On October 13, Seaside Los Jameos celebrated its First Cancer Prevention Day. The Seaside Collection group hotel in Lanzarote is taking this important initiative to make visible the role of food in our health during our holidays. The pilot project was led by respected oncologist Dr. Supported by Elisabeth Arrojo. Institute of Advanced Oncology Medicine (INMOA) and creator of the National Center for Cancer Prevention (CNPC).
Cancer prevention: diet
Cancer is increasing exponentially. Everyone knows some recent cases in both adults and teenagers. Dr. According to Arrojo, “the factor that has the most impact on the emergence of cancer is nutrition.” His intervention focused on the trend of cancer cases today and also the important role played by cancer cases. feed. Regarding the situation of hotels during the holiday, Dr. Elisabeth Arrojo wanted to draw attention to the work of Seaside Los Jameos, which has its own garden and collaborates with local businessmen to guarantee the quality of its products.
“Cancers don’t appear because six month Dr. “We are undernourished (or on our holidays), but because we have been doing this since childhood,” Arrojo explained, revealing the responsibility adults have: “the future of our children is in our hands.”
Actually, remembering one of the most promising data world Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Elisabeth Arrojo wanted to emphasize that “40% of cancer cases can be prevented.”
“According to WHO, 40 percent of cancer cases are preventable”
canary nutritionist Rocío González Cuadrado He was one of the speakers at the First Cancer Prevention Conference. “Food is one of the pillars of our health, along with physical activity, rest and stress control,” the professional began. Starting from this premise, González Cuadrado wanted to explain the difference between eating and nutrition in order to understand how important food is: “Our body is a delicate machine that is always trying to solve every problem that arises, but it must have the necessary equipment to do this. Tools (nutrients) to solve this.
Knowing that the Seaside group is a good Canarian, the nutritionist wanted to emphasize the important determination of Los Jameos. “For the health of our customers”. In this sense, he considers the 1st Cancer Prevention Day as “a great initiative as the public needs to be educated and informed to be empowered in terms of health.”
Cancer Prevention: Stress
However, nutrition is not the only factor that affects our health. Stress also has a very direct relationship with the occurrence of cancer. As described by Dr. Elizabeth Arrojo, “Ongoing stress over time reduces healthy hormones and increases cortisol, which suppresses our immune system. Moreover, we often suffer from things that never happen.”
Teresa Viejo, a journalist trained on this subject leadership, sensitivity and curiosity, focused on the emotional perspective in his presentation: the importance of attitude in the disease process and prevention. “The most important thing about curiosity is that it is always linked to another positive emotion. “Therefore, by changing our subconscious and behaviors with an appreciative language, we can activate positive thoughts that release serotonin and oxytocin in our brain,” he said. And he added: “There are studies showing that curiosity increases life expectancy by up to 5 years.”
The event was also attended by the former motorcycle racer and creator of the method, who talked about the power the mind has in our daily lives. “Conscious Incubator”, Jorge Díaz emphasized how we can control our thoughts and emotions through meditation.
They closed1st Cancer Prevention Day The team at the Seaside Los Jameos hotel – manager Beate Sekula and head chef Vicente Rodríguez – presented changes and suggestions for their kitchen for next year. “We have had different salads on the buffet since Friday: colorful quinoa, couscous and pearl salads – with mozzarella and hazelnuts -; and also tataki with tuna and herbal coca with crispy cheese,” explained Vicente Rodríguez, who oversees all the recipes in the book ‘Cocinando tu Salud’, which he polishes with his co-editor, chef Pablo Balbona.