Source: nbcnews.com. May 17, 2013. Excerpts from new research in a study on more than 17,000 men:
- Fitness can protect you from cancer — even 20 or more years down the road
- Men who were the most fit in middle age were the least likely to die a quarter century later even if they were unlucky enough to get cancer
- Men who were the most fit at age 50 back in the 1970s were the least likely to develop lung or colon cancer 20 to 25 years later
- Men who did get lung, colon or prostate cancer, the fitter they were in their early 50s, the less likely they were to die of it.
- Two things you can’t change are your genes and your age,’ she said. “But you can get more fit.
- This important study establishes cardiorespiratory fitness as an independent and strong predictor of cancer risk and prognosis in men
- These results indicate that people can reduce their risk of cancer with relatively small lifestyle changes.”
- Many studies have shown that exercise lowers the risk of cancer, but this one is one of the first to show it can also reduce the risk of dying from cancer.
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