| The stomach is a bag of muscle and these muscles | | | | • Weakness and fatigue |
| crushes and mixes food with the digestive juices like | | | | • Bleeding (vomiting blood or having blood in |
| hydrochloric acid and pepsin. There are several | | | | the stool), which can lead to anemia |
| causes of stomach cancer. To name a few are | | | | • Dysphagia (the inability to swallow); this |
| previous exposure to radiation, bacterial infection | | | | feature suggests a tumor in the cardia or extension of |
| caused by Helicobacter pylori, pernicious anemia, | | | | the gastric tumor in to the esophagus |
| stomach surgery, as well as genetic factors that | | | | Diet: |
| cause predisposition to the disease. Helicobacter pylori | | | | • Curcumin - Curcumin from Tumeric is both a |
| infections now thought to be responsible for most | | | | powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammator, both of |
| cases of stomach cancer involving the bottom half of | | | | which fight the effects of free radical generation and |
| the stomach. Stomach cancer near the junction | | | | inflammation caused by infection with HP. |
| between the esophagus and the stomach is not | | | | • Probiotics - Another study published in the |
| usually related to Helicobacter pylori infection. | | | | journal "Nutrition" in 2003 found that the probiotic |
| Avoidance of stomach cancer may also be possible | | | | lactobacillus both reduced the need for antibiotic |
| by proper diet and vitamin supplementation. Smoked | | | | treatment of HP and made the antibiotic treatment |
| foods, pickled vegetables, salted fish, excessive dietary | | | | more effective as well. |
| salt, foods with nitrates such as lunch meat and | | | | • Green Tea Extract - findings in the February |
| hotdogs as well as charcoal broiled foods, produce | | | | 2008 issue of the journal Cancer Epidemiology, |
| nitrosamines that cause cancer. | | | | Biomarkers & Prevention indicated that the EGCG |
| Possible signs of stomach cancer (please remember | | | | component of green tea extract decreased the risk of |
| that these signs can show up in other conditions that | | | | stomach cancer in women by 75% yet slightly |
| are much less serious as well). | | | | increased the risk in men. |
| Early Stage Signs | | | | • Vitamin C - Research published in the |
| • Indegestion or a burning sensation (heartburn) | | | | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that people |
| • Loss of appetite, especially for meat | | | | with higher levels of vitamin C intake had lower levels |
| Later Stage Signs | | | | of HP and lower incidence of both gastric ulcers and |
| • Abdominal pain or discomfort in the upper | | | | stomach cancer. |
| abdomen | | | | • L-Glutamine - In the May 2008 issue of the |
| • Nausea and vomiting | | | | Journal of Nutrition reported results concluded that |
| • Diarrhea or constipation | | | | L-glutamine may prove beneficial in offsetting gastric |
| • Bloating of the stomach after meals | | | | damage caused by H. pylori infection. |
| • Weight loss | | | | |