Tricks on How to Lower Your Chances on Getting Cancer

The article below will give you about these techniques.

Cancer is a tumultuous time for both the patient and his or her family. There are a number of cancer treatments in existence, so consult with a doctor regularly.

Detecting cancer early is important in the beginning stages is the best way to increase the chances of survival. For cancers like breast cancer and testicle cancer, you can do self-examinations on a monthly basis to check for anything that might not seem right.

Immediately quit smoking if your doctor tells you that you have cancer. Some people who have cancer mistakenly reason that there is no point in quitting since they're already done. The cigarettes' carcinogens contained in cigarettes could decrease your body's chance of fully recovering.

Be aware of certain changes that could occur from the cancer treatments. Your doctor will let you the effects of drugs and treatments may have. If hair loss is possible, you might want to buy a wig or if your complexion gets pale, then consider wigs and makeup.

Be cautious about chemical contamination on fresh fruits and vegetables that you buy at the store are possibly contaminated. Pesticides are used on these crops to guard against diseases and other issues from causing destruction to the crops.

If you want to catch cancer early, know what symptoms to look for. Things like unexplained weight loss, unexplained weight loss, cramping and thinning stools can be symptoms of colon cancer. Visit your doctor if you notice any of these symptoms.

If you are a smoker, you should know that your habit increases your risk of developing emphysema, but it also protects you against colon cancer. The carcinogens produced by smoking can damage the colon and cause polyps to grow. These facts just a few of the reasons you need to quit smoking.

Many people are aware of the fact that wild salmon is a great addition to their diet.

Don't take cancer on.This is not the time to back down and roll over, so there's nothing to lose by giving every last bit of effort to survive.

Never take information for granted. When you're well informed on a subject, you'll be better prepared to deal with it, and will be more likely to come out of a difficult situation on top. Cancer is a very severe disease, but there is hope. Take in all the information in this article, and use it to help fight this horrendous disease.

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13 Tricks to Wake Up Slimmer

By JESSICA GIRDWAIN

We get it: You want to lose the jiggle but don't want to blacklist your favorite eats, count every single calorie, or overdose on gym hours. The great news is, you can drop weight without dieting: Experts say making small change-ups to your day is one of the best ways to lose.

We grilled health and fitness pros for the tweaks that will help your shape the most. Road test a few, and you could shed 5 (this week!), 10, or even 20-plus pounds without a whole lot of effort.

"Buy natural varieties of peanut butter and pour off the oil sitting on top. Each serving will have 20 fewer calories and 2 to 3 fewer grams of fat. It's a small difference that'll add up to a couple of pounds per year."

—Amelia Winslow, personal chef in Los Angeles and founder of the healthy food blog Eating Made Easy

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"Skimping on fiber will make you gain weight. Forget the pretzels and go for a bag of low-fat popcorn. It has five times the fiber and only 90 calories for six cups, so it's filling and satisfying.

A recent study found that when women doubled their daily fiber intake from 12 to 24 grams, their bodies absorbed 90 calories less per day. You could lose almost 10 pounds in a year!"

—Tanya Zuckerbrot, RD, author of The F-Factor Diet: Discover the Secret to Permanent Weight Loss

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"Kick up your heels and go dancing with your girlfriends—or have a solo dance session at home. Fast-tempo dances are not only a blast to do, but in an hour you'll torch 400 to 500 calories. That's equivalent to light jogging on the treadmill, but it's way more fun!"

—Christine Avanti, author of Skinny Chicks Eat Real Food: Lose the Fake Food and Kickstart Your Weight Loss

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"At the gym, lift one set of heavier weights than you're used to. And on your walk or run, add backward walking and sideways shuffling in one-minute bursts.

You'll challenge your muscles in new ways, work them at a variety of angles, and improve your balance. These things will tone you up and burn extra calories."

—Gunnar Peterson, celebrity trainer to A-listers (including our December cover star Sofia Vergara!) in Beverly Hills, California

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"Cutting out after-dinner snacking is a quick way to help you shed 5 pounds in a week. At night, we're usually scarfing down junky foods in front of the TV—and it's easy to consume a meal's worth of calories, plus belly-bloating sodium.

If you're typically hungry before bed, it might mean you're eating dinner too early, so push it back. Snack on fruit at 3 p.m. Then at 5 p.m., have a snack bar. At 7:30, you'll be ready for dinner, and you'll be eating late enough to stay full for the rest of the evening."

—Heather Bauer, RD, author of Bread Is the Devil: Win the Weight Loss Battle by Taking Control of Your Diet Demons

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"Fill your plate with crunchy, chewy foods like carrots, apples, and whole grains. They take more time to chew, and their fiber makes your body work harder to digest them—so you'll burn more calories during your meal.

Eating this way can increase your total calorie burn by 5% throughout the day!"

—Leslie Bonci, RD, director of sports nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Center for Sports Medicine

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"Just focus on cooking wholesome food; you'll eat well and could even lose 5 pounds in a week. For breakfast, have yogurt and some fruit; for lunch, eat a soup and a winter salad with tuna and walnuts; at dinner, fill your plate with 3 to 4 ounces of fish or chicken, a couple of veggies, and a piece of fruit. And feel free to use a bit of butter or olive oil—you don't have to deprive yourself."

—Mireille Guiliano, author of The French Women Don't Get Fat Cookbook

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"Downsize your wine glass to cut calories. Wine glasses today are giant goblets, so it's easy to pour 6 ounces, or one-and-a-half servings, without noticing. That means those two glasses a night might actually be closer to three (almost half a bottle!), adding up to 300 calories.

Instead of drinking this way every day, have a regular-size 4-ounce glass a couple of times a week. You could drop more than 20 pounds this year."

—Tim Church, MD, director of preventive medicine research at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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"Slip exercise into everyday life, and make it fun. Head outside and go ice skating with friends or shape a snowman with your kids. You can even stage a pillow fight in your living room.

That burns 82 calories in 20 minutes, plus you'll laugh the entire time!"

—Missy Chase Lapine, author of The Speedy Sneaky Chef

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"Season and butter the bottom of foods. For example, butter the bottom of toast, and salt the bottom of potato rounds. This sounds weird, but it really helps with weight loss. When you eat foods this way, the flavor hits your tongue right away, and you actually taste more of it. Ultimately, that means you can cut out at least half the belly-bloating salt or butter."

—Devin Alexander, chef and host of FitTV's Healthy Decadence and author of The Biggest Loser Quick & Easy Cookbook

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"Make sure you're the last one to start eating and also the last person to finish. I do this, and it helps me slow down and chew my food properly instead of inhaling what's on my plate—and more. Eat this way and you'll take in fewer calories at your meals."

—JJ Virgin, PhD, author of Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy: The 5-Step Plan to Sleek, Strong, and Sculpted Arms

3 Ways to Eat Slowly (and Lose Weight!)

"Make a few changes to your party outfit, and you'll beat the temptation to overindulge. At a cocktail party, carry a clutch instead of a purse. With a cocktail in one hand and your handbag in the other, you won't be able to reach for too many hors d'oeuvres.

And wear a form-fitting dress—it'll be your biggest reminder to not revisit the food table for seconds."

—Keri Gans, RD, author of The Small Change Diet: 10 Steps to a Thinner, Healthier You

"Stop eating when you're at a 5 or 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 (where 1 is famished and 10 is Thanksgiving full). When you stop at 5 or 6, chances are 20 minutes later, you'll feel like a 7 or 8.

This tactic is great for parties and vacations—and could save you lots of calories per meal."

—Ellie Krieger, RD, host of Cooking Channel's Healthy Appetite and author of Comfort Food Fix

This article originally appeared on Health.com.

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Sex Workers Tell Tricks of the Trade

Audacia Ray came from a "good family" and had a normal childhood, attended college in New York City and then made a career choice -- she became a prostitute.

"I had one other friend doing it but I had never considered it before then," said Ray, now 33 and an advocate for sex workers. "She made it sound easy and something I could do."

Throughout her 20s, until just a few years ago, Ray, a bisexual, sold sex through Craig's List. She went on to modeling and fetish work.

"It's not the best job in the world, but it's not the worst," she said. "It took me a while to figure out what I was comfortable with and what my boundaries were."

But hooking was isolating and she had a few encounters with men that frightened her. Once, a man assaulted her. And Ray couldn't discuss her work with most of her friends.

Today, as founder of The Red Umbrella Project (RedUP), she works to give a voice to those who are in the sex business -- prostitutes, strippers, dominatrix and fetish professionals, porn performers and "anyone who trades sexuality for money or survival," even Internet chat room "camming" and phone sex workers.

Just this week in New York's Bluestockings Bookstore, people in the sex trade gathered to read from "Prose and Lore," a literary journal started by Ray and devoted to sex workers.

This edition features stories from 17 writers, three-quarters of whom are previously unpublished and developed their stories during an eight-week memoir workshop taught by this spring by Ray.

In 2004, Ray founded the sex worker magazine, $pread, and served as its editor.

"The group is very mixed and it's been interesting to hear very, very different experiences in the sex industry when they are all in the same room," she said. "Everyone learns from each other."

One story was written by a former gay porn star about undergoing plastic surgery; another was a trans woman's experience working the street; a stripper wrote about the first time she experienced shame on the job.

Until now, many, like Ray, didn't have a way to connect with others in the same industry.

Anna, a 32-year-old retired prostitute, wrote a story, "Class Whore," about an encounter with a sugar daddy client who, like her, was of South Asian descent. The story touched on the issue of race and class in sex work.

The client discovered Anna's family had come from a lower class in India, where the caste system is still powerful.

"He is a business magnate and he contacted the hotel where I was staying because the owner was one of his friends," Anna said. "He asked under what name my room was booked. He told me he knew my real name then he said my name back to me and it sounded worthless. He's Indian and I'm Indian, but a higher caste, so it took me back to that place."

Anna never solicited on the street, but worked independently. Still, she found having a network of other sex workers helpful, on how to negotiate a living, tricks of the trade, and getting references on high-end clients from other sex workers.

She also learned how to keep herself physically safe from clients, and how to avoid police entrapment.

"If something happens, you can't go to the police even though you have a right in our culture not to be assaulted," she said. "Because of the stigma and criminalization of sex work, it endangers us in many ways and increases our danger with our clients because they know we can't report these crimes. They know we are vulnerable."

Ray founded RedUP in 2010, after seeing the complicated personal lives of sex workers she encountered on the job.

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