2024-02-17 13:38:55
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A healthy diet plays an important role in preventing cancer. Researchers found that a certain type of vegetable has a particularly strong anti-cancer effect.
In Germany, according to the German Cancer Research Center (dkfz) Around 493,200 people die from cancer every year. According to a forecast by World Health Organization (WHO) Cancer cases are expected to increase rapidly worldwide by 2050 (by 77 percent). Many factors influence the risk of developing cancer. Not only genes and changes in the genetic makeup play a role, but also your own lifestyle. You can reduce your individual risk with the help of a healthy and balanced diet. According to a study, a certain type of vegetable can reduce the risk by 20 percent.
Cancer: You can reduce your risk with a certain type of vegetable
A healthy and balanced diet with plenty of fresh foods such as vegetables plays an important role in preventing cancer. © Tetra Images/IMAGO
In her in the specialist magazine Foods published Study Researchers at the University of Newcastle investigated the effects of carrot consumption on the risk of cancer. Other scientific studies have already shown that the beta-carotene contained in the vegetables, a precursor to vitamin A, can protect cells in the body. It was therefore suspected that this provitamin might also reduce the risk of cancer. Since scientists have not yet been able to detect a major effect in clinical studies, the research team from Newcastle examined other ingredients, such as the two plant substances polyacetylene and isocoumarins, which are mainly found in carrots. Both plant substances are said to have an anti-inflammatory effect. The polyacetylene falcarinol in particular is said to have a tumor-inhibiting effect. In animal and cell experiments, the plant substance showed anti-cancer potential.
The researchers analyzed 198 international studies for their study. The results showed that in 80 studies with over 60,000 participants, regular consumption of carrots reduced the risk of cancer by up to 20 percent. The effect for different types of cancer hardly differed. The scientists also found that people who ate five servings of carrots per week (one serving is roughly a handful of sliced raw carrots) benefited most from the protective effect. But even just one serving per week might reduce the risk by four percent.
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Prevent cancer: A healthy and balanced diet plays an important role
According to the researchers, eating carrots is “clearly associated with a reduced risk of cancer.” However, of course this cannot alone be a cure for cancer. Cancer prevention includes, among other things, several factors that affect your own lifestyle and can therefore be influenced to a certain extent. These include, for example, a balanced diet with lots of fresh foods (vegetables, fruit, whole grain products, legumes, healthy fats), regular exercise and avoiding cigarettes and alcohol.
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