Lilly Fruits and Vegetables May Not Lower the Risk of Every Cancer
According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), cancer is the name given to a massive collection of related diseases. The only common feature in all types of cancer is that some of the body’s cells begin to divide in a disorderly way without stopping and may eventually spread into surrounding tissues.
Other than that, there are huge differences between different cancers in terms of what sets them off, how and where they grow, and whether or not they migrate to other parts of the body (known as metastasis). Further, differences in your genetics, environment, and lifestyle all affect your individual predisposition to developing cancer and how a tumor may grow inside your body.
For instance, one person may develop lung cancer as a result of years of heavy smoking, while another may not. A third person may get lung cancer because of an entirely different reason. For example, working in an unsafe environment with cancer-triggering chemicals.
Nurse Adjusting IV Drip On Patient’s Hand In Chemo Room
Chemotherapy kills cancer cells… and healthy cells along with them
Since no two cancers and cancer risks are alike, it’s not really possible to group many people together (each with their own specific type of cancer risk) and detect an effect of a therapy, unless the effect is so strong that it cuts across all forms of cancer.
For instance, some very powerful drugs used in chemotherapy and radiation therapy do kill different types of cancer cells – but they also destroy normal tissue at the same time and are incredibly toxic for the body.
Consumption of fruits and vegetables is much subtler and clearly does not affect the risk of getting all forms of cancer equally. Instead, consuming them may preferentially lower the risk of some types of cancer over others.
Of course, eating freshly grown fruits and vegetables that have not been treated with pesticides or herbicides is safe for your body… unlike many powerful but very toxic cancer therapies.