Cancers, the expert: the olive oil stops them and helps medicines

The olive oil stops cancer-growth and empowers the effect of medicines. This is what Massimo Lopez sustained-director of the department of oncology of the Institute of Cancers in Rome and member of the Scientific Association of the Human Health Foundation- (a foundation that fights against cancer born in 2006), he is also the author of the book ’Cancer: know it to fight it’.Lopez underlines how a correct diet can help to avoid 25% of cancers and over all the use of the olive oil is an “important adjuvant of some processes that can stop cancer, and help prevention”. “As for the most important causes of cancer, tobacco and wrong diet-the expert emphasizes- are respectively responsible of 70% of today’s cancers”. But diet is certainly considered fundamental for prevention: “the use of olive oil, thanks to the oleic acid and the lutein-he puts in evidence- is very important even for the cellular membrane. The olive oil, with fish and cooked or uncooked vegetables, are the best weapons against cancer. The use of excessive fats, on the contrary, should be fought because – Lopez sustains –they cause an increase in the cases of colon-cancer, breast – cancer and prostate cancer. Finally the expert underlines – the data show how the number of cancer cases among men and women is decreasing with the passing of time; but nowadays there are still 1.700.000 victims of cancer all over the world. About 11 million people get a cancer every year. Indeed there are about 25 million people living with a cancer, among which 800.000 here in Italy. This problem is going to increase, even if the survival bend has been progressively increasing since the 60’s.