Exercise!

This new year is already on the move. Time seems to fly the older I get. The older we get the more important it is to take care of ourselves to prevent disease. I've started exercising on my treadmill in the garage and I am walking 2 miles,5 days a week.(I'm gonna try to get that to 6 days a week) In the light of this article I want to share with you, you may also want to start getting that much needed exercise! I believe that I found this in the Adventist World Magazine. It states:
" A recent International Research Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Cancer heralded some good news in the fight against cancer.
1. Being physically active may be more important than body weight or body fat to the risk of breast cancer. In a study of postmenopausal women, those who exercised nearly four hours a week saw their breast cancer risk drop more than 50 percent. Exercise offers benefits even after menopause by reducing circulating estrogen as well as body fat.
2. Failing to limit adult weight gain may account for up to one third of all breast cancers. Weight gain of more than 11 pounds as an adult, along with getting less than 30 minutes of physical activity per day, is linked to increased risk of breast cancer.
3. Eating protective foods together seems to boost their cancer-protective effects. A diet consisting of a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and beans offered the greatest anticancer effect. -Environmental Nutrition."

It's not too late to start taking care of yourself! Infact, it's not too late to make it a New Year's resolution. To be honest, I didn't start my exercising January 1 either.

The book Health Power by Aileen Ludington, MD and Hans Diehl, DrHSc, MPH is an excellent resource for healthier living. Under Obesity it says, " Every extra pound shaves about one month from your life span. Sixty extra pounds, in other words, can cost you five years!

I enjoy life, how about you? :)