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By BETH STOUT
Eitemlon Agent, Home Economic*
Cancer is no respecter of persons, and Rappahannock County residents are no exception. Cancer has been one of the major causes of death among county residents, second only to cardiovascular diseases. During the last decade, cancer’s toll accounted for an average of 18.2 percent of deaths.
Cancer often takes 20 years or more to progress from its initial event to its overpowering destructive state. Although one often hears the words, “Everytime you turn around, they are finding something else that causes cancer,” there is still hope. Steps can be taken to reduce the risks of cancer.
The American Cancer Society, in a recent brochure publication entitled, Taking Control, lists five protective factors to be added to one’s life and five risk factors to subtract.
1 — Eat more cabbage-family vegetables. Studies indicate that these vegetables appear to protect against colorectal, stomach and respiratory cancers. They include broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, all cabbages and kales.
2 — Add more high-fiber foods. High-fiber diets are thought to protect against colon cancer. Fiber occurs in whole grains, fruits and vegetables, including peaches, strawberries, potatoes, carrots, spinach, tomatoes, wheat and bran cereals, rice, popcorn and wholewheat bread.
3 — Choose foods with Vitamin A. It may also help protect against cancers of the esophagus, larynx and lung. Fresh foods with beta-carotene like carrots, peaches, apricots, squash and broccoli are best source, not vitamin pills.
4 — Choose foods with Vitamin C. Vitamin C may help protect against cancers of the esophagus and stomach. Vitamin C may be found in
St. Stephen’s Bazaar
1 set for Nov. 15
The annual Christmas Bazaar at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Culpeper is scheduled for Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Parish Hall on Easy Street.
The bazaar will also feature a luncheon from 11:30 p.m. to 1 p.m., sponsored by the Episcopal Church women.
Other highlights include a doll exhibit and a give-away of a handcrafted welcome sign and a cured ham donated by the Hudson Ham House of Culpeper.
Parking is available in the town lot located near the church on Cameron Street.
More information may be obtained by calling Ann duFrane at 825-5232 or Harriet Leake at 8250502.
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