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breast cancer cells (in pale violet) attacking healthier cells (in blue green)

It is already a fact that cancer is one of the deadliest diseases that has ever hit the world. Despite what we know of cancer and how it affects the body, not much is known as to why it occurs in the first place. Adding to people’s concerns are the current strategies to treat and hopefully cure cancer. Available options for cancer patients include radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery. Not only do these processes cause great discomfort to the patient, their success rate has never been much acceptable.

As such, the best way to fight cancer would be to stop it from taking place. Surprisingly enough, one does not have to take drugs in order to prevent cancer.

It is sometimes a paradox that our ancestors never had to face the wrath of cancer and be able to live longer than us, even though we are supposedly medically superior to them. At the same time many veterinarians concede that there are only a tiny amount of animal deaths were caused by cancer tumors. These striking data only confirm the belief that it is not just destructive cells that divide rapidly that is the cause of cancer. Cancer is the end result of our mismatched lifestyle.

It is true that cancer attacks almost anyone, but trends have started to show that cancer cells are encouraged by how we live our lives. If you eat too much, drink a lot, and smoke several times a day, you are more likely to have cancer.

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7 fundamentals of fitness

Obesity kills. This has been proven time and again by a multitude of studies on obesity. The United States Center for Disease Control writes that obesity increases the likelihood that one develops coronary heart disease, certain types of cancer, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, stroke, liver disease, respiratory problems including sleep apnea, osteoarthritis and gynecological problems. Yet, according to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, around 1 in 4 adults in the United States are obese.

The rise in obesity awareness has led to a rise in the number of people wanting to be fit. Here are 7 fundamentals for fitness.

1. Know what fitness is for you
Like it or not, not everybody can be as fit as, say, Sylvester Stallone. You must know your body and your limits. This means that you should know what level of fitness is right for you. Physical fitness actually means that you can look good, feel good, and have the energy to do what you need to do everyday and other supplemental tasks like leisure and emergency demands. When you are physically fit, you can do your daily tasks with vigor and alertness.

To know the optimum level of fitness for you, make sure that you take into consideration your age, genes, gender, personal habits, exercise and eating patterns.

2. Consult a doctor
Before starting any exercise regimen, you should consult with a doctor on whether you could undergo a fitness regimen and how rigorous it could get without damaging your health. You should also be careful if you have medical conditions like heart problems, high blood pressure, arthritis, muscle problems and any other health problems.

3. Eating right
You would need to watch what you eat. Eat more healthy foods while avoiding “bad ones” like sweets, fatty foods and similar stuff. You would also need to strike a balance between your food intake and your energy output, to make sure that you lose fat when you need to or gain weight when it is necessary.

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Steve Jobs Holding an IPhone

Trying to address concerns about his health, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.’s top honcho, announced that he had hormonal imbalance that caused him to lose a significant amount of weight.

Since June last year, people have been speculating that Jobs has cancer, after he appeared at Apple’s developer conference looking sickly and having lost weight. The weight loss continued throughout the rest of the year, fueling the cancer rumor even more.

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