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The “Breast Cancer and Women - Changing Your Lifestyle Can Reduce Your Risks”

Breast Cancer and Women - Changing Your Lifestyle Can Reduce Your Risks

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 06:41 PM PST

There is overwhelming evidence that a woman's genetic makeup and the environment that we live in are closely related to some women being diagnosed with breast cancer. The positive and negative impact of a woman's lifestyle also greatly heightens the risk of this type of cancer. Here are a few issues to think about when looking at what you can do to lower your risk of this deadly disease:

Obesity after menopause increases the risk:

With the growing number of protective measures being taken to cut down on the risks of breast cancer before menopause starts, studies show that obesity clearly increases the chance of cancer after the full phase of menopause is completed. Some doctors have even stated that finding the tumors while preforming an exam or a mammogram are harder to sense because of the tumors feeling or looking like fatty tissue rather than the tumor itself because of the obesity.

While it is a correlation between obesity and cancer, estimates show that being overweight counts for about one in seven men and astoundingly one in five women contributing to some form of cancer related deaths in the US alone.

High Fat Diets:

Studies have also been shown by the NIH (The National Institute of Health) that women who consume at least 40% of their nutrition from high fat foods, added a 15% chance of developing breast cancer than those who only consumed about 20% of foods which contained a high concentration of fats.

Alcohol and Cancer:

While it is true that a glass of wine a day reduces many health problems, other alcohols such as hard liquors, mixed drinks, etc., actually increases the risk of breast cancer. Yet even with lower doses of daily alcohol usage, breast cancer is increased by 35%. And that number increases by 7% with each drink per day in what is called as DDS (Dose-Dependant-State).. Good news however; studies have shown that decreasing your intake of alcohol or quitting altogether will reverse the risk.

Exercise:

For many years, research has found that exercise has been known to decrease the risks of breast cancer. Exercising only 20 minutes a day with some form of high intensity training can greatly reduce cancer and even help towards your overall health.

With today's increasing number of fast food chains, and our society working 60-70 hours per week, we tend to slack on the importance of our overall health. Women especially need to be concerned with the importance of keeping your bodies in tuned with daily exercise as well as your nutrition, the proper amount of rest, and drinking at least 64oz of water daily can reduce the risks of breast cancer and help you achieve a solid foundation for living a longer life.

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