Knowing the three-step method to reduce the risk of getting cancer

"Note that each lifestyle factor is important and that is never too late ] to adopt a healthy lifestyle," stresses Bernard Srour, co-author of the study of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research.

Eating Healthy Food Practicing Physical Activities and Avoid Alcohol is badociated with a lower overall risk of cancer, and also with a lower risk of bad and prostate cancer, found the Srour team.

How was it? Research

Researchers badyzed data from more than 41,000 adults in France aged 40 or older, who had never been diagnosed with cancer. Between May 2009 and January 2017, nearly 1,500 cancer cases were diagnosed in the group. The study appears in the online edition of the journal Cancer Research.

But those who did better with cancer followed more closely the dietary guidelines developed by World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) and the American Institute for Cancer Research (American Institute for Cancer Research, AICR), the researchers said.

A 1-point increase in the healthy diet score according to the guidelines was badociated with a reduction in of 12% in overall cancer risk, a 14% reduction in bad cancer risk and a 12% reduction in the risk of prostate cancer.

Diet and Physical Activity

The authors of the study concluded that the "synergistic contribution " to a healthy diet was more important than any individual dietary recommendation in reducing risk For example, the antioxidants fruits and vegetables could counteract some of the cancer risks badociated with red meat and processed meat. Similarly, by lowering blood pressure, exercise could partially offset the effects of high-salt foods.

"This emphasizes the role of a healthy lifestyle in general (nutrition, physical activity and avoidance). Srour in a statement.

The researchers said that the WCRF / AICR recommendation to avoid alcohol most likely collaborated with the role of diet in reducing cancer