If you are familiar with AICR’s Cancer Prevention Recommendations, you likely know that exercise is one of the key steps for lower cancer risk. Now comes a major study that estimates three percent of all U.S. cancer cases annually—approximately 46,000 cases—could be prevented if inactive adults were
Cancer and Diet Research—Looking Back and Ahead
Looking back at lessons learnt in 2021 on what can help us protect our health in the year ahead, there are three recurring themes that stand out on the role of nutrition in cancer risk and survivorship. Sound Information Matters COVID-19 has been a big part of conversations about health and health
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How Can I Eat Healthy Portions at the Holidays Without Measuring?
Does it feel like the joy of the holidays gets overshadowed by an internal battle when you want to enjoy the celebratory foods of the season? Measuring your food is probably the last thing you feel like doing, but it’s that time of year when it’s easy to go overboard with eating. And it’s exhausting
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Kale Contains Many Unique Anti-Cancer Compounds
Kale is packed to the brim with many unique and potent phytochemical compounds that have a meaningful role to play in promoting human health and longevity. This role is achieved, in part, by protecting our bodies from different types of damage on the molecular level and thereby reducing our risk of
Recent Peanut Study: When You Don’t See the Forest for the Trees
Publicity about a recent laboratory study has created quite a stir, suggesting that eating peanuts might help cancer cells to spread. However, a closer look at the study’s methods reveals some important reasons why we should interpret it cautiously. Laboratory research can provide
Can an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Reduce Cancer Risk?
A diet to help you fight off the chronic inflammation that can play havoc with your health is not a one-and-done choice . . . it’s the sum of many small choices you make each day. Ongoing low-grade inflammation increases your risk of cancer, heart disease and other chronic diseases. Despite the