Easy Ways To Prevent Pancreatic Cancer

Lower Unhealthy Dietary Fats

An individual can reduce their likelihood of developing pancreatic cancer if they lower their consumption of unhealthy dietary fats. While many risk factors cannot be influenced by lifestyle choices, an individual's diet is one of they can influence. Foods such as fried foods, processed meats, frozen tv dinners, potato chips, canned soups, french fries, burgers, dairy products, hot dogs, sausage, bacon, and mayonnaise are all high in unhealthy fats. The pancreas an organ that aids in digestion and helps with the effective breakdown of fats an individual consumes. The more food an individual consumes that is high in fat content, the harder the pancreas has to work for the stomach and small intestine to digest food properly. When the pancreas is working harder, the cell turnover rate of pancreatic cells is increased. An increased cell turnover rate means there is greater opportunity for a mutation to occur in the cell's DNA. In addition, foods high in unhealthy dietary fats can cause an individual to be overweight or obese, which are also risk factors for developing pancreatic cancer.