If you have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and are convinced you can beat it, it’s time to evaluate all your personal health habits. Some habits contribute to the persistence of ovarian cancer while others are tied to healing. Overall health always starts with good personal habits. You display personal habits that affect your health in the following areas:
diet
sleep regimen
daily exercise and other physical activities
what you drink and don’t drink
your posture
Habits to Consider

Let’s examine five personal health habits that could be negatively impacting your health:
1. Using chemical lubricants during sexual activity.
Why does our culture use chemical lubricants during sexual activity? Why wasn’t something more natural become available?Chemical lubricants are made from petroleum or other harmful ingredients. By using these as a lubricant, you are inserting chemicals directly into the area of the female reproductive organs.These chemicals cause changes to our cells and if the cells mutate, it’s easy to develop cancer.

2. Using tampons that have been bleached.
Using tampons is not a smart idea. While we may feel cleaner because the menstrual blood isn’t on a pad, we should wonder what happens when bleach and other chemicals are sitting next to the female organs. It’s a set up for cancer of the ovaries. In fact, the World Health Organization links tampons and other such products to women with cancer of these organs.

标题加粗  Nutrients for Ovarian Cancer
Women who eat plenty of vegetables, particularly carrots, tomatoes and other foods high in carotene and lycopene may reduce their risk. Flavonoids are found in fruits and vegetables. One flavonoid that has been studied is Apigenin. Tea drinkers have a lower rate of ovarian cancer. Garlic could be of benefit. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2014. S-allylcysteine, a garlic derivative, suppresses proliferation and induces apoptosis in human ovarian cancer cells in vitro.
    
#1 Genistein is an isoflavone that looks promising in fighting ovarian cancer.
We studied the effect of genistein and daidzein on ovarian cancer cell growth. Five ovarian cancer cell lines from Stage IIIC disease were evaluated. Sulforhodamine B and colony formation assays were used to analyze growth inhibitory effects of genistein and daidzein alone and with cisplatin, paclitaxel or topotecan. Apoptosis induction was studied by determining caspase-3 activity. Inhibition of growth (50-80%), colony formation and colony size was seen at 144 microm of genistein, 0-23% reduction was demonstrated at 9 microm. At 144 microm, the colony size was inhibited >75%; at 9 microm 4/5 cell lines had >50% reduction. Caspase-3 activity was induced with all concentrations of genistein. Cisplatin and topotecan combined with genistein resulted in a mostly additive effect, paclitaxel was slightly less than additive. We demonstrate an inhibitory effect of genistein on ovarian cancer cell growth. Anticancer Res. 2004 Mar-Apr. Inhibitory effect of genistein and daidzein on ovarian cancer cell growth.

#2 Ginkgo biloba has potential, too.
Studies conducted in women and in the laboratory strongly suggest that the herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba may help lower the risk of developing ovarian cancer. In a population-based study involving more than 600 women with ovarian cancer and 640 healthy control women, researchers found that the most commonly used herbals were ginkgo, Echinacea, St. John's Wort, ginseng, and chondroitin. But only ginkgo appeared to ward off ovarian cancer. According to the data, women who took ginkgo supplements had a 60 percent lower risk of ovarian cancer.

#3 Ginger can kill ovarian cancer cells.
A study on ginger was done using cells in a lab dish, which is a long way from finding that it works in actual cancer patients. Researchers tested ginger powder dissolved in solution by putting it on ovarian cancer cell cultures. Ginger killed the ovarian cancer cells in two different ways -- through a self-destruction process called apoptosis and through autophagy in which cells digest themselves. Ginger spice has been shown to help control inflammation, which can contribute to the development of ovarian cancer cells. In multiple ovarian cancer cell lines, ginger induced cell death at a similar or better rate than the platinum-based chemotherapy drugs typically used to treat ovarian cancer. Whether the same effects of ginger in test tubes occurs when humans consume ginger is not known.

#4 Tea drinking
Woman who drink two or more cups of tea every day may cut their risk of ovarian cancer in half. Both black and green teas are rich in antioxidant chemicals called polyphenols, which have been shown to block cancer growth in lab and animal studies. To investigate whether tea drinking might protect against ovarian cancer, 61,057 women - ranging in age from 40 to 76 - participating in a mammography screening program were followed for an average of 15 years. Compared with women who never drank tea, those who drank less than a cup a day had an 18-percent lower risk of developing ovarian cancer. One cup daily cut risk by 24 percent, while two or more cups lowered risk by 46 percent. Tea drinkers were thinner and ate more fruits and vegetables, the researchers report, so they may have had a healthier overall lifestyle that led to reduced ovarian cancer risk. Nevertheless, investigators add, the fact that risk declined steadily as tea consumption increased-known scientifically as a dose-response relationship-suggests the tea itself is a factor. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2005.