physical activity could have an effect on lung cancer

An interesting bit of advice and research that we have been looking at in the Ukmedix newsroom comes from the University of Texas Anderson Cancer Centre. According to the researchers there eating a large amount of vegetables every week could help in reducing the likelihood of suffering from lung cancer in men and women who used to be heavy smokers but have now quit.

Having been a smoker the chances of you suffering from lung cancer even though you have quit smoking are higher than those people who have never smoked. This new research however shows that if you eat four or more vegetable servings every week you could be safeguarding yourself again future lung cancer.

The lead researcher Professor Michele Forman also quantified the lung cancer risk of people who smoked alot.  He saw that regular smokers who ate 4+ salads every week had a two times lower chance of suffering from lung cancer in the future when compared to those regular smokers who ate salads three or less times a week.

The researchers also looked at whether physical activity could have an effect on lung cancer rates in ex smokers and saw that those people who did regular exercise reduced the chances of suffering from the disease by as much as 45 percent. They also noted that even current smokers would benefit from lower lung cancer rates if they did regular physical activity.

The researchers did note however that the most effective way of making sure that you did not get lung cancer was to make sure that you never started smoking in the first place. Nevertheless this research should make interesting reading to current smokers and people who have recently quit and should give them an incentive to eat healthily and to get exercise.