THE TOP 10 MOST IMPORTANT NUTRITION AND LIFESTYLE RESEARCH ARTICLES OF 20014
Over the past year I’ve shared with you over seventy postings containing the most important research findings reported in the areas of nutrition, natural treatments, and lifestyle factors that we in Integrative Medicine believe are the best treatments now and for the future.
On this sixth day of our daily countdown please see #5 of my TOP 10 research articles of the year. The most important criteria that I considered for inclusion in the list was the study’s importance in changing our understanding or treatment approach to any disease. Today’s pick is about the importance of exercise for cancer reduction. Three of my top 10 articles of the year are about all the increasing evidence regarding the health benefits of exercise. And the great thing is , is that we can all enjoy the many benefits of exercise if we choose to. In that regard, it is my hope that some reader(s) of my top 10 Research Articles of 2014 will take any of the information to heart and it can inspire them to enjoy better health in their lives. If I am of help to any reader in this way, my job will have been well done.
Thank you and HERE”S #5
Exercise Reduces the Risk of Breast Cancer
More evidence has been published that ads to previous research showing that exercise reduces the risk of breast cancer. This research specifically studied African American women to establish a definitive link for that population because as lead researcher of the Black Women’s Health Study Lynn Rosenberg, ScD stated , “Although expert review panels have accepted a link between physical exercise and breast cancer incidence, most study participants have been white women. This is the first large scale study to support that vigorous exercise may decrease incidence of breast cancer in African American women.”
Greater than 44,000 African American women were monitored over 16 year period to determine whether they had developed breast cancer during that time. The study revealed that women who exercised vigorously for at least seven hours each week were 25 percent less likely to develop breast cancer, compared with those who exercised less than one hour each week. What counted as vigorous activity were such things as aerobics, swimming, running and brisk walking. It is important to note that there was no benefit for walking at a normal pace. So for this protection against the development of cancer does require a vigorous activity more than walking at a normal pace provides.
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