Reduce Your Risk Of Cancer By Following These 31 Tips From RD.Com
July 27, 2008 by Scott Wharton
Filed under Men's Health
I get a lot of e-mails from people trying to network a bit with press articles and links to other good health articles and sometimes it’s tough for me to find a way to relate and throw my own two cents into it. I wish I could cover them all, but it’s not. So when I find a really good one that deserves attention, I try my best to put it out there. Readers Digest has always been a great source of stories, politics and health articles. So why would Readers Digest online (RD.Com) be any different?
Cancer prevention and/or risk reduction is always something that’s on the table these days. Your always hearing about all the different ways that you can put yourself at a much lower risk for cancer. Reader’s Digest has 31 Simple Ways To Prevent Cancer and all of them are truly simple. The little things that you can do to help keep yourself cancer free are broken down into this list with an explanation of how it helps prevent cancer risk. I have picked a couple that i found interesting, below. If you would like to read the entire list, click the link at the bottom. Cheers
11. Every time you go to the bathroom, stop by the kitchen or water cooler for a glass of water. A major study published in The New England Journal of Medicine in 1996 found that men who drank six 8-ounce glasses of water every day slashed their risk of bladder cancer in half. Another study linked the amount of water women drank to their risk of colon cancer, with heavy water drinkers reducing their risk up to 45 percent.
15. Take a multivitamin every morning. Many studies suggest getting the ideal levels of vitamins and minerals can improve your immune system function and help prevent a variety of cancers.
19. Use a condom and stick to one partner. The more sexual partners a woman has, the greater her risk of contracting human papillomavirus, or HPV, which causes cervical cancer. Having an unfaithful husband also increases her risk.
These are just a few of 31 great cancer prevention tips, Check out the rest here: 31 Simple Ways To Prevent Cancer
These are great easy tips to help reduce your risk for cancer. One other thought is to remember to undergo the proper preventive cancer screenings. Even if cancer develops, the sooner it is detected the better.