For various reasons, carcinogens can accumulate in our bodies. So, what can we eat to prevent cancer? How can we expel carcinogens? Today, I'll introduce you to methods to expel carcinogens! Let's take a look together!
Eat one thing after a meal to easily expel carcinogens from your body
As the saying goes, "illness enters through the mouth." People eat grains, and it's inevitable to consume some unclean food, including bacteria, viruses, and various carcinogens. However, food is essential for nutrition, so we can't stop eating. In this situation, we should consume some anti-cancer foods to neutralize those toxins.
Pears are a fruit loved by many. They are not only fresh and juicy but also rich in vitamins, dietary fiber, and trace elements like calcium, phosphorus, iron, and iodine. Eating pears regularly can not only prevent constipation but also promote the excretion of carcinogens from the body.
Pears are a fruit loved by many
Furthermore, pears are also a great food for combating smoking-related diseases, although the focus is on prevention.
Researchers conducted a comparative experiment on smokers, having them eat 750 grams of pears continuously for a week and measuring the content of 1-hydroxypyrene, a metabolite of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, in their urine before and after the pear consumption.
The results showed that eating pears 6 hours after smoking led to a significant excretion of 1-hydroxypyrene in the urine through the blood; without eating pears, very little was excreted. Heated pear juice contains a large amount of the anticancer substance polyphenols. When mice injected with carcinogens were given this pear juice, a large amount of 1-hydroxypyrene toxin was excreted in their urine, effectively preventing cancer. In particular, eating a pear after consuming grilled or fast food is a healthy lifestyle.
Pears not only have anticancer properties but are also great for moistening the lungs. If you have a persistent cough, you can eat more pears. They promote saliva production and quench thirst, and are highly regarded in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Therefore, eating more pears daily is better than getting a prescription.
What are some anticancer foods?
Corn
Make sure to eat one ear of corn every day. Corn can help prevent and treat high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, and urinary stones, and it also has anticancer properties. According to the American medical community, corn contains a large amount of amino acids that have a significant effect on inhibiting cancer. Additionally, glutathione in corn, with the participation of selenium, generates glutathione peroxidase, which can inactivate chemical carcinogens. The editor feels this might explain why many elderly people who don't eat high-nutrition foods are still healthy. Corn's powerful functions, combined with its improved taste, make it hard not to love.
Sour Plum
To prevent cancer, you should often eat some sour plums. Sour plums can enhance the phagocytic ability of white blood cells, boost immunity, and assist in treating penile and cervical cancer. It can be both a snack and a disease prevention method, killing two birds with one stone.
Beef
Make sure to eat beef three or more times a week. A microbiology research team pointed out that beef contains a component that can inhibit the activity of carcinogens, thus playing a role in cancer prevention. It is hoped that new anticancer drugs can be extracted from beef. This is the editor's favorite. Although it's a bit expensive, its deliciousness is worth the price. The presence of anticancer substances also increases our love for it.
Hairtail
Make sure to eat hairtail once or more a week. Modern medical research has confirmed that the silver, powdery fine scales of hairtail contain large amounts of protein, inorganic salts, and oils, which are the main raw materials for synthesizing the anticancer drug thioguanine, and are also an effective drug for treating acute leukemia and other cancers. I didn't know hairtail had such powerful functions before, so I'll eat more of it in the future.
Jellyfish
Make sure to eat jellyfish once or more a week. Scientists have extracted aequorin from jellyfish, which has special physiological effects and strong pharmacological effects in antibacterial, antiviral, and anticancer aspects.
Shiitake Mushroom
Make sure to eat mushrooms twice or more a week. They are a healthy food with anticancer properties, with shiitake mushrooms being the most prominent. Because lentinan can enhance cellular and humoral immunity, it has a similar effect to tonifying Qi. Eating more of them can make you less susceptible to colds and cancer. Among them, Hericium erinaceus has been made into Hericium erinaceus tablets by the Chinese pharmaceutical community for the prevention and treatment of stomach and esophageal cancer, with an effective rate of 69.3% and a significant improvement rate of 15%. Shiitake mushrooms can be added to your weekly menu; it's a great choice, delicious and healthy.
Onion
Make sure to eat onion dishes three or more times a week. Animal experiments have shown that vegetables like onions and garlic can prevent cancer in organs such as the colon, stomach, lungs, and liver. The sulfides they contain can activate the body's immune function, interfere with the spread of cancer cells, and thus help in fighting cancer. Although onions can make us cry, they taste good and are used as an ingredient in many Western dishes. Given their powerful functions, we can eat more of them.
Apple
Make sure to eat one apple every day. Research has found that the VC in apples can hinder the formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines in the body, destroy the activity of a certain enzyme produced when cancer cells proliferate, and even transform already formed cancer cells into normal cells. This might be the reason for the saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." Apples have high nutritional and medical value and are increasingly being called "the first medicine of doctors." Many Americans use apples as a must-have for weight loss, fasting one day a week on what they call an "apple day."
How to detoxify carcinogens
1. Radish is a food for detoxifying the lungs
In the eyes of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the relationship between the large intestine and the lungs is the closest. The extent to which the lungs expel toxins depends on whether the large intestine is unobstructed. Radishes can help the large intestine excrete fecal matter, and they can be eaten raw or in a salad.
2. Lily enhances the lungs' ability to resist toxins
The lungs dislike dryness. In a dry state, it's easy for toxins to accumulate. Mushrooms and lilies have excellent lung-nourishing and yin-nourishing effects, helping the lungs fight against toxins. When cooking, don't process them for too long, otherwise the juice in the lilies will decrease, and the toxin-preventing effect will be greatly reduced.
3. Press the key acupoints for lung detoxification
An acupoint beneficial for the lungs is Hegu, located on the back of the hand, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones, at the midpoint of the radial side of the 2nd metacarpal bone. You can use your thumb and index finger to pinch this area and press firmly.
4. Detoxification through sweating
The lungs manage the skin, so sweating profusely can allow sweat to carry away toxins from the body, refreshing our lungs. Besides exercise, other ways to sweat include taking a hot bath. Add some ginger and mint essential oil to the bathwater before getting in to make sweat secretion more顺畅 and expel toxins from deep within the body.
5. Deep breathing
With each breath, there is residual废气 (feiqi - waste gas) in the lungs that cannot be expelled. This waste gas, compared to fresh, oxygen-rich air, is also a type of toxin. Just a few deep breaths can reduce the residue of waste gas in the body.