How Is Nutrition Involved in Cancer Prevention?
There are many components of the food supply or human lifestyle that
have either been shown to or are at least speculated to impact cancer
either by increasing or decreasing its occurrence. Those that may provide
benefit include vitamins A, E, C, and folate, calcium and selenium, dietary
fibers, omega-3 fatty acids, carotenoids, organosulfur compounds, and
polyphenolic substances. Those that possibly increase the risk of cancer
include fat, alcohol, smoking, nitrites, aflatoxin, and pesticides.
Many chemical carcinogens can be rendered powerless by optimizing
normal cell defense mechanisms such as antioxidants and detoxifying
enzyme systems. Optimal nutrition helps assure us of maximal defensive
mechanisms. Furthermore, once cancer has established itself, optimal
nutrition has been reported to slow and in some situations reverse the
spread of cancerous cell growth.
Methotrexate is used in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis
Arimidex is a drug used to treat breast cancer after surgery and for metastases in post-menopausal women.
