Stand up! Stand up!

10 million. Just imagine. 10 MILLION people are diagnosed with cancer every year and they predict it's going to rise another 50% by the year of 2020 where 15 million people a year will be diagnosed.
Cancer takes a long time to develop and how you live your life counts!
Cancer is painful and a condition nobody wants. So, JUST STAND UP people. If we have cancer, stand up and be strong! You can make it.
For the rest, take steps to prevent getting cancer. Everything you do counts.
Fight this unwanted condition! Lets do it together. Warn love ones.
There are many preventive measures you can take to prevent cancer.
1. You can go for genetic screening. Now, they have this new device which can screen to see if you have colon cancer genes or breast cancer genes. I think it's good cause it's better to detect early and in case*touch wood*you have the genes, you can take drastic measures in order to prevent from getting cancer.
You should do this test especially if your family has cancer history.
2. EXERCISE! Yes, that's they key. Being overweight greatly increases your risk factor for developing cancer. Besides that, exercising also reduces your risk of getting many other disease and sickness(eg, coronary heart disease, hypertension.. etc..etc). Oh yeah, on top of that, a slim and sexay body. muahaha. Who doesn't want that?? *beams*


3. Be careful when you use plastic bottles or plastic food containers. Especially when exposed to heat, the plastic releases dioxin which greatly increases the risk of breast cancer.
Also, NEVER use plastic containers to microwave your food. That's very dangerous unless it's stated there you can. About mee in my cup, don't pour hot water into the container cause it'll release dioxin too. Very very bad. Pour into a bowl if possible. Use glass or ceramic ..
4. Practice safe sex. Use condoms. HPV (human pappiloma virus) is a sexually transmitted disease and it causes cervical cancer. Even using condom can't prevent you 100% from contracting it. Therefore, practice abstinence instead or stick to one partner.
5. Quit smoking and quit inhaling a smokers smoke. They both can cause cancer. So, if you love yourself and the people around you, quit. By the way, smoking don't only cause lung cancer but GREATLY increases your risk of getting many other types of cancer.
6. Control your alcohol intake. Don't get me wrong, I didn't say NO ALCOHOL. In fact, a glass of wine a day can prevent risk of coronary heart disease. Beer protects against the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, known to cause ulcers and possibly linked to stomach cancer. But don't over-do it kay? Cause that'll lead to another set of problems.

7. Veggies veggies. Don't make your mum nag you to make you eat a bowl of veggies. Fruits and vegetables are rich in antioxidants, which help repair our damaged cells. Definately can prevent cancer.

Several other ways,
-Use sun block, with the depletion of ozone layer, our risk of getting skin cancer also increases.
-Eat grapes.
-Say bye bye to deep fried potato(chips, fries). Choose mashing the potato instead.
-Drink green tea.
-Take multivitamin everyday.
-Avoid eating grilled/burnt food.
-Cut out protein with fat surrounding it.
-Drink more water.
-Eat organic food. No pesticide and hormones.
-Add brocolli and garlic to your diet. Good for you! (:
-Eat fresh food( eg, cucumber instead of pickles)

Together, let us take preventive measures from now onwards.
Heard the famous saying, 'Prevention better than cure' ?..
Yeaps. It may seem hard at first to inculcate all this steps into our everyday life. Trust me, it gets easier. To make things even better, get your love ones to practice these steps together with you. It's rewarding to see your loves healthy!

Take care people, and all the best in trying!

*~amy~*
xoxo