From the first moment my wife discovered
she had breast cancer, there was a deafening silence from the men I know. Even
ones whose wives, mothers or girlfriends had breast cancer seemed to have
received a gag order from some Central Cancer Command and did little more than
mumble about the experience. Not one to shut up for any known reason, I started
this blog…
Every month, I’ll be highlighting breast
cancer research that is going on RIGHT NOW! Harvested from different websites,
journals and podcasts, I’ll translate them into understandable English and
share them with you. Today: http://www.breastcancer.org/research-news/lower-risk-with-modest-weight-loss
Because it's the holidays, this one will be short and sweet (hmmm...I just realized that this is more of a pun than I intended...)
“In addition to
lower breast cancer risk, losing weight also can help lower any inflammation in
your body and also reduce your risk of heart disease and other conditions
[including diabetes].”
After moving into our
new choice of lifestyle – using Weight Watchers® and teaming TOGETHER
– we’ve both lost 30+ pounds and are both feeling better and looking better.
Curious about how my
wife’s weight loss might affect the recurrence of BC, though it’s a bit late
for reducing the risk of breast cancer, I discovered that “Melinda Irwin,
Professor of Epidemiology from Yale University…found that 66 per cent of breast
cancer survivors were overweight and obese, and only one in three were meeting
physical activity guidelines…[She] also found that a marker associated with
breast cancer mortality is reduced by 30 per cent when women reduce their
weight by just five per cent. Insulin pathways within the breast tissue were
also seen to change in ways that are linked to lowering cancer risk and
mortality.”
These articles are
NOT talking about surgical weight loss, or stomach stapling, or even expensive
weight-loss programs. They’re talking losing amounts that a normal, thoughtful
person might be able to do living an average life and skipping the occasional DQ
Blizzard. “…you didn’t have to go down to a normal weight. This was a weight
loss that was achievable by women making their own decisions, probably very few
of them got into formal programs, and so the idea is that you don’t have to…
get back to my weight when I was 22 years old…You just have to lose about 5%
and you will have a likely health benefit.”
Keep on working
toward health! Have a very Merry Christmas, a Happy Holiday, a powerful
Kwanzaa, or simply enjoy the beginning of Winter as we begin the slow trek to
Spring.
Resources: https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/;
https://nbcf.org.au/news/research-news/weight-loss-can-help-reduce-risk-of-breast-cancer-recurrence/
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