Losing weight by following diet and exercise may be a safe and effective way to reduce the levels of cancer-causing protein in the blood.
Medication Vs. Behavior Management for Weight Loss
Taking a drug to fix a lifestyle condition is like a mechanic giving you ear plugs because your car is making strange noises.
Taking a drug to fix a lifestyle condition is like a mechanic giving you ear plugs because your car is making strange noises.
‘Overweight and a sedentary lifestyle increase the risk certain cancers. Losing weight with diet and exercise was found to lower cancer-causing proteins.
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The Study - Measured three proteins that are known to enhance tumor-related angiogenesis - the formation of blood vessels that feed tumors and enable them to grow.
- Was intended to see how cancer-promoting proteins changed when overweight, sedentary, postmenopausal women lost weight through diet or diet and exercise over the course of a year.
- Enrolled 439 healthy women (they did not have cancer), placing each participant in one of four study arms:
- Calorie- and fat-restricted diet, aerobic exercise five days a week, combined diet and exercise and control (no intervention).
- Found that women in the diet arm and the diet and exercise arm lost more weight and had significantly lower levels of angiogenesis-related proteins, compared with women in the exercise-only arm and the control arm.
This study shows that weight loss may be a safe and effective way to improve the "angiogenic profile" of healthy individuals, meaning they would have lower blood levels of cancer-promoting proteins. Although the researchers cannot say for certain that this would impact the growth of tumors, they believe there could be an association between reduced protein levels and a less favorable environment for tumor growth.
Weight Loss Apps Are Inaccurate and Lack Scientific Evidence
As most weight loss apps are found to be inaccurate, it is best to look for professional ones where health experts have been involved in developing it.
As most weight loss apps are found to be inaccurate, it is best to look for professional ones where health experts have been involved in developing it.
The study is published in the journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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Staying Hydrated can Aid in Weight Loss
People who are obese are more likely to be inadequately hydrated. Drinking eight to ten glasses of water helps avoid overeating and helps with weight loss.
People who are obese are more likely to be inadequately hydrated. Drinking eight to ten glasses of water helps avoid overeating and helps with weight loss.
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Levels of high-density lipoprotein increased 235 and an increase in 125 was seen in the ability of HDL to remove cholesterol from artery walls
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