Diet, exercise, lifestyle to decrease the risk of BC recurrence

My breast care nurse in Adelaide stressed tbe only thing was to try and inxrease exercise to reduce tecurrenxe risk. Which I continue ti fo. Sadly I don't hod much hope if it reducibg any risk as prior breast cancer I exercised 30-60 minutes a day at least 6 days a week. Unfortunately for me chemo knocked the stuffin out if me and it has been a long recovery. I now manage 3 to 4 x 1 hour sessions a week. Some weeks I can't do it though as get overtired. But it's getting better. I don't believe it will reduce my risk of breast cancer but hope it continues to improve my overall health. It certainly reduces letrozole side effects and I include weights at least in 2 so I reduce my osteoporosis risk.

I am almost back to healthy weight following bc treatment...on which I stacked on lots of weight. 

This facebook site has some wonderful recipe ideas for anyone interested. Lean  proteins, lots of veggies and low fat alternative ideas are central to her meals.

https://www.facebook.com/feedmehealthywithanna/

 @Wildplaces nobody has been asked to withdraw from either discussion/thread/blog -  just to be a little careful with the written word when communicating on the blog.We have to accept others may have different ideas based on their circumstance and respect their right to .How about staying and let’s move on ?

I have picked two papers out of that review.
Statistics is one thing - they can be manipulated to some extent but data - raw data is another.
If clinicians are not discussing this they should.


Both of the 2  metaanalysis studies ranged in numbers over 10,000 and the improvement was 30% and over.

Molly (and everyone else ) - I wrote this just as you posted.
I thought about not bothering...  but I think it's important - the stuff on exercise matters. 


I will bow out of this discussion and thread.
A big genuine thank you to those who have shared on the thread topic.
Romla - finally

I support what @Molly001 has said. There are many fragile people on this blog seeking support and we must be mindful of our choice of words to not appear judgmental and derisory. All are welcome here as are all points of view.

@melclarity @iserbrown I, for one, thoroughly enjoy reading a variety of opinions. Do I always agree?...no, but I'm a critical thinker and will take any perspective on board. You've lived it, it happened, so it's certainly just as valid as any scholarly article discussing stats about others who've lived it. I've found your support heartfelt, genuine, and above all, humble. Also, you share parts of your personal story generously in order to help others. That's not always easy to do. I don't post often because I worry for days about unintentionally upsetting people already in a fragile place. I'm self-concious, anxious, self-critical. I know I must not be the only one. I started out reading this thread enthusiastically but feel, well... upset at some of the harsh posts. I came here needing kindness and undetstanding after diagnosis, and recieved it aplenty. I don't know how devestated I might be to be criticised so bluntly! I really thought long and hard about not posting, but I'm prepared to take a virtual flogging to show two ladies, who've been my support more than once, that I appreciated you.

Hi Melinda, I’m with you. I had my recurrence 7 yrs after the first. It came back in the same breast despite clear margins and radiation. In fact,I secretly feel it may have come about as result of radiation. Don’t drink or smoke,healthy diet, fairly active,not overweight, breast fed 2 bubs- cranked up the health n exercise after the first bc- still came back! Most important thing is to have peace of mind,stress less, do what makes you happy and eat the chocolate!! 
Cancer free for 8 yrs now.

I have a feeling it will not let me post straight after. Take three...

Romla

It didn't all post...

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Lifestyle modifications for patients with breast cancer to improve prognosis and optimise overall health.

http://www.cmaj.ca/content/189/7/E268

Here is the link link to the article. Regarding exercise here is my summary of the main points:

Exercise and maintaining be your ideal body weight are the most important lifestyle interventions of you want to decrease your risk of cancer recurrence and death.
Physical activity ( 150 minutes /week moderate intensity ) can reduce the chance of death from BC by up to 40%. This is reported as a Hazard Ratio. 
Two large analysis showed an inverse dose response curve effect between hours of exercise per week and breast cancer mortality. This holds if you exercise after diagnosis - it is independent of pre diagnosis levels of exercise. 
Similar beneficial metabolic effects have been shown for both aerobic and resistance exercise but optimal results are achieved with a combination of the two.

The American Cancer Society website has a consensus on optimal exercise for a cancer patient.
It appears that more is required of BC survivors.
There are several postulated mechanisms for this but the most interesting to me is that it appears that exercise changes epigenetics. Briefly exercise changes expression of genes ( phenotype) without changing the underlining DNA (genotype)