Breast cancer is one of the most common cancer of women and often lead to unrest. No need to solve in the fear, change your fear into action. Some breast cancer risk factors (eg age) can not be prevented, but the following key habits you can stick to cancer, regardless of your age.
Keep moving. "Exercise lowers estrogen, which is associated with breast cancer connection," said Debbie Saslow of the American Chemical Society / ACS, cited Prevention Web site. To achieve maximum results, try activities that move the heart for 45-60 minutes almost every day of the week. However, moderate exercise for 30 minutes, 5 days a week, still very useful.
It's never too late to start a physical activity. A study published in the British Medical Journal study found that postmenopausal women get more exercise than the other women representatives.
Conducting and maintaining a healthy weight. Try to lose weight, prevent cancer. After menopause, obese women are two times higher risk of breast cancer than women who have a healthy weight. Also experiencing weight gain also trigger the disease. "Weight gain like 10 pounds in adulthood contributed to the risk explains," Heather Spencer Feigelson, PhD, MPH of the ACS.
To show that consumption of vitamin D. Many studies have shown that this vitamin can fight cancer. Say, the results presented recently at the meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists, that breast cancer patients, the vitamin D-94 percent greater risk of spread of cancer than women who had vitamin D is lacking in sufficient concentration. "I encourage women to consume 800-1000 International Units (IU) of vitamin D per day," says Andrew Kaunitz, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville.
Limit or stop alcohol consumption. Recent data from the National Cancer Institute says that women who drank one or two alcoholic drinks per day 32 percent greater risk payuadara cancer. In addition, those who consume more risky, 51 percent larger. The experts recommend that you drink no more than one drink a day.
Note the use of hormone therapy. According to Women's Health Initiative, the use of hormone therapy (HT) in the long run the risk of breast cancer could be increased. Studies show that she was an increased risk for years after stopping use. Pay attention to the hormones only when the symptoms of menopause can be controlled using. Moreover, limiting the duration of therapy is not more than 5 years. It is better alternative to use the SSRI antidepressants to overcome the hot flash (hot flashes) and vaginal estrogen cream ready to dryness genital tissues.
Remember to raise awareness of the test itself, but himself. After years of hearing the importance of personal checks per month, you may be surprised to find some new proposals that do not need to hear the investigation itself. Studies have shown that it is not to save lives and may increase the likelihood that a biopsy was not necessary to increase. But many doctors are unwilling to remove them completely self-examination. "About 15 percent of breast cancers are discovered by patients themselves," says Eva Singletary, MD, of MD Anderson. Therefore, doctors still recommend that you check the chest.
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