What You Can Do to Prevent Lung Cancer

Stopping smoking is still the best way to beat lung cancer, but, as a new study shows, it isn’t the only way. You can do even more by grabbing a fork, exercising and making sure you are getting the right amounts of certain nutrients. Leafy greens provide an array of cancer-fighting nutrients such as folate, beta-carotene, magnesium and vitamin E. And moderate exercise such as walking or gardening reduces your risk for lots of diseases, including cancer. Even the vitamin D you get from exposing your skin to sunlight reduces cancer risk.

The study, conducted at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and presented at the American Association for Cancer Research this month, looked at how diet and exercise affect lung cancer risk, and included more than 3,800 people. Among people who ate at least four servings of salad a week, and who got the equivalent of moderate exercise once or twice a week, lung cancer risk was reduced 64% for people who never smoked, by 67% for former smokers, and by 71% for current smokers. (Some 15% of people who develop lung cancer are non-smokers.)

The Anti-Aging Bottom Line: If you are concerned about cancer, then you should know that more people die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer. Simply eating four or more servings of green salad a week and engaging in moderate exercise such as walking or working in a garden once or twice a week can substantially reduce your risk of developing lung cancer. Since it is may be hard to always eat four healthy salads per week, make sure you are taking a potent multi-vitamin with clinical doses of folate, beta-carotene, magnesium and vitamins D and E.

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