• About

ConnieSelleccaBlog

~ Intelligence for Your Life

ConnieSelleccaBlog

Tag Archives: cancer

What is the one thing all oncologists can agree on when it comes to cancer prevention?

05 Tuesday Apr 2022

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

cancer, cancer prevention, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, diet, dieting, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, oncologist, overweight, prevent cancer, reduce your cancer risk, weight loss

lose-weight-prevent-cancer-wp

Maintain a healthy weight! According to the Cancer Prevention Center at the University of Texas, being overweight is on track to overtake tobacco as the leading preventable cause of cancer. And according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that the heaviest women had death rates from cancer that were 62% higher than women in a healthy weight range. In fact, one-third of all cancer deaths in the U.S. each year are linked to poor diet and too little physical activity. So what is it about being overweight that makes it a cancer risk? It’s the fact that excess fat changes hormonal activity. It causes higher levels of insulin, growth factors, inflammation, and gender hormones – and that increases your odds of developing cancer. So at your next doctor’s appointment, ask if they have any recommendations for your weight. Are you at a healthy weight? What should you aim for? Because getting to a healthy weight will greatly reduce your cancer risk.

Follow me on Facebook

It’s never too late to quit smoking!

26 Wednesday Jan 2022

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

cancer, cigarette, cigarettes, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, lung cancer, quit smoking, smoke, smoking, The National Cancer Institute

cigarette-poker-game-wp

If you like to have a cigarette occasionally, say with a glass of whiskey, or at a poker game, there are consequences! The National Cancer Institute studied 300-thousand people, looking specifically at the risks of “light” smoking. The result: People who smoked less than one cigarette a day were 9 times more likely to die of lung cancer, and twice as likely to die of heart disease, compared to lifetime nonsmokers. But the good news is, it’s never too late to quit! Researchers found the risk of an early death was greatly reduced once people quit totally. And the younger people were when they quit, the longer they lived.

Follow me on Facebook

Eat these foods to age more slowly:

27 Tuesday Apr 2021

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

age slower, Alzheimer's, cancer, carrots, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, spinach, squash, watermelon

Watermelon, carrots, squash and spinach. According to the European Journal of Nutrition, people who eat the most watermelon, carrots, squash and spinach have DNA that ages more slowly. As a result, those people have a lower risk of age-related problems, like Alzheimer’s, cancer and cardiovascular disease. The power is in the antioxidants that control the plant’s pigment! They’re called carotenoids, and they give fruits and vegetables their bright colors – and help protect against disease by fortifying cells from damage. So load up on watermelon, carrots, squash and spinach.

Follow me on Facebook 

Want to reduce your risk for cancer?

18 Thursday Feb 2021

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

cancer, cancer risk, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, reduce risk of cancer, sunny window, sunshine, Vitamin D

Get outside on your lunch hour – or at least hang out by a sunny window. Getting just 15 minutes of sunshine a day can cut your cancer risk up to 36%. That’s because sunshine helps your body create vitamin D – and vitamin D shuts down abnormal cells before they can become cancerous.

Follow me on Facebook  

Why a vegetarian diet could be good for you!

08 Tuesday Sep 2020

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

British Journal of Cancer, cancer, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, cut your risk of cancer, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, protein, vegetarian, vegetarian diet, veggies

People who follow a vegetarian diet cut their risk of developing some cancers in half. That’s according to the British Journal of Cancer. The researchers found people who didn’t eat meat were 45% less likely to get cancerous blood conditions, like leukemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. And overall, vegetarians were 12% less likely to get any form of cancer.

Follow me on Facebook

Here’s a food that may help prevent breast cancer:

07 Thursday May 2020

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

breast cancer, breast cancer prevention, cancer, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, fish, grilled chicken, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, parsley, salads

parsley-and-cancer-wp

Parsley! It’s a top source of two cancer-fighting compounds: apigenin and luteolin. And when those two plant compounds are combined, they help prevent breast cancer and slow the growth of existing cancer cells. So, try using parsley in salads, smoothies, and as an herb on grilled chicken or fish.

Follow me on Facebook

Ladies, how healthy is your HANDBAG?

22 Wednesday Apr 2020

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

alcohol based sanitizer, BPA, cancer, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, diabetes, hand sanitizer, handbag, Harvard Medical School, infertility, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, pocketbook, purse, receipts, triclosan

germs-in-purse-wp

According to Harvard Medical School professor Dr. Karin Michels, a lot of women don’t realize they’re lugging around health hazards in their handbags. For example:

Do you carry hand sanitizer in your purse? Dr. Michels says it’s great to kill germs on the go. But a lot of sanitizers contain triclosan – a chemical linked to tumor growth in animals. So, only use alcohol-based sanitizers, and ditch the ones made with triclosan.

Then, is your handbag stuffed with old receipts? Researchers say most printed receipts are coated with a chemical called “BPA”. And it rubs off on our hands and is absorbed through our skin. We can tell you that BPA has been linked to a higher risk of diabetes, cancer, and infertility. So, handle receipts as little as necessary… and see if the cashiers can email or text your receipts, instead.

Follow me on Facebook

Here are some sleep facts:

14 Tuesday Jan 2020

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

can't sleep, cancer, carcinogens, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, death, insomnia, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, sleep, sleep cycle, sleep facts, sleeping, World Health Organization

sleep-facts-kill-you-cancer-wp

You need sleep more than you need food. You can survive two weeks without food, but 10 days without sleep will kill you.

Next: All-nighters make you feel drunk. Going 16 hours without sleep makes you feel as loopy and out of it as if you’d had a couple beers.

Finally: Messing with your sleep cycle can cause cancer. The evidence is so strong that the World Health Organization considers poor sleep quality and a lack of sleep carcinogens.

Follow me on Facebook

Reduce your risk of skin cancer:

15 Tuesday Oct 2019

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

B3, cancer, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, fish, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, mushrooms, nuts, peanuts, salmon, skin cancer, vitamin B3

B3-Nicotinamide2-wp

Here’s a relatively cheap way to drastically reduce your risk of skin cancer: Pop a vitamin B3 supplement. The University of Sydney found a derivative of B3, nicotinamide, can prevent up to a quarter of non-melanoma skin cancers.

Nicotinamide is the water-soluble, active form of vitamin B3. It’s also commonly found in meat, fish, nuts and mushrooms.

And in a study of nearly 400 people, those who took the B3 supplement slashed their risk of developing basal and squamous cell carcinomas by nearly 25%. And those two types of skin cancers account for 80% of ALL skin cancer cases. The study used a 500‑milligram supplement – but talk to your doctor about it first. And make sure you’re taking the active form of B3 with nicotinamide. That’s what turns off cancer-causing pathways.

Follow me on Facebook

Do you jumpstart your day with coffee?

14 Monday Oct 2019

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Alzheimer's, caffeine, cancer, coffee, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, depression, fountain of youth, heart disease, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, Stanford School of Medicine

jumpstart-coffee-wp

Here’s another reason to stick with caffeine: It may slow your biological aging process! That’s from the Stanford School of Medicine. The reason? Because most of us tend to develop inflammation in our tissues, veins, and arteries as we age, which can lead to heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s, osteoarthritis and even depression. But the metabolites in caffeine help minimize inflammation. Bottom line: Coffee may be the closest thing we have to a fountain of youth.

Follow me on Facebook

← Older posts

Subscribe

  • Entries (RSS)
  • Comments (RSS)

Archives

  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014

Categories

  • Intelligence for Your Life
  • Photos

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • ConnieSelleccaBlog
    • Join 819 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • ConnieSelleccaBlog
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...