Most people's lives are affected by cancer in some way or another. If you or anyone you know never had cancer you are part of a very small percentage of people. Cancer is one of the biggest causes of death in the world.
According to the World Health Organisation, in the year 2008 cancer caused 7.6 million deaths which is about 13% of the total number of deaths that year. However, most cancers can be prevented with the right merasures even when uncontrollable risk factors such as genetics and heredity are present. Cancer caused by genetics and heredity amounts to 20% of all cases while the remaining 80% are caused by controllable factors under diet, lifestyle and environmental influences.
Diet: The risk factors include unhealthy foods, foods containing toxic chemicals, foods that are irritated, lack of certain nutrition in the diet, tap water, parasitesk and additives,
Lifestyle choices: Risk factors include smoking, lack of physical activity and hormone replacement therapy
Environmental Influences: Such risk factors include overexposure to the sun, exposure to toxic chemicals, and heavy industrial metals
