health front

daily exercise may

ward off cancer

A daily walk might reduce the risk of more than a dozen types of cancer, according to a new study. Researchers determined that about 45 minutes of exercise per day would significantly lower the likelihood of breast, bladder, blood, and other cancers.

The authors analyzed data from nearly 600,000 American adults. They estimated that about 46,000 cancer cases would be prevented in the US if people met the recommended five hours a week of moderate-intensity exercise.

SELECTED SOURCES “300 minutes a week of moderate exercise may help ward off cancer” by Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, NYTimes.com, 11/17/21 • “Proportion of cancer cases attributable to physical inactivity…” by A.K. Minihan et al., Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 10/4/21

group workouts

great for stress relief

Working out in a group provides significantly more stress relief than going it alone, according to one study. Researchers found improved quality of life and about a 25 percent stress reduction from group exercise sessions. They determined that individual exercisers did not experience as much relief.

“The communal benefits of coming together with friends and colleagues, and doing something difficult, while encouraging one another, pays dividends beyond exercising alone,” said lead researcher Dayna Yorks, DO.

SOURCE “Group exercise improves quality of life, reduces stress far more than individual workouts,” American Osteopathic Association

certain foods

lower dementia risk

Inflammation in the immune system tends to increase as we age, raising the risk of dementia. A new study found that an anti-inflammatory diet rich in fruit, vegetables, beans, and tea or coffee led to better odds.

“There may be some potent nutritional tools in your home to help fight the inflammation that could contribute to brain aging,” said study author Nikolaos Scarmeas, MD, PhD. “Diet is a lifestyle factor you can modify, and it might play a role in combating inflammation, one of the biological pathways contributing to risk for dementia and cognitive impairment later in life.”

The study included more than 1,000 older adults. Those whose diets were rated as the most inflammatory were about three times more likely to develop dementia over a three-year period compared to those whose scores were the least inflammatory. The lower-inflammatory eaters averaged 20 servings of fruit per week, 19 of vegetables, four of beans or legumes, and 11 of coffee or tea.

leftover bounty

“Reheated foods make great quick meals,” write the editors of the Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter. They recommend cooking enough food for two or three meals and storing the leftovers in the freezer.

SOURCE “Take charge!” Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter, 7/21

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