First hotel in Spain for Cancer Prevention Seaside Collection cares and takes care of the health of its guests

Seaside Los Jameos celebrated on October 13th the I Cancer Prevention Day. The group hotel Seaside Collection, located in Lanzarote, takes this important initiative to make visible the role of food in our health, also during our holidays. The pilot project has been supported by the prestigious oncologist Dr. Elisabeth Arrojo, director of Medical Institute of Advanced Oncology (INMOA) and creator of the National Cancer Prevention Center (CNPC).

 

 

Cancer prevention: diet

 

Cancer is increasing exponentially. Everyone knows some close cases, both in adults and in young people. According to Dr. Arrojo, “diet is the factor that has the most influence on the appearance of cancer.” Her intervention focused on the trend of cancer cases today, and also on the important role that diet plays. Regarding the position of the hotels during the holidays, Dr. Elisabeth Arrojo wanted to highlight the work of Seaside Los Jameos, which has its own garden and collaborates with local businessmen to guarantee the quality of their products. 

 

 

"Cancers do not arise because we eat poorly for six months (or during our vacations), but because we have done it since childhood,” Dr. Arrojo clarified, revealing the responsibility that adults have: “the future of our children is in our hands.” 

 

In fact, and recalling one of the most hopeful data from the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Elisabeth Arrojo wanted to emphasize that “40% of cancer cases can be prevented.”

 

 

“According to the WHO, 40% of cancer cases can be prevented”

 

The Canarian nutritionist Rocío González Cuadrado She was another of the speakers at the First Cancer Prevention Conference. “Food is one of the fundamental pillars of our health along with physical activity, rest and stress control,” the professional began by saying. Starting from this premise, González Cuadrado wanted to explain the difference between feeding and nourishing to understand how important food is: “Our body is a precision machine that will always try to solve any problem that appears, but to do so it must have the necessary tools (nutrients) to be able to solve it.” 

 

Knowing the Seaside group as a good Canarian, the nutritionist wanted to highlight the important commitment of Los Jameos "to the health of its clients." In that sense, she values ​​the First Cancer Prevention Day as “a fantastic initiative since it The population must be trained and informed to be able to empower themselves in matters of health".

 

Cancer Prevention: stress

 

However, diet is not the only factor that influences our health. Stress also has a very direct relationship with the appearance of cancer. As explained by Dr. Elizabeth Arrojo, “stress sustained over timedecreases healthy hormones and increases cortisol, which suppresses our immune system. What's more, many times we suffer from things that never happen.” 

 

 

In relation to this point, the journalist Theresa Old, trained in leadership, sensitivity and curiosity, focused her presentation on the emotional point of view: the importance of attitude during the disease process and also in prevention. “The most important thing about curiosity is that it is always linked to another positive emotion. Therefore, by modifying our subconscious, our behavior, Through appreciative language, we can activate positive thoughts, secreting serotonin and oxytocin in our brain,” the professional pointed out. And she added: “There are studies that show how Curiosity increases life expectancy by up to 5 years".

 

In this same line about the power that the mind has in our daily lives, the former motorcycle racer and creator of the “Conscious Incubator” method participated in the event. Jorge Díaz  who emphasized how through meditation we are able to control our thoughts and emotions. 

 

The XNUMXst Cancer Prevention Day was closed by the team from the Seaside Los Jameos hotel - its director, Beate Sekula, and his head chef, Vicente Rodriguez -, who presented the changes and proposals for their kitchen for next year. “Since Friday, we have different salads on the buffet: colorful quinoa, couscous and pearl salads - with mozzarella and nuts -; and also tuna tataki and vegetable coca with crunchy cheese"explained Vicente Rodríguez, who supervises all the recipes in the book 'Cooking your Health', which he has polished together with his co-editor, the chef Pablo Balbona.