Until now, we are still uncertain what exactly the cause of colon cancer, but we can find out what factors can increase the risk of colon cancer. Risk factors of colon cancer are:
• Age. Along with age, the risk of developing colon cancer increases. colon cancer is more common in people aged over 50 years, but now also can occur in a younger age.
• Race and ethnicity. Race African Americans are more at risk of developing colon cancer than other races, although not obtained a clear answer why this happened. Ashkenazi Jew (descendants of European Jews) also have a high risk for the development of the large intestine. Some genetic mutations found in Ashkenazi Jews, which is the biggest symptom of increased risk.
• Family History. If you have a family history of colon cancer, you probably have a greater risk for developing colon cancer as well.
• Health history. Polips could be one risk factor for colon cancer. Polyps are a mass of growth in the colon. As many as 70-90% of cases of colon cancer comes from polyps, and lift (operation) will reduce the risk of polyps of colon cancer. However, removal of polyps is not yet mean that we are free from colon cancer because these polyps can grow back. The best way to tackle this problem is to perform routine colon examination. Another possibility is the occurrence of gastrointestinal inflammation (inflammatory bowel disease), a condition that can cause colon becomes inflamed.
• Genetics. There are two types of genes most commonly associated with an increased risk of cancer Familial adenomatous (FAP) and Hereditary Non-polyposis Colon Cancer (HNPCC). About 5% of colon cancer cases caused by this gene. Another syndrome is Peutz-Jeghers, but the number was smaller in the cause of colon cancer.
• Other risk factors. There are several other risk factors that lead to colon cancer such as smoking, alcohol, physical activity levels, obesity and type 2 diabetes

Male breast cancer? Indeed, this is not common because the majority of breast cancer in women. But do not be surprised if it turns out men can also develop breast cancer.
In the United States, the number of men who develop breast cancer by 1900 people, it is a much smaller number than that suffered by women, but even so the men also should take precautions against this disease. Similarly in women, breast cancer in men also have signs and symptoms that can be observed in private and with the help of a doctor. Among the many signs are the most easily recognized is the emergence of a mass or lump in the breast and a change in the nipple. In male breast cancer is usually just appears without the pain, there is a mass / lump usually on subareola and very rarely on the outer upper quadrant. Breast cancer in men is more common in the left breast from the right and less than 1% of cases occur in both.
Another symptom is the presence of nipple retraction, nipple or skin lesions, discoloration of the skin and muscle where the cancer, the lump texture, and appearance of glands in the armpit area clearly. Nearly 40-50 percent of breast cancer cases in men are marked changes in the nipple but not to bleed as well as breast cancer in men.
Breast cancer in men as serious as breast cancer in women so do not let you wait to see her doctor if the symptoms and signs as above. Because most men are generally waiting and wishing these symptoms will disappear by itself. The faster diagnosed untreated then chances will be even greater. Thus, BSE (breast self-check) is not just for women but also apply to men.

Have you ever found that has moldy bread, this is certainly due to the preservatives contained in the bread bakery. However, not all bread is actually harmful to health, provided you know how to tell the difference. Well, if you want to know how to distinguish the bread that contains lots of preservatives, here are some tips you can use.
As is known almost all industrial products today do not exist that is free of additives (additional) and preservatives. Both have been used in the food industry, medicine and cosmetics for hundreds of years.
Preservatives is one additive which of course is used to create a product is not easily damaged by disturbance fungi, bacteria or other microbes.
Ir Chandra Irawan, MSI, food chemistry and nutrition experts from the Academy of Chemical Analysts said Bogor, some manufacturers ‘naughty’ is like entering preservatives such as Calcium and Potassium Bromate Propianate excessively into the bread dough. Preservatives are usually added to make bread more durable and the view is always interesting.
Potassium Bromate (KBrO3) is a bread improver which is usually added to bread and flour, which serves as the developer of bread dough, making bread is stronger and more elastic.
But Potassium Bromate is considered a carcinogen (cancer-triggering) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (Agency for Research on Cancer or IARC), which can be harmful if consumed, as reported by nowpublic, Wednesday (03/02/2011).
A study conducted Kurokawa Y, A Maekawa, M Takahashi and Y Hayashi from the Division of Toxicology, National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, Tokyo, also has found that KBrO3 can induce renal cell tumors, mesotheliomas of the peritoneum, and follicular thyroid tumor cells, such as ncbi.nlm.nih.gov reported.
In theory, the substance of this preservative should come out of bread dough during baking, but if too much is added or if the bread is not cooked long enough or not at temperatures high enough, then the preservative will still remain on the rolls.
“Preservatives that was its function to kill microorganisms. But if preserved inserted unnecessarily, it will be difficult synthesized or degraded by the body, eventually deposited. Well, after a long time can lead to cancer because of his nature karsinoge,” said Ir Chandra.
While Calcium Propianate used as a preservative in bread and other baked goods. Preservatives are used to prevent growth of fungi and bacteria. But manufacturers often add this to excess preservative in bread dough.
“Yes but not all manufacturers are like that, so it must be smart to choose,” said Ir Chandra.
Here are some ways given Ir Chandra to distinguish the bread that uses excessive preservatives, namely:
1. Period expired bread into very long time than usual
2. Display is very white bread
3. Its texture is soft and chewy, but being a bit hard so that it can last long

Cancer is a malignant tumor that grows due to abnormal cell division and uncontrolled. That growth could spread to other parts of the body through the lymph system or blood stream, so that abnormal cell division has the potential to cause malignant cancer that has a big influence on health.
Drug treatment of cancer or cancer in general is operating or cutting action on the part of the body affected by cancer and chemotherapy continue with the action to kill cancer cells that do not root raised / cut at the time of surgery.
Surgery in general is a cancer drug as a tactical action alone to cope with a lump or growth of meat due to uncontrolled cell division, cancer drugs with this action does not guarantee the healing of cancer, because the operation did not reach until the roots of cancer cells (inability to shut down the roots of cancer cells) therefore, very often we see a recurrence of breast cancer after one (1) till two (2) years after surgery and chemotherapy.
Cancer drug that can be expected to heal completely is a cancer drug that can kill cancer cells or stop the root of uncontrolled cell division is.
That is in need of cancer drug that could work to the level of cells in our body to kill cancer cells and stop the root of uncontrolled cell division.

1. Mental Illness
Increased costs per year 6 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 142.2 billion.
Mental illness among which Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Schizoprenia, depression and others. Recent drug development and a long healing process makes this disease a disease with expensive medical costs among all the diseases that exist.
2. Heart disease
Increased costs per year and 5 percent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 123.1 billion.
Heart disease remains the number 1 killer disease in the world. This is due to more and more people who smoke and increasing unhealthy lifestyle such as high-cholesterol diet and lack of exercise.
3. Trauma
Increased costs per year 6 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 100.2 billion.
The medical costs of people affected by trauma continues to increase because each case is different ways of treatment. In addition, the tools to diagnose this disease such as Computed tomography scans quite expensive.
4. Cancer
Increased cost-per-year 7 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 99.4 billion.
Cancer is the most expensive with the cost of treatment of colon cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer. The key to avoiding this disease is by avoiding smoking and maintaining a healthy food intake.
5. Lung diseases
Increased costs per year 6 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 64.6 billion.
Which include lung diseases including asthma, emphysema (swelling or inflammation of the lungs) and disease Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) others.
6. Hypertension (high blood pressure)
Increased costs per year and 9 percent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 50.2 billion.
This disease requires significant costs because many doctors are giving the drug in quantities unsparing in his patients. The quality of the drug also determines the price. If it made its generic hypertension drug may cost the disease can be suppressed.
7. Osteoarthritis (arthritis / rheumatism)
Increased cost per year of 8 percent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 48 billion.
Obesity and an enlarged waist size is a factor that increases the risk of this disease. Expensive drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex that emerged in early 2000 adding expensive fees arthritis cure this. In 2004, Vioxx withdrawn from the market because the risk of triggering a heart attack.
8. Backache
Increased costs per year and 9 percent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 40.1 billion.
Expenditures for this disease much was spent for operations. There are also drugs that are expensive Narcotic (drugged) to overcome this disease. But a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association says that all the expensive treatment that does not make someone better.
9. Kidney disease
Increased cost of 13 percent per year. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 35.9 billion.
The discovery of dialysis techniques for patients with kidney disease makes the treatment is expensive. Dialysis technique is the first technology that is very expensive in dealing with kidney disease.
10. Diabetes
Increased cost per year of 8 percent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 35.8 trillion.
Nearly 24 million Americans affected by diabetes and obesity triggers are highest. Diabetes can lead to other diseases such as heart disease and cancer. However, because the diseases had been treated differently again, the diabetes itself does not eat the higher costs of heart disease or cancer.

Skin cancer occurs in the body that are usually not covered clothing, such as the face, hands, arms and ears. That is why, to protect the skin from the sun is considered able to avoid the risk of skin cancer. Therefore, the use of sunscreen was mentioned managed to avoid skin cancer.

Many people who develop skin cancer due to sun without sunscreen, so based on recent studies. The young woman is the figure most likely to experience it, because they tend to think of tanning healthy and attractive. According to American researchers who quoted from the Telegraph, on Monday (2/21/2011).

Professor Sharon Manne of the Centre of Cancer Prevention and Control Program, in New Jersey, United States says, even though it was known they have a family history of melanoma increases the risk of skin cancer, “Many of them still do not feel the need to use a form of sun protection.”

Melanoma is triggered by excessive exposure to UV light, either through sunlight or skin damage. The disease is contagious and is genetic.

He and colleagues interviewed 545 people who had been undergoing treatment for melanoma. In a report will soon be published in the journal BioMed Central Public Health, they concluded, “These findings suggest that family members can not be influenced to change the wear sun protection or exposure to the severity of the risk of cancer or melanoma patients themselves.”

In Britain alone, more than 10 thousand people are diagnosed with malignant melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer, each year. This case is two-fold in less than 20 years. This is the most dangerous form of skin cancer, because it has the potential to spread.

If you see an opportunity that is fast enough to survive better, but if left unchecked and the prognosis less. Almost two thousand people die each year from malignant melanoma.

In 2007, Zita Farrelly (29) from Salford in Greater Manchester, died of skin cancer after using a sunbed twice a day from the age of 14 years.

Professor Manne said, “To reduce the incidence of melanoma, we need to reduce the perceived benefits of sunning, and increase the use of sun protection.”

Jessica Harris, senior health information officer, Cancer Research UK said, “Having a family history of melanoma increases the risk of this disease. So it is important that the family of melanoma patients, as well as people who have white skin, blond or red hair, or a mole that much, or pock- spots know how they can reduce the chances of developing skin cancer. ”

“Enjoying the sun safely and avoiding conditions sunburn reduces the risk of skin cancer. The skin is darkened by the sun is a clear sign that your skin has been damaged by UV rays of the sun,” he concluded.

Do not take lightly if you suffer from blocked nose, headache, dizziness and ringing ears until blood came out of the nose. Because flu-like symptoms was a symptom of cancer nesofaring. What and how the cancer treatment? The following report of the inauguration of Bali Post reporter detection and cancer treatment center Cancer Specialists International (ICS) in Singapore, recently.

Cancer is a disease caused by the growth of body tissue cells are not normal, so turn into cancer cells. Furthermore, these cancer cells spread gets another body, so if it is severe can cause death. Most people think of cancer with tumor. Though the tumor is any abnormal lumps or abnormal inflammation in the body that are not. While cancer is a malignant tumor.

Severe disease affects all age groups, both men and women. Cancer can also occur in every part of the body. In Indonesia, some types of cancer is ever found in the cervix, breast, liver, lungs, skin, lymph nodes, blood cancer, cancer of the colon and nesofaring and others. For cervical cancer and breast cancer, affects many women.

Normally when cancer has not spread and damage the surrounding tissue, the patient does not feel the symptoms or complaints. Therefore, many people who already have cancer, but did not realize. They realized after his illness had no symptoms and complaints or when the disease begins to develop. Only after that, people checked out the hospital.
One of the dangerous type of cancer is cancer nesofaring. The disease is usually hidden in the back of the cube-shaped nose. The front of the nasopharynx is bordered by the nasal cavity. Meanwhile, the top adjacent to the skull base and the bottom is the palate and oral cavity. Epstein-Barr virus increase the risk of someone suffering from cancer nesofaring. Viruses that live freely in the air can enter the body and remain in the nasopharynx without causing symptoms. The disease is commonly found in Asia, including Indonesia.

According to Drs. Hsieh Wen Son of ICS, Asians have a higher risk compared with Westerners. Men generally have a higher risk than women. ICS itself is an international cancer clinic located at 290 Orchard Road, # 15-01/02/03 Paragon, Singapore. ICS was established to ensure patients get the best treatment. The interests of patients is the main focus at ICS. In addition to handling the physical, emotional factors also received attention from the ICS team.

Patients who want to get more information about ICS, please contact Primus Health at Hotline number: 081 380 099 500. Primus ICS Health is the official representative in Indonesia. According to Health Director Diana Pratanto Primus, the patient receives a number of free service if you want treatment to ICS.
Benefits for patients who want treatment in the ICS is Dr. Hsieh is a researcher who is actively involved in researching new treatment of cancer. If standard treatments are not successful, patients can get access to new treatments that are still in experimental stages. Patients will be offered the kind of targeted therapies. For this therapy, patients are free of charge.

Before you follow the special treatment, patients were given the explanation that this treatment is still in research stage. Patients also will be notified of the advantages and disadvantages of this therapy. In some cases, side effects of targeted therapies could lead to reduced blood cell. But it quickly in the tackle with nutrition.

Sexual intercourse at age below 17 years are known to stimulate the growth of cancer cells in the organ content of women, because in the age range 12-17 years, changes in cervical cells are very active.
Please note, when cells are actively dividing (metaplasi), ideally not occur kontaks or any external stimuli, including injus (entry of) foreign body in the female body.
With foreign bodies, including male genitalia and sperm cells, would result in the development of abnormal cells in the direction. Especially if it comes to injuries that cause infection in the womb.
Abnormal cells in the cervix that can lead to cervical cancer (cervical). Cervical cancer that attacks the female womb tools, starting from the mouth of the womb and the risk of spread to the vagina to get out on the surface.
In addition, the risk of cervical cancer also spread to other organs in the body, such as the uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, kidney, lung, liver, bone to brain.
If you have reached an advanced stage and spread to other organs, then cervical cancer may lead to death. Patients with advanced stage generally have to lift organ content tools and the possibility of having children becomes impossible.
Worldwide, there are about 100 types of strains of the virus that causes cervical cancer, the HPV virus (Human Papilloma Virus). Terganas strains are types 16 and 18. Symptoms often appear in patients with onset usually foul-smelling vaginal discharge and repetitive and there is bleeding in the genitals when he was not menstruating.
Therefore, it is recommended that women get married after the age of 17 years and applying a healthy sexual behavior. In addition, early detection is necessary to prevent the occurrence of advanced-stage cervical cancer, one of them by doing a pap test (pap smear).

Be happy for you lovers of tea and coffee drinks. Not only serves to add energy in the body, regular consumption of tea and coffee are known to prevent cancer, especially brain cancer.
Scientists have long found evidence that coffee or tea can boost one’s stamina. However, recent research shows that eating regular two types of the most popular drinks in this world also can protect you from brain cancer that often affect adults.
Although only drink half a cup of coffee or tea per day, it can reduce the risk of brain cancer by 34 percent. Dominique S. Michaud of the Faculty of Public Health, Brown University in Providence, United States, is chairman of an international team report their findings in the November issue of the journal American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The idea that coffee and tea’s health benefits, particularly as anticancer for regular drinkers based on previous studies which have shown that the lovers are two drinks can also avoid the risk for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Further study further discusses the possibility that coffee and tea also can prevent brain cancer.
Especially the type of glioma, a cancer that attacks the central nervous system originating from the brain and or spinal cord. Gliomas, including brain cancer causes about 80 percent of cases of malignant brain cancer in adults. However, the results of this study itself has not been able to prove that the two drinks that provide protection against cancer. “It’s all temporary,” said Michaud.
“This study should not be a reason for anyone to alter their intake of coffee or tea,” he said as quoted by healthday.com. Even if coffee and tea have a direct effect on risk of glioma, it looks like the effect will be small. Brain cancer in general are rare in the world.
In Europe for example, the annual incidence rate is estimated at between four to six cases per 100,000 women, and six to eight cases for every 100,000 men. Overall, the likelihood someone will develop brain cancer in their lifetime is less than 1 percent.
But Michaud says, if the intake of coffee and tea which was higher to protect against gliomas, it will be able to give insight to the investigators about the cause of the cancer. “Currently we do not know much about what causes brain cancer,” he said.
The study itself evaluates health data of more than 410,000 men and women aged between 25 and 70 years drawn from the European Prospective Investigation research into Cancer and Nutrition, which originated from France, Holland, Italy, Spain, Britain, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Sweden , and Germany.
The participants were recruited between 1991 and 2000 and continuously monitored for 8.5 years. In a study conducted a survey that is used as a measure of food, including tea and coffee consumption each study participant. They were also asked to complete questionnaires about medical history, diet, exercise habits, smoking and other lifestyle factors.
In that time, 343 new cases diagnosed gliomas. Also, 245 new cases of meningioma, other types of cancer that affects the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Overall, consumption of decaffeinated coffee was found very low. While the usual coffee and tea drinking patterns vary widely from one country to another. For example, Denmark (the largest consumer of coffee) drinking an average of almost 3.5 cups per day.
Or Italian (the lowest consumer) average less than half a cup a day. The highest consumption of tea made by participants from the UK and the lowest from Spain. The addition of beverage consumption on the incidence of brain cancer were related to each other. The research team found that drinking 100 ml (or about 0.4 cups) per day or more may reduce risk of glioma by 34 percent.
In addition, also concluded that the protective effect of these two drinks seemed a little stronger against a man and seems to apply only to gliomas. According to Michaud, is not clear why there was no evidence of dose-response relationship between coffee and tea consumption with risk of glioma, which is generally considered a strong sign of a possible causal relationship.
However, perhaps it relates to the difficulty in precisely measuring the intake of coffee and tea from the study participants, which depends on the report itself. “It is biologically plausible that coffee or tea and may affect the risk of glioma,” he said. A recent laboratory study, for example, found that caffeine seemed to slow the growth of a type of glioma is glioblastoma.
In addition, both coffee and tea contain antioxidants that help protect body cells from damage that can cause cancer and other diseases. However, it could also coffee and tea lovers it has other characteristics that may influence susceptibility to glioma.
But as far as the characteristics that have not been revealed, it causes brain cancer is also not yet known. Researchers know there are some risk factors. Those who undergo radiation therapy most frequently-radiation to the head to treat other cancer types have a high risk of brain tumors in the future. Genetic Pradisposisi apparently plays a role in a few cases of brain tumors. However, evidence of food or environmental factors, such as exposure to chemicals in the workplace so far inconclusive. Michaud said, still need some research to confirm that there is a relationship between coffee and tea consumption with risk of glioma and to determine the underlying reasons.
Dr. Jonathan Friedman, Chief of the Texas Brain and Spine Institute at Texas A & M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas, United States, described the findings as “surprising”.
“However, please note, the mechanism of why coffee may be protective (a disease) is really unclear,” he explained. “While the benefits of caffeine itself may be important (for body), but several other common components in a coffee or tea may also be relevant (the cause), such as natural antioxidants,” he said.
“However, further research would be needed to confirm these findings and to identify how the basis of the correlation relationship,” Friedman happen outside. Dr. John S. Yu, Director of the Brain Tumor Center of Excellence at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, United States, called the discovery remarkable. “If we have a cure for various diseases that can reduce the risk of suffering about 34 percent, would be considered a great medicine,” he said.

The patients who are undergoing cancer therapy and who have completed therapy is recommended to consume a healthy diet with balanced nutrition. Several studies have shown that cancer patients who consume healthy foods during therapy is generally more resilient to face the side effects of therapy Sometime during the therapy, emerging side effects such as nausea, loss of appetite so that patients sometimes difficult to follow healthy eating. Therefore, if the patient has it immediately discuss with your doctor and dietician.
Some cancer therapies can work effectively in patients with high body resistance that is obtained from the nutritional adequacy. Eating healthy foods is very useful for the health of muscles, build a network of new cells, keeping away from invasive infections. Indeed, there is no guarantee that after eating with a healthy menu, cancer will not recur again. Because the origins kankerpun hitherto undiscovered, only to regulate our food, it becomes immune system stronger, we are spared from excess cholesterol, increased blood sugar, blood becomes thicker, the instability of hormones, etc.. Where it all are several contributing factors of cancer recurrence. At least if we are healthier and more independent will not interfere with / depend on others, can perform useful activities. Also low-fat foods will help us to control weight so as not to overdo it. Cancer patients are encouraged so that their weight does not rise excessively and control his blood pressure. Should consume the food is as follows:
• Consumption of adequate vegetables and fruits (4-5 kinds each day). For example, apples, papaya, avocado / kiwi / mango, guava red / strawberry / dragon fruit, oranges, etc.. Red amaranth, green amaranth, ginseng, papaya leaf + flower papaya, broccoli, beets, carrots, etc.. Choose vegetables and fruits are brightly colored and do not consume the kinds of vegetables and fruits are the same in the long term. Preferably in combination for the body but not the excess of certain substances other deficiency. Vary the colors of fruit and vegetables.
• If the consume food sources of carbohydrates, choose complex carbohydrates, such as brown rice, whole wheat bread
• Expand marine fish meal (try not to eat squid, crab, milkfish), if chicken, buy free-range chicken or organic chicken. If forced to eat red meat (beef), choose low-fat. In a study mentioned that eating red meat as much as five to six times a week increases cancer risk. To reduce the risk, the U.S. National Cancer Institute advise us to limit fat consumption hingga30%. But according to research to get the anti-cancer effects, try to consume fat approximately 10-15% only. Or better not at all. If I was not eating red meat again since getting cancer.
• If the consume milk and other dairy select low-fat or soy milk. Select a plain yogurt. Other processed soy is also good, such as tofu, tempeh.
• We recommend that you begin to reduce the sugar (honey may be substituted if forced), foods that contain nitrites, preservatives, dyes, salted, smoked.
• Reduce fried. Carbohydrate-containing foods such as french fries / potato chips will stimulate the formation of carcinogenic compounds called acrylamide. In potato / fried potato chips this compound more than the other fried foods.
• Avoid cooking foods with a high temperature.
• If forced to eat fried food, use cholesterol-free oils such as canola oil. Disposable directly discharged, hence saving battery life just because they’re expensive at all (2 liter to Rp. 70,000) I usually do, if Canola Oil hard to find in supermarkets around the home with Olive Oil was forced to use (this is much more expensive, usually for the salad dressing) is also very use immediately discarded.
• Avoid alcohol and drink soft drinks. Better to drink 8 glasses of water a day
• Limit the tasty but healthy snacks, like cake, candy and various desserts. Replace snacks with for example: corn on the cob, boiled peanuts, edamame boiled, chestnuts, and legumes / beans.
• When making a salad vegetable dressingnya just use olive oil mixture. Do not wear that high in fat.
FOOD CONSUMPTION DURING MY undergoing chemotherapy:
Here is my experience eating during their chemotherapy. Since before undergoing conventional treatment (in medicine, namely radiation and chemotherapy) my body is very weak condition (weight loss up to 16 Kg, breast perforated 11 cm diameter, almost paralyzed state, smaller feet, in constant pain), then when it is advisable to immediate radiotherapy I eat rather a lot of carbohydrates and protein for rapid weight increases. Not embrace a specific diet but still there are vegetables and fruits. So when undergoing radiotherapy process, I did not experience any side effects. Only when the last radiotherapy leukocytes decreased to 2500. It’s not too bad condition. And HB, I also did not drop, the level 12 +. still good. Once finished Radiotherapy I (as much as 10x) where I had a better condition (pain is reduced), I slowly began to organize food for chemotherapy preparation and subsequent Radiotherapy (38x). Here I choose a diet with how food combining.
Why I chose this, because the eating arrangements follow the body’s metabolic cycle, so that the process of food digestion, absorption and utilization of nutrients for the body, as well as food waste disposal take place effectively. So that all organs of the body can work in their capacity, and no work overload, because when the work overload of the body organs will be exhausted. Alerts include: increased blood sugar levels (from the pancreas is wrong) or cholesterol / high blood triglycerides (such as interference with the bile), the body’s metabolic processes take place continuously for 24 hours. But for 8-hour cycle that occurs most active. Namely:
At 04:00 to 12:00: The cycle of food waste disposal
At this time, the menu’s most suitable food in the morning is fresh fruit, can of fruit pieces, fruit juice, fruit salad, lassi (fruit juice + plain yogurt). For the sweetener can be added madu.Buah prepare ready-made energy, in the form of fruit sugar which is easily digested and absorbed efficiently, without the need for energy metabolism is too big. This is consistent with the metabolic cycle that is still in the disposal cycle. Because of easy to digest, then fresh fruit more quickly leaves the stomach, so it is easy to hunger. So between 1-2 hours and then we can take the next fruit. This is to keep the blood sugar concentration to keep us berenergy.Untuk my morning fruit consumption is as follows:
• Should, starting with warm water mixed with lemon juice on waking. Since I often Chemo, then my digestion does not take it anymore when waking to drink lemon juice mixed with warm water. So every morning starting at 06 300, I drink apple juice (unsweetened any). If I, apple juice becomes mandatory every morning because of this prop hunger. 07,300 Hours / 8:00 I eat papaya fruit slices. It is also mandatory. In order not hungry. 09.00 / 09:30, I ate whatever fruit juice, can: guava juice + honey, lessi strawberry, melon juice, avocado juice + a bit of palm sugar, etc.. 10.30, can be interspersed with soy milk, or one small bowl of boiled beans, boiled edamame, or a piece of boiled sweet. 11:30 am, eat more fruit juice, can be anything. But during my Chemo avoid eating bananas and mangoes because my stomach acid is not strong. If the durian fruit has not ever eat again since I had cancer.
At 12:00 to 21:00: the cycle of food digestion
During the day is the best time to consume animal protein menu, rather than at night. While at lunch and dinner our bodies still in the cycle of food digestion, but animal foods take much longer than the starch digestibility (animal 4-6 hours, starch 2-3 hours). So, if we eat animal protein for example in at 19.00 then the possibility of undigested food that’s not all perfect when the cycle has moved into the absorption cycle (21:00 hours). As a result, undigested food will not rot and become toksin.Untuk meals daytime I was rotein (can be chicken or fish) + vegetables I use this menu if no Chemo or the body is fit when finished Chemo. If I’m tired a lot of activity in the morning then at lunch, I add the rice meskipu not much. all afternoon and evening so that there is power. Actually this is deviating from the food combining. In the afternoon starting at 17:30 I eat vegetables until 21:00 hours. At this hour, I often eat the leaves of aloe vera saaya buy at the supermarket. I use aloe vera leaves are large (on the Hero, Carrefour) and then I peeled, take meat only, washed using boiled water is warm, then I eat it without using sugar or sweeteners of any kind, point to avoid sprue and heat in the throat in during Chemo.
21:00 to 4:00 am: absorption of nutrients Cycle
Can drinking herbal tea / green tea before bed. If there is still work nights and felt hungry, I eat fruit. Can apples, grapes, or fruit are available dikulkas.
A diet like this is what I wear every day, being Chemo or not. And God willing, will still be my life forever. Because for me, such a diet has proven to increase endurance, seemed to me certain conditions are healthier than people without cancer. If within a month of my men there must be a permit because I was sick until now have never Alhamdulillah. (Meaning more stamina, Alhamdulillah, never had the flu, dizziness and other ailments and other complaints). Also, when compared Chemo last year, I was stronger this year when Chemo me more (9 times) and drugs also incorporated more (4 kinds of drugs, so that Chemo lasted 12 hours). Because at the time of Chemo in 2006, I raised the concentration of weight, then even eat vegetables and fruit, but do not follow the diet strictly food combining. Even this diet still helps me, because during Chemo in 2006, I also did not experience any side effects hair loss only, and never once I went down to stay leukocytes 500. and even then I only feel the weak only. But the doctor advised me to stay 2 days to avoid infection. After it all went normal. Only on 5th Chemo and 6 knees and ankles a little sore when to run. This lasted until 4 months after completion of Chemo. But Alhamdulillah, for Chemo this time, with a strict diet, I did not experience significant side effects. Only hair loss (broken?). The skin is also not experience drought or change color, as well as the nail does not have masalah.Dan leukocyte-ngedrop ngedrop not very. Most go down well only until 2000. And then I just felt tired. But after the injection Neupogen (in 2006, to raise me make use of GRANOSITE leukocytes, but these are expensive ± Rp. 1.200.000, if Neupogen costs Rp. 830 000, -) straight day later rose more than 10,000 leukocytes.
While undergoing chemotherapy, I was also not given any extra vitamins from the doctor, do not eat any supplement. I just rely on diet alone, plus to protect my kidneys 2x a week drinking each of ginger, turmeric and so not bitter kencur plus rice. Also 2x a week drinking white turmeric.
Food Combining diet that I follow it, not that I recommend to patients with other cancers. This is just sharing the experience alone. There are many other dietary patterns, which may be suitable for cancer patients, please try. I want to underline here is that we already have cancer, the pattern of our lives have changed. Of course this changed towards better things, do not carelessly eating. And do not feel suffering because they can not eat as good as it used to be able to just enjoy the food we eat. There is a saying that the enjoyment of food was limited to the tongue, after that everything seemed the same. The most important thing, right after the entrance to the stomach, the food is not beneficial for tubuh.Meskipun with diet arrangement does not guarantee no recurrence of cancer, but still there is another advantage if more regular life, so more fresh bodies, are not quickly achieved, skin so much shine despite being beaten with drugs that contain radioactive.