HEALTHY LIFE STYLE AND COLORECTAL CANCER
Uploaded by Vinaz on May 10, 2013
HEALTHY LIFE STYLE AND COLORECTAL CANCER
Life style resembles on our health. When we practice good pattern of living; it would ensure the vitality of our well being. Good pattern of living is equivalent to the healthy lifestyle.
What is meant by healthy lifestyle?
Healthy life style is one of the best defenses against various health-related problems. This type of life style includes healthy diet and regular exercise plan. At the same time, it also imposes life style which is not addicted to smoking and alcohol.
When we talk about having a healthy diet and exercise, how many of us are practicing on this? In this era of globalization and drastic economical growth. Most of us are busy concentrating on ways to improve our financial standard rather than having healthy food.
As the fast food branching out, we prefer to have food at fast food centers. After tiring day at work fast food centers has become the choice of food for many. Fast food does not contain a complete diet. Too much of fast food and irregular diet plan creates problem to health. World wide variously affecting diseases which are obesity.
Obesity-in normal term is overweight but scientifically it is defined as a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health. Obesity imposes a greater risk of developing colon cancer for men of all ages and premenopausal women than it does in postmenopausal women.
It been proofed scientifically that obesity is one of the cause of colorectal cancer. Insulin is one of the biochemical mediators between obesity and colorectal cancer. The visceral abdominal fact has been identified as the essential fat depot for pathogenetic theories that relates obesity and colorectal cancer.
Consumption of alcohol and smoking also one of the causative lifestyle which promotes colorectal cancer. Alcohol and the smoke contain tobacco damages body tissues. In our colon and rectum, bacteria convert alcohol into large amount of acetaldehyde. Acetaldehyde is a cancer causing chemical. These damaged cells may try to repair themselves, this triggers DNA changes in cells. Changes of DNA cells results in multiple growth of cells at the spot of cell repair happens. Multiple growth and the accumulated cells leads to the cancerous cells which later leads to colorectal cancer. Alcohol and cigarette lowers the folate intake of body. Heavy consumption of alcohol and smoking habit...