One in five people will get cancer, but why is it you?

Many people are afraid of cancer. Will I get cancer in my lifetime? I guess many people will have such doubts.

Everyone has a 22% chance of getting cancer.

In fact, there is a probability that everyone will get cancer in their lifetime. According to the "2014 Research and Analysis of China's Cancer Epidemiology" recently released by the National Cancer Registry Center, if calculated based on the average life expectancy of 74 years, the probability of a person getting cancer in his or her lifetime is 22%.

Whether or not cancer can be avoided depends more on acquired lifestyle and habits. Unhealthy lifestyle and habits are equivalent to speeding up the "dangerous train" of cancer.

In addition, there are similar survey data in the United States. According to the survey data of the American Cancer Society:

If you are a man, your chance of developing cancer is about 44.29%, and your chance of dying from cancer is 23.2%;

If you are a woman, your lifetime risk of developing cancer is 37.76% and your chance of dying from cancer is 19.58%.

Although China's survey data is not so detailed, the probability of each person developing cancer in their lifetime is 22%, which means that one in every five people will develop cancer. Think about it again, a family, including your parents and children, has 5-6 people. So on average, in every family, there will be someone who will find it difficult to escape cancer.

Therefore, learning to reduce the probability of cancer for yourself and your family is the best way to prevent cancer. The following 10 habits will greatly increase your chances of developing cancer and make you more likely to get cancer! You have to change!

1. Eat everything while it’s hot

Li Shujun, deputy chief physician of the Department of Gastroenterology at the General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, introduced that the process from swallowing food to the peristaltic wave reaching the end of the esophagus and entering the stomach takes about 9 seconds. 9 seconds is quite long for our human body to "operate"! If we swallow hot food over 65 degrees Celsius, it means that every time we take a bite, our esophagus will have to go through the nightmare of being burned for 9 seconds. Hot food and drinks can easily burn the upper gastrointestinal mucosa and induce cancer. If the food temperature is too high, it will burn the esophageal mucosa and cause it to necrotize. If this continues for a long time, it may cause cancer in this area.

In addition, some surveys show that the Kazakhs in Xinjiang often drink boiling hot milk tea, the Chaoshan people like Kung Fu tea, and the people in the Taihang Mountains love to drink large bowls of hot porridge. Currently, these areas have become high-incidence areas for esophageal cancer, cardia cancer, and oral cancer. Experts recommend that if food or drinks feel hot, do not swallow them in a hurry. Foods with fillings may not be hot on the outside but hot on the inside, so be especially careful when eating them.

2. Love meat but not vegetables

"Not eating enough meat and fish, and not eating enough vegetables and fruits" has become a common problem among modern people. Don't underestimate the harm caused by this lifestyle habit.

First of all, eating as you please will cause obesity. Studies in recent years have shown that obesity is related to various cancers, such as breast cancer and prostate cancer.

Secondly, vegetables and fruits contain a lot of dietary fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and take away harmful substances. Not eating vegetables and fruits regularly can increase your risk of colon cancer.

Again, eating only meat and no vegetables can lead to vitamin deficiency. Research shows:

Without a lack of beta-carotene, the incidence of lung cancer is 7 times higher;

Lack of vitamin A increases the likelihood of developing lung cancer and stomach cancer;

Folic acid and vitamin B2 deficiency are important causes of the high incidence of esophageal cancer.

To ensure the body's needs, you should eat more than 400 grams of vegetables every day and no more than 75 grams of meat, which is equivalent to the size of a deck of cards. Simple food is the best way to stay away from cancer.

3. Often stay up late and sleep late

The British Scientific Cancer Research Center studied more than 1,000 cancer patients aged 30-50 from all over the world and found that 99.3% of them stayed up late all year round and would not rest until after midnight.

On the one hand, staying up late will cause biological clock disorders. On the other hand, the night light will destroy the formation of melatonin in the human body, which is an important part of protecting the body's immune function. Lack of it can easily lead to leukemia, breast cancer, prostate cancer, etc. It’s best not to stay up later than 11 o’clock.

4. Taking supplements randomly increases the risk of cancer

Many people often choose to take some health products and nutritional supplements to prevent diseases and cancer, but the results are often the opposite. Taking supplements indiscriminately makes you more likely to get cancer!

Ouyang Xuenong, chief physician and director of the Oncology Department of the Fuzhou General Hospital of the Nanjing Military Region, pointed out that no nutritional supplement is a panacea for cancer prevention. Health supplements are not ordinary foods, nor are they food nutrient enhancers.

When you take a variety of nutrients, especially a single nutrient, you put an increased metabolic burden on your body because it has to metabolize these substances. It's possible that you have too much of one substance in your body and not enough of another, which puts the patient's cells in a dangerous state. Also, the human body can absorb some nutritional supplements, but if there are already cancer cells in the body, normal cells cannot absorb them, so they actually promote cancer.