4 simple things that halve the risk of dying from cancer

People can reduce 20-40% of cancer rates and 50% of cancer deaths if done well to do 4 things: Exercise regularly, maintain a healthy BMI, avoid smoking and quit alcohol.

Research published in JAMA Oncology confirms a healthy lifestyle that reduces the risk of cancer. The study author, Dr. Mingyang Song, of Massachusetts General Hospital, said cancer and lifestyle are closely related, or in other words, they have a cause-effect law.

The risk of cancer is confirmed by two factors, environmental or genetic; and the rest by random DNA mutations in stem cells. Dr. Song and his colleagues examined more than 130,000 white people from two previous long-term studies.

Regular exercise helps prevent the risk of cancer.

Researchers divided participants into two groups, based on their lifestyles including the "low risk" group and the "high risk" group . They then looked at the possibility that each person in each group developed lung, breast, pancreatic, bladder and some other cancers. However, they did not consider the possibility of skin cancer and brain cancer to avoid racism, skin color, and the participants were white.

The results showed that the low-risk group was less likely to develop and died of cancer than the high-risk group. People in low-risk groups share the following four characteristics.

• They do not smoke : More specifically, they never smoke, or passive smoking for the past 5 years.
• They do not drink, or drink in moderation .This means that women do not drink more than one drink a day;and men don't drink more than two drinks a day.
• They have a healthy BMI : It means they have a BMI between 18.5 and 27.5.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of BMI over 25 are obese.
• They exercise often .They practice 75 minutes a week, or do 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise.