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.
During long-term survivorship after testicular cancer treatment, regular and maintained physical activity was associated with an overall mortality risk reduction of at least 50%. Read more here.
Exercise can suppress signaling within breast cancer cells, which can reduce tumor growth and even kill the cancerous cells, according to a team of Texas A&M researchers from the School of Veter…
A prospective study done in Sweden suggests that higher cardiorespiratory fitness is linked to lower risk of death from colon, lung, and prostate cancers.
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.
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.
See here for some scientific studies on the health benefits of yoga.
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