India, Sept. 28 -- When a person gets affected by cancer, their immune system fights the cancerous cells in the body. However, there are some things which might come across as unimportant but can end up providing fuel to cancer cells at such times, making them more difficult to eradicate.

Taking to Instagram on September 21, Raipur-based senior cancer surgeon Dr Jayesh Sharma shared five such things and explained how they can impede the recovery process.

"When a cancer cell is formed, it needs an environment to grow. That environment is produced by our body's metabolism," noted Dr Sharma. "A very big part of that is visceral fat. Meaning, the deep fat around the organs that causes the belly to bulge."

According to the oncologist, visce...