According to several specialists, adopting a healthier lifestyle can reduce by up to 30% the risk of developing cancer at some stage of our lives.

According to studies, getting at least 150 minutes of exercise a week can help prevent heart disease. breast, colon, lung and endometrialcancerIt may also help prevent pancreatic cancer. Similarly, it could prevent pancreatic cancer, and it has been shown that physical activity can greatly help people who have already been diagnosed with some form of cancer.

With exercise, we can reduce the fat accumulated in various areas of the body and also reduce the concentration of hormones, the latter being able to encourage the onset of the disease, to be more specific, estrogens and androgens. On the other hand, obesity is another risk factor that can increase the risk of suffering it.

Estrogen is the hormone most associated with the development of cancer, especially breast cancer. Women with a higher concentration of this hormone are more likely to develop cancer in the mammary glands.

Physical activity is also strongly associated with lower blood insulin levels. Similarly, exercise can reduce chronic inflammation characterized by high levels of substances that promote inflammation. All these factors together can alter hormones, insulin resistance and chronic inflammation, which can alter the process of cell proliferation and control, which can result in the development of malignant tumors.

As mentioned above, exercise can dramatically reduce inflammation and can have great benefits in strengthening the immune system. Cancer has an inflammatory component, which can weaken or trick the immune system in order to grow. When we exert ourselves physically, the transport of glucose to the muscles is accelerated, which causes these insulin levels to remain stable.