| It's not a well-known fact, but more women die | | | | - Take aspirin. Even if you smoke, a recent study |
| from lung cancer each year than any other form | | | | at the University of Washington shows that taking |
| of cancer. Because of their smaller lungs, women | | | | four regular-strength aspirins weekly can reduce |
| are twice as likely to contract the disease as are | | | | your risk of lung cancer by 41%. Aspirin works |
| men. Here are a few things that you can do, | | | | by slowing blood flow to abnormal cells, starving |
| however, to lower your risk of developing lung | | | | them of the nutrients that they need to survive. |
| cancer. | | | | However, before beginning any aspirin therapy, be |
| - Eat pistachios. Pistachios contain a form of | | | | sure and check with your doctor as there are |
| vitamin E that helps protect and speed healing of | | | | side effects to the regular ingestion of aspirin. |
| lung tissue. As a side benefit, pistachios contain an | | | | - Eat salsa. In addition to tasting good, salsa |
| abundance of appetite-dampening essential fatty | | | | contains an antioxidant that quickly soaks into lung |
| acids and minerals. | | | | tissue and shields it from airborne pollutants. |
| - Drink apple cider. As we all know, an apple a day | | | | According to Yale researchers, this can lower |
| keeps the doctor away. By eating one apple per | | | | your risk for lung cancer by 28%. Other cooked |
| day you can reduce damaging inflammation in | | | | tomato products are also great sources for this |
| your lung tissues. However, most of us will not | | | | antioxidant. |
| eat one apple per day because it takes so long to | | | | - Drink green tea. Green tea is loaded with |
| eat that apple. As a substitute you can drink 8 | | | | compounds that have powerful anti-cancer |
| ounces of apple cider daily instead. Apple cider is | | | | properties. A study conducted in Asia found that |
| better than apple juice because apple skins are | | | | by sipping at least one cup of green tea daily, you |
| used when making apple cider, but not when | | | | are five times less likely to develop lung cancer |
| making apple juice. The apple skins contain | | | | than people who don't drink green tea. |
| lung-protecting flavanoids. | | | | |