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Exercise / Healthy Diet after BC
Hello all, I have been on the site more lately, you all help when things get you down. Just read Stop the Bullshit and it made me put this in writing. We all have been told (a lot) that studies show...
Yes I agree. Based on the data I shouldn't have breast cancer. In fact there isn't any lifestyle changes I even need to make....so that's no comfort.
I personally think as data shows the average...well most women over 50 is where this is faulty.
Think about most women you know over 50...
How many of them exercise?
How many are obese (not just a few kgs)?
How many have a diet with perhaps too many refined sugars?
How many drink a few too many wines?
So got that picture? ...yep it's a lot of women over 50.
I was 51 ...and fitted none of that ...but I was unusual amongst my peers.
So...did it cause the cancer for the others? Probably not. It's just data not actual controlled research.
Cancer doesn't discriminate. If you have breasts you can get it...male and female.
You could say becoming grey causes breast cancer based on that really...lol
So I say...do what you can to be the healthiest you can for you.
Eat well mostly.
Exercise regularly if you are able but choose things you enjoy, even if it is just trying to move more in your day.
Enjoy indulgent foods occasionally.
But mostly, take time for you and don't scold yourself for not being perfect.
Will it stop breast cancer? Who knows? ...But it will ensure good general health as we age.
Kath x
I personally think as data shows the average...well most women over 50 is where this is faulty.
Think about most women you know over 50...
How many of them exercise?
How many are obese (not just a few kgs)?
How many have a diet with perhaps too many refined sugars?
How many drink a few too many wines?
So got that picture? ...yep it's a lot of women over 50.
I was 51 ...and fitted none of that ...but I was unusual amongst my peers.
So...did it cause the cancer for the others? Probably not. It's just data not actual controlled research.
Cancer doesn't discriminate. If you have breasts you can get it...male and female.
You could say becoming grey causes breast cancer based on that really...lol
So I say...do what you can to be the healthiest you can for you.
Eat well mostly.
Exercise regularly if you are able but choose things you enjoy, even if it is just trying to move more in your day.
Enjoy indulgent foods occasionally.
But mostly, take time for you and don't scold yourself for not being perfect.
Will it stop breast cancer? Who knows? ...But it will ensure good general health as we age.
Kath x