Cancer: a Global Issue

Here is a great article on the future of cancer as a global issue. 

A few things stood out to me. First, is the repeated admission that as many as 50% of lung, colon and breast cancers are preventable. We (on the natural side of medicine) have been blowing that horn for years. It's great to finally hear it from the cancer experts themselves. The second thing that stood out was that, as a result of the previous fact, what is preventative is diet and exercise, the two very things most of us hate to do or are resistant to change. I get how hard it can be. 

We live and eat the way we do because it's easy, but easy isn't always best. So we have to begin to ask ourselves - what are we willing to do to make our lives easier as we age? You see, I get the people in my office who have lived the easy way and in their 60's and 70's things aren't going very well. I also see those who have watched their diets and exercised and they are active and vibrant into their 80's and 90's! The other stand out point made in this article was the reason the global cancer rate is going up  - "Global cancer cases are projected to rise 75 percent by 2030, in part because. . . more developing countries are adopting Western lifestyles linked to cancer." We are still the greatest nation in the world and we are the leaders. 

We are not only killing ourselves with our poor habits, we are now affecting other people by our example. It is said that "Charity begins at home". Let's learn to take better care of ourselves and change, not only our future, but that of the eyes that are watching us in our homes, our work, our community and our world.

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Have a great week,
Brenda


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