Finding time for exercise can be really difficult. Especially if you are naturally very lazy like me. On a weekday I wake up at 5am, make Leo his lunch and go back to bed until 7am. I think leave my house at around 8am and do not get back until 6.30pm ish. After cleaning up, cooking dinner, cleaning up again and having a bath, my evening has pretty much gone! It can be very difficult to find the energy to get up and do some exercise.
Research has shown that being physically active can reduce your risk of breast, bowel and womb cancers. More then 3,000 UK cancer cases could be prevented with regular exercise. This blog post contains lots of information on how you can exercise more and how it will help your health in the long run.
Exercise is Important
We are told that thirty minutes of "moderate" activity every day, five days a week is the basic requirement for exercise to have a positive impact on your health. Obviously, the more you do, the better and the lower your cancer risk will be. It doesn't matter if you have not exercised for a while, taking it up now will still have a good effect on your health. Government research suggests only 37% of men and 25% of women are currently managing the basic amount of activity recommended for a healthy lifestyle.
Moderate Activity
Moderate activity can be cheap and quick. It is a broad term; anything that makes you feel warm and slightly out of breath counts as moderate. Examples are: a brisk walk, gardening, dancing or even housework.
Small bursts of exercise throughout the day are just as useful as doing it all in one go.
Inactive lifestyles are linked to over 3,000 cases of cancer every year. They can also lead to diabetes, osteoporosis, strokes and heart disease. In fact a study estimates that inactivity kills two million people worldwide every year. Regular exercise will protect your body against some cancers and helps keep your body weight at a manageable, healthy level.
Exercise and Bowel Cancer
There have been more them fifty scientific studies across the world that have shown exercise can reduce your risk of bowel cancer. In fact, the largest study proved physically active people reduce their bowl cancer risk by up to a quarter. Keeping to a healthy body weight will also reduce your risk of bowel cancer. This is because:
* Exercise help you to have regular bowel movements. This means any cancer causing substances in your food will pass through your body quicker and easier.
* Exercise reduces the amount of insulin, some hormones and some growth factors. All three of these substances can encourage tumour growth when found at high levels.
* Exercise can reduce bowel inflammation which could lead to cancer.
Exercise and Breast Cancer
Studies on exercise and breast cancer have shown that being active reduces your breast cancer risk by 20-40%. In addition to this, a study showed that every extra hour of exercise in a week will reduce your risk by a further 6%. This applies both before and after the menopause but the benefits are greater for women who have not been through the menopause yet.
Exercise and Womb Cancer
Exercise is clearly associated with reducing the risk of womb cancer and active women have a 30% lower risk then women who do not exercise regularly. For men, it is also worth noting that exercise could reduce your risk of prostate cancer.
Exercise Advice
If, like me, your job involves you sitting at a desk for hours on end then it is worth noting that this can contribute to weight gain. Especially if you then go home and spend hours sitting down watching television or surfing the internet. Try to break up the time you spend sitting down: find an excuse to get up and walk around your office!
Try to incorporate small amount of exercise into your daily life and you will start to see the benefits. Here are some tips:
* Stand up and do your ironing or washing whilst watching TV.
* Do some exercise whilst watching TV - skipping, stretching, lifting weights or sit ups.
* Use your games console to do some exercise - I highly recommend Zumba on the Wii.
* Stand whilst on a bus or train (this burns seventy extra calories every hour)
I hope you have found this post as informative and interesting as I have. It has really opened my eyes and made me realise that I need to do more exercise. I will be trying to stick to my own advice and make small changes to my lifestyle.
If you would like more information, please visit the Cancer Research UK website (www.cancerresearchuk.org)
xxx
Research has shown that being physically active can reduce your risk of breast, bowel and womb cancers. More then 3,000 UK cancer cases could be prevented with regular exercise. This blog post contains lots of information on how you can exercise more and how it will help your health in the long run.
Exercise is Important
We are told that thirty minutes of "moderate" activity every day, five days a week is the basic requirement for exercise to have a positive impact on your health. Obviously, the more you do, the better and the lower your cancer risk will be. It doesn't matter if you have not exercised for a while, taking it up now will still have a good effect on your health. Government research suggests only 37% of men and 25% of women are currently managing the basic amount of activity recommended for a healthy lifestyle.
Moderate Activity
Moderate activity can be cheap and quick. It is a broad term; anything that makes you feel warm and slightly out of breath counts as moderate. Examples are: a brisk walk, gardening, dancing or even housework.
Small bursts of exercise throughout the day are just as useful as doing it all in one go.
Inactive lifestyles are linked to over 3,000 cases of cancer every year. They can also lead to diabetes, osteoporosis, strokes and heart disease. In fact a study estimates that inactivity kills two million people worldwide every year. Regular exercise will protect your body against some cancers and helps keep your body weight at a manageable, healthy level.
Exercise and Bowel Cancer
There have been more them fifty scientific studies across the world that have shown exercise can reduce your risk of bowel cancer. In fact, the largest study proved physically active people reduce their bowl cancer risk by up to a quarter. Keeping to a healthy body weight will also reduce your risk of bowel cancer. This is because:
* Exercise help you to have regular bowel movements. This means any cancer causing substances in your food will pass through your body quicker and easier.
* Exercise reduces the amount of insulin, some hormones and some growth factors. All three of these substances can encourage tumour growth when found at high levels.
* Exercise can reduce bowel inflammation which could lead to cancer.
Exercise and Breast Cancer
Studies on exercise and breast cancer have shown that being active reduces your breast cancer risk by 20-40%. In addition to this, a study showed that every extra hour of exercise in a week will reduce your risk by a further 6%. This applies both before and after the menopause but the benefits are greater for women who have not been through the menopause yet.
Exercise and Womb Cancer
Exercise is clearly associated with reducing the risk of womb cancer and active women have a 30% lower risk then women who do not exercise regularly. For men, it is also worth noting that exercise could reduce your risk of prostate cancer.
Exercise Advice
If, like me, your job involves you sitting at a desk for hours on end then it is worth noting that this can contribute to weight gain. Especially if you then go home and spend hours sitting down watching television or surfing the internet. Try to break up the time you spend sitting down: find an excuse to get up and walk around your office!
Try to incorporate small amount of exercise into your daily life and you will start to see the benefits. Here are some tips:
* Stand up and do your ironing or washing whilst watching TV.
* Do some exercise whilst watching TV - skipping, stretching, lifting weights or sit ups.
* Use your games console to do some exercise - I highly recommend Zumba on the Wii.
* Stand whilst on a bus or train (this burns seventy extra calories every hour)
I hope you have found this post as informative and interesting as I have. It has really opened my eyes and made me realise that I need to do more exercise. I will be trying to stick to my own advice and make small changes to my lifestyle.
If you would like more information, please visit the Cancer Research UK website (www.cancerresearchuk.org)
xxx
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