New Haven Register (New Haven, CT)
Fight cancer with exercise
Bob Butler, the founding director of the National Institute on Aging, once declared, “If exercise could be packaged in a pill, it would be the single most widely prescribed and beneficial medicine in the nation.” Now, almost 50 years later, scientists have discovered that it’s powerful medicine in the battle against cancer.
Australian researchers have been exploring the anti-prostate-cancer benefits of high-intensity aerobics. They discovered that over six months, guys with prostate cancer can boost the level of tumor-growth-suppressing proteins called myokines that are produced by skeletal muscles by doing 34 minutes daily on a stationary cycle. And in their most recent research, the researchers found that in patients with incurable cancer, the exercise-induced production of these tumor-fighters prolonged survival.
The researchers suggest that 20-plus minutes daily of high-intensity aerobics accompanied by resistance training best maintains the anti-tumor effects. But it is my hope that you can avoid cancer altogether using my GreatAgeReboot. com program.
— Do aerobic and resistance exercise regularly. Manage stress with a posse, purpose and play.
— Take an after-dinner walk and spend less TV-time.
— Get vitamin D and omega-3s (from 4 ounces of salmon daily) and a half a multivitamin-multimineral twice daily.
— Ask your doc about taking low-dose aspirin (2x daily with a half glass of warm water before and after).
— Avoid diabetes, midlife obesity, high blood pressure and hearing loss, along with not smoking and make a lifelong commitment to education.
Then you’ll radically reduce your risk for cancer, as well as dementia and cardiovascular disease.
Health pioneer Michael Roizen, M.D., is chief wellness officer emeritus at the Cleveland Clinic and author of four No. 1 New York Times bestsellers. His next book is “The Great Age Reboot: Cracking the Longevity Code for a Younger Tomorrow.” Do you have a topic Dr. Mike should cover in a future column? If so, please email questions@GreatAgeReboot.com.