Posts Tagged ‘prevention’

For the majority of Americans, our access to health care is intimately linked to whether we have a job or not. Even though many of us have lost health insurance benefits, obtaining good health doesn’t have to cost a bundle.  M.D. Anderson, one of America’s top cancer centers, has released their top 5 list of low-cost tips to reduce your risk of cancer, four of which doesn’t involve stepping foot into the doctor’s office. ”If we eat healthier meals and increase daily exercise, we could avoid about one-third or 186,000 cancer deaths this year,” says Michele Forman, Ph.D., a professor of epidemiology at M.D. Anderson. Here’s what made the list:

1. Exercise daily.
2. Eat more fruits and vegetables.
3. Avoid tobacco.
4. Practice sun-safety.
5. Get regular check-ups.

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Studies have shown that moderate physical activity 30 minutes a day for at least 5 days of the week has beneficial effects on our health. But what exactly qualifies as “moderate” intensity exercise? University of California San Diego researchers are publishing in the May 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that taking 1000 steps in 10 minutes should be the target. This boils down to 100 walking steps per minute. A useful way to achieve this goal is to obtain an inexpensive pedometer and to try to accumulate 1000 steps in 10 minutes, since this is the minimum exercise time for producing health benefits. Then, when that pattern is well established and achievable, try to reach 3000 steps in 30 minutes.

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