Ways to reduce cancer risk

[MintMe]

My Dad died of non Hodgkin's lymphoma ten years ago, aged 57. Fought it for 17 years.

Mum is currently end of life with advanced ovarian cancer which spread to her abdomen and lungs. She's 67.

I am 42, a Mum, and now terrified that it's my turn next.

I am obese but am on a weight loss plan and have lost 16lb since mum was diagnosed. I can afford to have private check ups (if that's even a thing) but I want to start activity doing what I can to reduce my risk of cancer.

I don't smoke, drink moderately (a few glasses on a weekend) I probably don't exercise as much as I could due to full time job and small child.

What else can I do? Is anyone else taking specific measures??

Age is the biggest risk factor for cancer and relatively few are inherited. As a recent sufferer the hardest part has been beating myself up over what I did/ate/drank to cause it. I’m a healthy person and there’s no cancer in my family. I’ve been reassured by my oncologist that cancer has a very random element to it. And yes, that’s scary. Best advice…take up screening invitations and react quickly to any so called red flags. Quick diagnosis is everything.

Obviously trying to lose weight and be healthy is a good thing but I honestly think cancer is out of our hands. My grandma died of ovarian cancer aged 63 and she was incredibly healthy - slim, very fit and active, ate a healthy diet, grew her own vegetables, I could go on. It just happened and absolutely nothing could've changed that. It's a waste of time worrying about it. I hope you feel better soon and manage to lose the weight you want to lose all the same.

Going vegan will give you the best health benefits to prevent disease and life limiting illnesses. Both and dairy and meat and carcinogenic so by cutting those out you are giving yourself the best chance.

The best study I have seen recently showed that people who were given Omega 3, Vitamin D and were exercising were 61% less likely to develop invasive cancers than the control group over three years.

I probably don't exercise as much as I could due to full time job and small child.

first off. Get out of that frame of mind!

www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fragi.2022.852643/full

That is the journal article if anybody is interested