Last week at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium a panel of researchers released a 364 page document on the science behind the risk of breast cancer development and the environment. The exhaustive report from the Institute of Medicine was paid for by the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
Some saw it as a disappointment because they found little evidence to correlate certain pesticides, cosmetics or bishphenol A (or BPA in some plastic bottles) with breast cancer risk.
BUT, what they did say that does matter:
Don't gain weight (or loose weight)
Regularly Exercise
Limit or avoid Estrogen-Progestin use
Limit Alcohol consumption
Don't smoke
Avoid unnecessary medical radiation
Sounds just like what we have been blogging.
The complete study may be found on the Institute of Medicine website and a quote is below: https://www.iom.edu/reports/2011/Breast-Cancer-and-the-Environment-A-Lifecousre-Approach.aspx
The IOM concludes that women may have some opportunities to reduce their risk of breast cancer through personal actions, such as avoiding unnecessary medical radiation throughout life, avoiding use of estrogen –progestin hormone therapy, avoiding smoking, limiting alcohol consumption, increasing physical activity, and, for postmenopausal breast cancer, minimizing weight gain.
The evidence is there and more and more data is accumulating and being recognized!
So LET'S GET MOVING and BE LEAN.
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