Top 5 Identifiable Causes of Cancer

Cancer has become an epidemic in every country of the world.

Today, cancer is the second leading cause of death and if current trends continue, it is expected to be the leading cause of death.

All cancers begin in cells, the body's basic unit of life.

Some recognized factors that may increase the likelihood of cancer are:


1 Heredity

Cancer can be the result of a genetic predisposition that is inherited from family members or may signify similar family environmental exposure to substances that cause cell damage. Genes are the traits and tendencies that we have inherited from our parents, The fact that children who inherit abnormal genes also have an increased cancer risk is well established.

2 Chemicals

The introduction of chemicals in every aspects of life.

Cancer causing chemicals, health destroying compounds contaminate air, food, water supply in the form of chlorine, synthetic drugs, formaldehyde, herbicides, pesticides. Cancer Causing Chemicals and Agents In the Ingredients in your cosmetics, Personal Care Products, home-care products, baby-care products, laundry care products and so on.

Synthetic drugs are human cell killers, which destroy our needed enzymes to function and invite cancer cell to take entry.

Bis-phenol A, or BPA is a toxic chemical that is presently perfectly legal for use in food and beverage containers, mainly canned food.BPA is used as epoxy resin that lines metal food cans and is also found in plastic food storage containers, baby bottles, and water bottles. Soups, beans, infant formula, and other food packages may leech BPA from the can lining.

3 Ionizing Radiation

This includes X-rays, gamma rays, particles from the decay of radioactive substances.

4 UV rays

Excessive exposure to UV rays from Sun because of our love of the sun and a well-tanned body.

5 Lifestyle

A high fat and low fiber diet is have profound effects on our chances of developing the risk of cancers.

Eating processed and oxidized food.

Smoking and Alcohol consumption increases the risk of cancer, in lung, the mouth, pharynx, larynx, and esophagus. An increased incidence of liver cancer has been documented among people with cirrhosis caused by alcoholism.

Processed food not only from fast-food restaurants but also from our neighborhood grocery stores. As it stands, about 90 percent of the money that Americans spend on food is used to buy--that's right--processed foods. The processed foods are the combination of the complex chemicals such as cholesterol, Fatty-acid Hydro-peroxide, Malonaters, Acetylaters, which are the byproduct of the oxidation process of food which is known as free radicals. These free radicals are coursing through the blood vessels walls and killed, ripped, tear and destroy the cells of different organ in our body.

Cancer is a disease that strikes fear in the hearts and minds of human being.

The good news is that the cancer deaths could be prevented by Changing bad habits and live healthfully. Eat foods that help build your body's defenses against cancer. Take vitamin and mineral supplements.