Kama hunywi pombe unayo sababu ya kufurahi sana, na kwamwe usianze kunywa pombe! Kama unakunywa pombe, punguza sana, na ukiweza acha. Hii ni kwa sababu imezidi kuthibitishwa kwamba pombe ina madhara mengi kiafya.

Wataalamu waliochunguza uhusiano wa unywaji pombe na uwezekano wa kupata saratani (cancer) wamepata uthibitisho wa kuridhisha na wa uhakika kwamba unywaji pombe unaongeza uwezekano wa kupata saratani (cancer) za mdomo, koo, koromeo, matiti na utumbo mkubwa. Pia uko uthibitisho wa kiasi unahusisha unywaji pombe na uwezekano wa kupata saratani ya ini.

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Breast cancer! Breast cancer! In Tanzania and around the world, a lot has been said recently. Breast cancer is most common type of cancer that affects women. If breast cancer is diagnosed early the outlook is good, but still many women loose their lives because of inadequate access to information, late diagnosis and inadequate and delayed treatment.

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Miili yetu inahitaji chumvi kiasi kidogo sana. Kwa wastani tunahiaji kama gramu 1.25 (kama robo kijiko cha chai) kwa siku. Kwa bahati mbaya tunatumia chumvi kupita kiasi. Wataalamu wa Afya wanahusisha matumizi ya chumvi nyingi na uwezekano wa kupata msukumo mkubwa wa damu (High Blood Pressure), ambayo pia inaongeza uwezekano wa kupata magonjwa mengine sugu kama yale ya figo, moyo, ikiwepo “stroke” na pia ya mifupa kama “osteoporosis”.

Hivi karibuni tafiti zimeonyesha uhusiano mkubwa kati ya matumizi ya vyakula vyenye chumvi nyingi na saratani ya tumbo.

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