Monday, January 16, 2006 at 17:42
Cancer
wif regards to the title.. nope.. not the horoscope cancer, but the disease tat has taken many away from us.. learnt during basic patho lesson so tot mite as well share wif those who'r not taking or will not be taking it.. juz for general knowledge.. hahaha.. of coz wont tok abt how it goes abt all tat.. juz sum prevention tings n etc...
i'll start off wif the tings tat causes cancer or increases ur chances of getting it..
chemical:
- cigarette smoke. tink 2nd hand smoke. smokers do rmb u breath them in too.
- bbq food. time for a change. stop having bbq too often. haha
- butter, strawberries, cherries, as long as certain colouring/dye (aromatic amines or azo dyes) is added to them.
- fungi. so if ur bread has mould pls do not peel off the moulded part n eat the rest. just throw the whole loaf away.
- canned food. yes, luncheon meat is oso included... these contains certain chemicals to kill microbes n they can harm us as well. so stop eating TOO much of canned food.
radiation:
- ultraviolet. found in sun light. certain type supposed to be reflected by ozone but due to human, tis r seeping through. but not much fear coz Asians usually has enuf melanin to protect us. however, suntan, sunblock and sun-wadeva lotions r supposed to make us more suseptable to the UV.. oso r cosmetics which givs u fair skin coz they removes ur skin, therefore u'r more suseptable to UV..
- perfumes, cologne, deoderent n all kinds of chemicals u spray on ur skin. coz they'r so toxic n concentrated tat they'll go into ur blood vessels... so do try to remain natural u noe? tats y i wana go to the jungles n live.. hahaha
- the rest of the causes not tat impt to the general ppl la.. hahhaa..
now for how to prevent or lower ur chances of getting COLON (large intestine) cancer...
apparently its advisable to consume 20g of fibre evryday via our food intake bud its hard to even hit 10g.. so it was suggested tat u might wan to consume fibre supplements.. of coz dun juz anyhow grab one off the shelves.. u hav to check for certain tings... basically got 2 types of fibre we will consume... insoluble n soluble.. insoluble will be broken down in our large intestines by the bacteria there into tings tat can prevent colon cancer... while soluble fibre absorbs water n thus allow smoothier release of feces or popularly known as shit. hahha.. soluble oso indirectly increases the breaking down of insoluble fibre so its impt to hav eat both types.. examples of the food products tat can be eaten to increase fibre includes all types of vegetables, fruits, corn, oak & wheat (preferbably wif the shell intact bud hard to find).. den still hav.. those interested may wan to search the net for more.. ahhaha..
den tink tats abt all ba.. quite alot le... lol... so perhaps u might tink u'r still young so no need worry bud cancer usually occurs in the old age coz it starts accumulating during ur youth.. so do try to cut down sum intake or usage of carcinogenic (cancer causing) products... den do try to increase ur fibre intake la.. n if u wan to, u may wan to oso inform the ppl arnd u especially ur parents since they'r probably gg to reach the age when cancer starts to appear.. so u all might wan to let them noe of sum tings they can do to lower or prevent them from getting cancer... oso can ask them or bring them for check ups to see if they'r fine coz old age brings alot of diseases... so it'll be better to find out about any disease they might hav early n treat it instead of when it reaches a stage where nth can be done except to watch them leave slowly... so tat'll be all for today i tink... did nth much today oso.. juz go sch lesson den come home... gotta go study for anp2 quiz on wed le.. still got a dumb director's meeting at either 3 or 4pm.. waste my time.. hahaha.. nxt tues oso got quiz... n cny is coming!! so do go easy on the bak kua coz its BBQ meat!! hahaha.. =)
