[Liver cancer/cancer/hepatitis/breakfast/breakfast food]Breakfast food may also be the culprit of cancer. A woman in Taiwan, who did not drink alcohol and had no history of hepatitis, sought medical treatment for indigestion and was diagnosed with liver cancer. The doctor pointed out that the culprit of the cancer was probably her favorite breakfast food all year round.
Taiwanese doctor and nutritional medicine expert Liu Boren pointed out in the “Good Morning Health” column earlier that the causes of cancer can include genetics, smoking, drinking, eating mycotoxins, exposure to asbestos, formaldehyde and other daily habits. Sharing a case, he once met a female patient who did not drink alcohol and had no history of hepatitis B or C. However, during a medical examination due to indigestion, she was accidentally found to have liver cancer, which had even been complicated by lung metastasis.
Caused by liking one breakfast food
After further questioning, the doctor learned that the female patient loved to eat peanut butter and had eaten peanut butter formula packets for breakfast every day for more than 20 years. Therefore, doctors speculated that the female patient may have developed cancer from long-term consumption of peanut butter contaminated with aflatoxin.
The doctor explained that aflatoxin is classified as a first-level carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and is most closely related to liver cancer. Foods such as peanut butter, stinky tofu, fermented bean curd, corn, and coffee are all easily contaminated by aflatoxin.
Doctors suggest that if you like to eat peanuts, it is best to choose fresh, unshelled peanuts to reduce the risk of being contaminated with aflatoxin.
8 major causes of liver cancer
Liver tumors are tumors that appear in the liver. They can be divided into benign and malignant. If they are malignant, they are liver cancer. Liver cancer is the third cancer killer in Hong Kong. There are about 1,800 new cases every year, 75% of which are men. The average age of onset is 63 to 69 years old. There are more than 1,500 deaths, and 40% of liver cancer patients are in the late stage when diagnosed. . There are 8 main causes of liver cancer:
9 common symptoms of liver cancer
Pan Dongping, founder and chairman of the Hong Kong Liver and Gastrointestinal Cancer Foundation and a specialist surgeon, pointed out that early-stage liver cancer is painless and difficult to distinguish even if there is abdominal pain, so it is often diagnosed at an advanced stage. Because the liver has a self-healing function and can continue to function normally even if only a small part is left, the early symptoms are not obvious. But as the tumor gradually grows, the following 9 common symptoms will appear:
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Editor in charge: Luo Jiaxin
2024-03-17 00:57:00
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