How to cut your cancer risk by a third

A third of all forms of cancer that happen in the UK each year could be prevented if diets and lifestyles were healthier.

That’s what experts are saying after a study has shown that the amount of people who could have been spared with a better lifestyle would have filled Wembley Stadium - 95,000, to be exact.

It all boils down to keeping a healthy weight, taking at least 30 minutes of exercise each day and filling your diet with fruit, vegetables, wholegrains and pulses.
Professor Martin Wiseman of the World Cancer Research Fund said: “When health charities talk about numbers, it can often be difficult to comprehend what that means.

“We hope that by comparing it to something easier to imagine, like the capacity of Wembley, we can show the scale of the problem.”

The WCRF worries that bigger waistlines, lack of exercise, smoking and binge drinking are encouraging the developments of cancers. Many forms of cancer (such as kidney cancer and womb cancer, which are linked to obesity) have increased rapidly in recent years, no doubt due to the changes in culture in the past twenty years or so.

It is also recommended that intakes of red meat are limited to 500g or 18oz per week, as well as strictly limiting your alcohol and cigarettes.

Source: The Daily Mail