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This Fitness Toolkit supports the information and guidance you receive in the Fitness Module of the Anticancer Lifestyle Program. By showing you the evidence for the connection between fitness and health, and providing some tools you need to develop a regular fitness routine, the resources on this page will help you stay engaged with this essential part of your Anticancer lifestyle.

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Walking and Yoga Reduce Risk of Cancer Spreading and Returning

Walking for 30 minutes a day and practising yoga can help reduce fatigue in cancer patients and cut the risk of the disease spreading, coming back or resulting in death, research suggests.

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11 minutes of daily aerobic exercise enough to lower risk of disease

  From CNN report on this study: When you can’t fit your entire workout into a busy day, do you think there’s no point in doing anything at all? You should rethink that mindset.

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Studies on the Health Benefits of Yoga

See here for some scientific studies on the health benefits of yoga.

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Strength Training Important for Health and Longevity

Excerpted from the Washington Post, January 29, 2023: For longevity, muscle strength may be as important as aerobic exercise While aerobic exercise has long taken the lead in physical activity guideli…

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The documented benefits of gardening: better diet, lower stress, more exercise

The Journal Lancet Planetary Health published a study funded the first-ever, randomized controlled trial of community gardening by the American Cancer Society.

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Aerobic exercise reduces risk of metastatic cancer by an astonishing 72%

A new study at Tel Aviv University found that aerobic exercise can reduce the risk of metastatic cancer by 72%.

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