How can I produce more breast milk?

Eradication of Helicobacter germ from the stomach, avoiding taking unprescribed painkillers and lifestyle changes including stopping smoking can help.

It is true that cancers like cervical cancer and Kaposis sarcoma have increased with the dawn of HIV infection. However, not all cancers are related to HIV infection.

Lifestyle changes with increased consumption of fat, salt and sugars coupled with sedentary lifestyle has been associated with an increase of cancers like of the large intestine, pancrease, breast and prostate.

Smoking which is being abandoned by men but is increasingly being taken up by women is associated with cancer of the lungs. Environmental pollution affecting the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat is also getting more serious risking cancers.

Exercising regularly, eating moderately and avoiding smoking can help out.

Dear doctor, I am addicted to eating lots of pepper! Which is better, red or green pepper? Is it true it causes a sore anus? However, I am fine.
Pat Bazirondere

Dear Pat, much as it is taken as a spice, pepper has its own nutritional value since it has protein, vitamins like C, and minerals.

Its burning taste has led to false belief that it causes burning in the anus which is usually caused by piles, infections and soaps used to wash the anus!The infections today are increasingly being found sexually transmitted.

Compared to green pepper, red pepper has more vitamins and nutrients and contains the antioxidant lycopene touted to prevent prostate cancer. The level of carotene in red pepper is also higher. Red pepper has twice the vitamin C content of green pepper.

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