Keeping your New Year's resolutions could reduce cancer risk. The New Year is an excellent time to make resolutions for a healthier lifestyle - but by the end of the first week of January, even the best intentions may start to fade.
Research in ecancer.org may provide the motivation needed to stick with it -- those hard-won healthy choices may lead to a total reduction of about one-third in cancer risk.
Researchers led by Professor Peter Elwood of Cardiff University, UK examined preliminary data from the UK Biobank, a prospective study of half a million subjects.
They sorted through the data to identify healthy behaviors -- which include not smoking, maintaining a low BMI, participating in regular physical activity, eating a healthy diet and limiting alcohol intake -- and compared them to the risk of cancer over several years.
Together, the collection of healthy behaviors contributed to a total reduction of about one-third in cancer risk and possibly a greater reduction in cancer mortality.
These results may not sound surprising. Most people are aware that healthy behaviors have some general benefit -- otherwise they wouldn't be "healthy." The real problem is translating the vague idea of lifestyle choices being "good" into useful evidence, which is what this study provides.
Know more: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/1801...

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