Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Natural ways to cut breast cancer risks

By David Morris


The latest tips to keep you healthy and happy

New figures released by the Susan G. Komen Foundation, show that in the USA, every 3 minutes one women is diagnosed with breast cancer. However, when investigating the actual causes for this cancer, it was found that only 5 to 10% of cases could be considered heredity.



This is actually very good news, because it means that more than 90% of breast cancers are caused by something we do, and that means there's a great hope you can reduce the risk.

Latest research sheds light on promising lines of prevention

The key could well be sunlight and natural vitamin D

There are two things that we can do, eating foods that are high in vitamin D, and exposing our skin to sunlight. According to researchers at Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada. These could be most effective ways we can reduce our risks of breast cancer.

All you need to do is combine the right foods with getting out in the sun, so your body can produce enough vitamin D, it needs 1,000 IU per day.

The first step is that you'll need some sun. Take the time twice a week to go out into the sunshine, were you can really expose your skin, your face, arms and even back to the sun for about 10 or 15 minutes. This will let your skin absorb the sunlight and allow it to start creating vitamin D.

Secondly, add foods to your diet that are high in vitamin D, these include mushrooms, eggs, mackerel, salmon and sardines, and super foods such as bee pollen, as a note, in case your thinking about just popping some vitamin D supplements instead, is the research is yet to show that supplements are as effective as the vitamin D from foods and sunlight.

Along side this, there are a few additional things you can do that may help cut the risks of breast cancer as well as improving your overall health:

Exercise. There's no need to break out into a sweat here, a simple 30 minute walk each day is good enough. In fact it's been shown to very beneficial for your health and wellbeing, including: reducing blood pressure, reducing levels of depression and anxiety, retarding the progression of dementia and diabetes, cutting the risk of death, and also an effective was of losing weight.

Take care of your waistline. Have you collected a few too many pounds round your waist? Sliming down and maintaining a health weight will make you feel and look great. Along with exercising, you can also add a some super foods to your diet. Foods like spirulina, wheatgrass and barley grass will nourish your body and strengthen your digestion, as well as help your eliminate toxins stored in the body.

Take folic acid, Your body needs a good supply of folic acid to make strong healthy cells, and you can find it naturally in super foods such as spirulina, barley grass and bee pollen.




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