Al-Khudairi justified his warnings that some of them may be a cause of cancer, which leads to genetic defects and the breakdown of DNA. At the same time, he praised the step of the Ministry of Education, after it understood the magnitude of the danger and provided healthy meals in school canteens for students.
Al-Khudairi reveals that a number of studies conducted by specialists in this field have confirmed the association of some substances in foods with cancer, while excessive intake and increased exposure time cause accumulations, which in turn lead to disease, giving some advice about Eat some foods that can prevent cancer, such as (tomatoes, watercress, onions, garlic, and vitamin C derivatives), while taking care of healthy habits, such as exercising, walking, and losing weight.
And Al-Khudairi disclosed in statements to “News 24On the sidelines of the “I Can” forum, which is being held in the Eastern Province, on the statistics available in the National Cancer Registry, confirming that the annual incidence of cancer ranges from 20 to 21 thousand cases, indicating that most of these cases are men who smoke, and some women who suffer from with breast cancer.
The professor of carcinogens confirmed that the rate of smoking for about 10 years or more may increase the individual’s risk of lung cancer, based on some international studies, which conclude that most of those with cancer are male and female smokers.
Regarding the questions raised involved in the relationship of cancer to genetic diseases, Al-Khudairi indicated that there are some families that carry a “gene” that is susceptible to cancer, and in order for doctors to be able to determine that the infection is the result of a genetic factor, 3 people from “first-degree relatives” must have been infected with the same disease. The disease, and this is what leads to measuring the severity of the genetic mutation, on the basis of which most specialists focus on raising awareness of the risks of cancer.