Weight Loss and Cancer Risk
Can Losing Weight Reduce Cancer RiskNew research hinting that losing weight cuts the risk of breast cancer is the latest development in the cancer - healthy lifestyle debate.
At a conference in Birmingham UK earlier this month the National Cancer Research Institute heard that middle-aged women who lose weight and exercise twice weekly are 40 per cent less likely to develop breast cancer.
It seems that weight loss was the key factor, followed by a low-fat diet with plenty of oily fish.
Scientists believe weight gain prompts inflammation in fat stores, in turn stimulating breast cells to become cancerous.
Evidence of another link between diet and disease is more ammunition to the growing body of opinion that says the way we conduct our lives has an overwhelming bearing on our future health.
Now all of this is good and well but of course many people who have an exemplary health diet will still develop cancer. The food issue is only a part of the jigsaw in my view - not nearly the whole story but still, I guess that it all helps.
What do you think?
Labels: breast-cancer, cancer-diet, living-with-cancer, weight-loss-cancer-link
posted by Marjory @ 2:01 PM
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