Cancer is one of the lead causes of deaths around the world, however preventative lifestyle changes and diet can help evade and curb this disease, says Dr Alicia Honore’ Felix

​Cancer is one of the leading causes of Deaths around the world, however preventative lifestyle changes and diet can evade as well as curb some this disease. Dr Alicia Honoré Felix, International Board-Certified Lifestyle and Functional Medicine Physician and Health Coach shared some pertinent information that’s person could implement and reminds persons to not be so hard on themselves for not knowing certain information.
 
While eating fish and meat has nutritional benefits, it also has potential risks. Fish can take in harmful chemicals from the water and the food they eat. Chemicals like mercury and PCBs can build up in their bodies over time. High levels of mercury and PCBs can harm the brain and nervous system.
 
Meat may be detrimental to your health if you cook and prepare it in certain ways. High temperatures used to cook meat, especially red meat, have been linked to the formation of cancer-causing compounds. Toxic compounds called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are formed. PAHs may collect in the meat and build up over time PAHs could be harmful to human health since they are carcinogenic (cancer-causing).

​Dr. Alicia Honoré Felix, International Board-Certified Lifestyle and Functional Medicine Physician and Health Coach *