Relation between gut health and cancer
Do you live a busy life filled with excessive work demands, no time for exercise, and bad eating habits that include smoking, drinking, and consuming junk food? This might be an open invitation for cancer. One of the most common malignancies in the world today is gastrointestinal cancer. Cancer is a complicated disease that is impacted by environmental, hereditary variables and poor digestion.
Why is a healthy digestion important?
Beneficial gut bacteria typically reside in our gastrointestinal system. In addition to helping with digestion, producing vital nutrients, and preventing cancer, the symbiotic interaction between gut bacteria and people also helps to keep the gut ecosystem healthy. But when the makeup of gut bacteria shifts as a result of long-term antibiotic use, disease, stress, aging, poor eating habits like consuming processed or overly spicy and stale food, as well as addictions like alcohol and smoking, this balance can be upset, potentially causing harm.
Dr. Reshma Puranik, Consultant medical oncologist and hemato oncologist, DPU Super Specialty Hospital, Pimpri, Pune says, “Poor digestion and gut health, known as dysbiosis of gut flora, can lead to a number of illnesses, including obesity, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, allergies, and even different types of cancer. Studies have shown that the gut flora of cancer patients differs from that of healthy people, and that dysregulation of “nc-RNA” through gut bacteria is specifically connected to gastrointestinal cancer.”
Symptoms of poor digestion that may cause onset of cancer
While the research on the intricate and dynamic interaction between gut health and cancer is still in its infancy, certain long term symptoms are a direct sign for cancer. Bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, indigestion, acidity, changed bowel habits, sleep disruptions, skin rashes and allergies, and unexplained lethargy are all signs of poor gut health.
What to do to keep your digestion up to the mark?
A robust gut microbiome can be supported by adopting a healthy lifestyle that prioritizes exercise, enough sleep, stress management, and abstaining from addictions. Gut health and digestion can be greatly enhanced by changing eating patterns by including fresher, unprocessed foods, a range of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and plant-based diets. Because they include probiotics, fermented foods including yogurt, kimchi, sauerkraut, and kombucha tea are well known for their ability to improve gut health. Prebiotics and probiotics are frequently used in modern medical procedures to prevent and treat illnesses, including cancer. A robust defense against many illnesses, including cancer, is a healthy gut.
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