomach cancer.

Foods cooked at a high temperatures create a by-product known as acrylamide, which may be a carcinogen, or cancer causing substance.. French fries, potato chips, cereals, and processed bread products contain acrylamide.

As with many forms of cancer, a balanced, healthy diet seems to be helpful in stomach cancer prevention. Certain fruits or vegetables tomatoes, sweet potatoes and carrots are believed to help prevent stomach cancer.

Drinking clean water is believed to help in the stomach cancer prevention process because contaminated or dirty water might contain a certain kind of bacteria called Helicobacter pylori, or H. pylori.

There has been increased evidence lately that people who are obese have a higher risk of getting stomach cancer. So, weight loss would be a logical step in a program of stomach cancer prevention.

Smoking and tobacco use are generally regarded as stomach cancer risk factors by the medical community. Avoiding tobacco products is another step toward stomach cancer prevention.

Completely removing all risks of getting stomach cancer is impossible for some people though because of genetic, environmental, and occupational factors. For more information on these, click on stomach cancer risk factors.

Perhaps the best method of stomach cancer prevention is to have regular checkups and to know what the symptoms of stomach cancer are.

As with most diseases, preventing stomach cancer is easier than treating stomach cancer.

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