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Breast Cancer Risk Significantly Drops Due to Exercise, Study Finds

Posted: June 25, 2012
Breast Cancer Risk Significantly Drops Due to Exercise, Study Finds

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Breast cancer accounts for more than 20% of all cancers in women worldwide, and the issue is one of great concern for women everywhere — but a new study reveals that exercise is an effective tool in preventing breast cancer before it starts.

However, when it comes to breast cancer, it also seems the number of hours of exercise required to see the benefit was pretty significant. Study, published in the journal Cancer, compared two groups of women from two data sets within the Long Island Breast Cancer project — more than three thousand women in total, between the ages of 20 and 98, roughly half who had breast cancer and half who did not.

What researchers at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill discovered is that women who were physically active for more than two hours a day for five days a week showed lower rates of breast cancer — even in women who have BMIs of over 30, and are considered at higher risk to start.

According to TIME, in the study, women who had had children and exercised between 10 and 19 hours per week saw the greatest benefit. Researcher Lauren McCullough said:

“I was excited by the results because as women tend to age, they get set in their habits, and think that if they haven’t been active their whole life, why start now…”

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“But it’s important to show that there is research-based evidence that says that you can start exercising after menopause and still enjoy really good benefits.”

Researchers noted one point, however, about weight and breast cancer risk — women who exercised and still gained weight negated the exercise-related benefits in preventing breast cancer.



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4 Archived Responses to “ Breast Cancer Risk Significantly Drops Due to Exercise, Study Finds ”

  1. Lesley Banks
    Jun 26, 2012

    It would be interesting to know if the moderate exercise was primarily outdoors. Exercise generally is great as it stimulates the immune system by circulating the lymph system. Only muscle movements do this, the lymph system is not pumped by the heart. In addition, vitamin D is generated by the skin in the presence of the sun, and this is a crucial part of the immune system too. GcMAF – a vitamin D binding protein – needs vitamin D in order to activate the macrophages to destroy pathogens. It is a complex system, but when the immune system is overrun with pathogens, the nagalese (a by product of cancer and other viruses) destroys GcMAF, enabling the cancer to beat the immune system. Reintroducing GcMAF can help the body to fight back. However with adequate levels of vitamin D, regular exercise and a lifestyle with as few carcinogens as possible (junk food, factory food, pollution etc), hopefully you will not be the one in three that now gets cancer. (What exactly does Breast Cancer Research spend all its billions on? It used to be about 1 in 50, now 1 in 3. Shocking statistics for such a huge investment).

  2. Alessandro Medal
    Jul 3, 2012

    After been very inactive for a very long time, for the past 9 months I have stuck to exercise routine and started eating a llittle healthier. What I have noticed over hese past 9 months in terms of my health has been amazing. I have more energy, have not been sick, sleep better and am far more attentive. I have no doubt that exercising would not only lower the risk of getting breast cancer but most diseases.
    I hope through studies like these educational programs by doctors and government not only advise women on how to check for breast cancer but also educate them of factors that reduce their chances of getting breast cancer.


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