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The Easy Way to Guard Against All Cancers
Here's an easy way to drop your risk of any type of cancer by 10 to 15 percent: Get a move on.
Research shows that an active lifestyle, one where you not only exercise but also keep your body busy through as much of the day as possible, can help reduce the risk of several different types of cancer.
Bodies in Motion
In a study involving close to 80,000 Japanese adults, researchers found that the women who were most active were 16 percent less likely to develop any type of cancer over a period of 5 to 10 years. The most active males dropped their risk by about 13 percent. But it wasn't just exercise that they marked. Any day-to-day activities counted, including walking to the store, doing housework, and working on a physically demanding hobby. Find out how much longer gardeners live.
Sweat Protection
Researchers think exercise may have a beneficial effect on certain hormones that influence the growth and spread of tumors. In the study, exercise seemed to have the most impact on colon, liver, and pancreatic cancer risk in men, while a greater amount of activity was particularly protective against stomach cancer in women. Here are just a few more ways that being active elevates your overall health:
- It pumps up your smart machine. Here’s how working out can increase the size of your brain.
- It can send you to cloud nine. Find out how to achieve an exercise-induced high.
- It increases your mileage. Find out which walking speed adds the most years to your life.
