Do you know that cancer diseases can be prevented?

As most of us are afraid of having cancer diseases, it is important to note that there are ways of avoiding and preventing certain cancer diseases.

According to World Health Organization (WHO), cancer is the leading cause of deaths worldwide and there is an alarming increase of number of cases every year.

Several risk factors have been linked to cancer namely ;

1. Unhealthy lifestyle which includes lack of physical exercise, smoking, drinking alcoholic beverages and improper or poor eating habits.

2. Exposure to occupational and environmental carcinogens (e.g. indoor air pollution) and radiation.

3. Some Infections like Hepa B and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection.

According to WHO, there are key risk factors that can be avoided and these are as follows:

a. tobacco use – responsible for 1.8 million cancer deaths per year (60% of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries);

b. being overweight, obese or physically inactive – together responsible for 274, 000 cancer deaths per year;

c. harmful alcohol use – responsible for 351 000 cancer deaths per year;

d. sexually transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV) infection – responsible for 235, 000 cancer deaths per year; and

e. occupational carcinogens – responsible for at least 152, 000 cancer deaths per year.

Being healthy and maintaning a healthy lifestyle is a disciplined action. There are those who wish they had been responsible enough but only to find out its too late already.

It’s interesting to know that you have the power in you to prevent cancer by staying healthy and eating healthy foods. As life in itself is very simple, let’s take care of ourself by doing healthy little things everyday.

A simple brisk walk will already do wonders to your body. Even sleeping 8 hours a day helps so much in keeping your body healthy.

Last but not the least, choose the kind of foods that you eat everyday. You can beat cancer. It’s all up to YOU.

To have a better skin, first thing you need to do is know your skin type. there are three skins types namely, oily skin, dry skin and normal skin.

Usually, people who have an oily skin type are the ones affected by acne problem.

Here are simple tips to have a better and healthier skin:

1. Make it a habit to wash your face gently every morning and before going to bed. Never rub it since your face has the most sensitive and delicate skin part of your body. Anything that you use for your face that hurts or makes it reddish is harmful. Use only those that gives you a soothing effect.

2. Use a clean cloth or if you really want to be sure a cotton to dry your face. Never use your body towel to dry up your face. It might have germs in it and your skin get irritated.

3. If you put on make- up, make sure you use hypo- allergenic brands. Although, it still varies since there are hypo-allergenic products that still cause some irritation. If you get an irritated skin, stop using it right away.

4. Drink a minimum of 8 glasses to maximum of 3 liters of water everyday. Our body get rid of around 3 liters water everyday through urination and sweating so its necessary to replenish it the same amount to rehydrate. Water helps cleanse your system. Juices and colas are not included in the counting of 8 glasses. It is important that you only drink plain water.

5. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and avoid or minimize junk foods and chocolates. It always shows in your skin if you’re eating right for your skin always glows.

6. Have enough sleep daily. Make it a habit to get sleep at least 7 hours or better 8 hours sleep daily. At night time, your skin regenerates and heals while you are in deep sleep mode.

7. Maintain a positive outlook in life. It is important that you keep a positive mindset everyday so you get to maintain healthier and younger looking skin.

8. Smile. You only use only 14 muscles when you smile and 72 muscles if you frown. Do not stress yourself. In the end, its you who will lose control of yourself and get to grow old faster.

Good luck to a  younger youthful looking skin!