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Study sports could lower breast cancer risk
Breast cancer is the cancer with the highest death rate among women in Germany. Every year, around 17,500 women die of it and around 70,000 fall ill each year. According to a new study, regular exercise may reduce breast cancer risk in some women.
Obesity partly responsible for breast cancer
In Germany, around 17,500 women die every year from breast cancer, and about 70,000 fall ill each year. According to the German Society of Senology (DGS), around 80 percent of ill women today can be successfully treated. However, a lot depends on an early diagnosis. Health experts are partly responsible for lifestyle factors such as lack of exercise or obesity or obesity for the high number of breast cancers. Various studies have shown that regular exercise is useful for preventing the risk of breast cancer. Medical professionals therefore repeatedly point out that breast cancer can be prevented by exercise. In a study, new insights were gained.
Women often increase after menopause
The study by Alberta Health Services researchers in Canada addressed the extent to which a workout can help postmenopausal women reduce their risk of breast cancer, reports the internet portal bluewin.ch. According to the portal, women who produce a large amount of the sex hormone estrogen or have come late to menopause have an increased risk of breast cancer. Obesity also increases the risk. Because women who have passed through the menopause would often increase in older people is therefore often detected breast cancer.
Remove belly fat through sports
The researchers selected 400 women over the age of 50 for the study and asked them to exercise regularly. One half went to the gym five times a week for half an hour, which is within the framework of the recommendation of many health organizations, including the German Heart Foundation. The other half trained for five hours for an hour. The subjects of the second group lost more weight, much of the infamous belly fat. It surrounds vital organs, releases fatty acids and can produce hormones that harm the body. Among other things, abdominal fat increases the risk of arterial hardening associated with stroke, heart attack, sudden cardiac death and other cardiovascular diseases.
Five hours of sports per week
The latest study, published in the journal JAMA Oncology, found that women exercising for half an hour lowered their breast cancer risk by 4.6 percent. Those who moved for an hour managed a reduction of 6.9 percent. While the group of participants was relatively small, the researchers drew positive feedback: "Post-menopausal women could gain a unique benefit from a workout because post-menopausal weight gain and weight gain in the abdomen," she said Study Director Dr. Jessica Friedenreich. "In addition, body fat, abdominal fat and weight gain increase the risk of developing postmenopausal breast cancer. Our conclusion provides a basis to encourage postmenopausal women to exercise at least 300 minutes a week. "The expert added that people of all ages would benefit from more exercise. Sport is not only recommended for preventive reasons. It also lends itself to cancer therapy: Sport increases well-being, as it can strengthen the immune system, improve the heart-lung function and increase self-esteem. (Ad)