Am I healthy?

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I'm 50, slim, low blood pressure, happy, I exercise regularly and eat healthily ( I think).

The reason I ask is within family and friendships circles there seems to be a large amount of cancer diagnoses all of a sudden. Yes older people, but also younger - 40s and 50s age range. 2 women getting cancer but with no family history. 1 getting bowel cancer. 1 a brain tumour.

I know it's a lottery but I want to be doing all I can to avoid this devastating disease.

Am I doing the right things?
Should I be taking supplements?

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I have a genetic syndrome which gives me a 60% lifetime chance of having cancer with a bad prognosis in case I develop it.

Your description matches me with the only difference that I know I eat healthy. I follow a cancer prevention diet which is mainly plant based so if your user name has any truth, maybe ditch the bacon.

I have adapted my diet over the course of the years, based on hours and years spent on pubmed. A good starting book is Servan screiber's Anticancer, a new way of life and then maybe How not to die, by Dr. Greger. Another approach to consider is Valter Longo's fasting mimicking diet, which depending on how slim you are, might not be indicated (if you are too slim).

There is however a big difference between you and me. I have a predisposition and a tumour inducing syndrome so I have to up my game.
Prevention might be a big word, but risk reduction is within your means.
The only supplement you might consider is Vitamin D. For the others, if there is no deficiency, you might actually increase your risk (plenty of literature on that) , so no don't take supplements. Borrow the Servan Schreiber book form your library and follow the diet in chapter 8 and then add more ingredients on a daily basis and remove some of the risk incrementing food, such as processed meat, alcohol, acrylamide (chips, crisps).
I have regular check ups, including breast MRI.

Thank you, I will look those titles up.

I was reading this article this morning and thought it might interest you
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