High Percent of Cancers Caused by Lifestyle and Environmental Factors we have Power to Change by Ralph Teller

List of Lifestyle Factors Causing Cancer

Many people believe that cancer is down to fate, is 'in the genes,' or is the luck of the draw whether they get it. However, it's clear that 43% of all new cases of cancer are caused by things we mostly have the power to change.

Medical research has clearly attributed cancer to 1 of 15 factors:

Smoking

Excessive Alcohol

Lack of Fruit and Vegetables

Lack of Dietary Fiber

Processed Meat

Too much Salt

Overweight and Obesity

Excessive Ultra Violet Radiation. However, see the extreme importance of getting sufficient levels of Vitamin D from sunlight: Vitamin D Health Benefits, Vitamin D Synthesis, Natural Food Sources of Vitamin D, Deficiency and Photoprotection

Ionizing Radiation (e.g. X-Rays)

Lack of Physical Exercise

Occupational Exposure (e.g., asbestos)

Infections (e.g., human papillomavirus [HPV]

Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy

Lack of Breast-feeding

The most prevalent lifetyle cause of cancer is tobacco, followed by obesity, heavy alcohol consumption, and diet. Tobacco is the most important avoidable cause of cancer, responsible for almost 20% of all cases of cancer. Each of these four main causes of cancer also substantially contribute to causing cardiovascular, diabetic, renal and hepatic disease.

Eating fruit and vegetables proves to be very important in protecting men against cancer!

As noted above, Ionizing Radiation, e.g. X-Rays are one of the top 15 causes cancer. Goverments are telling people that the full body X-Ray machines used for airport security are completetly safe. Does anyone else have doubts about that?

Cancers in Men

Cancers in Women

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