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Striking new research has revealed the 10 crucial lifestyle choices that lower your risk of cancer by 70 per cent.
Breastfeeding, avoiding certain supplements and eating no more than three portions of red meat per week are just three.
Also on the list (below) are getting two and a half hours of exercise per week, avoiding sugary drinks, keeping a healthy weight and limiting fast food.
Unfortunately for boozers, quitting alcohol completely is another anti-cancer step.
The research was conducted to analyze the validity of a previous set of 10 similar recommendations set by The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) and the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR).
Researchers from Newcastle University in the UK tested the guidance on people from Britain, using data from 94,778 adults with an average age of 56.
They used self-reported data on diet and exercise, as well as participants’ body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference measurements.
Each participant was scored on their adherence to the recommendations out of seven.
They also used cancer registry data to track cancer diagnoses during the eight-year study period.
They controlled for age, sex, socioeconomic deprivation, ethnicity, and smoking status in their analyses.
On average, participants scored 3.8 out of seven for adherence to the recommendations.
Some 7,296 participants (eight percent) developed cancer during the study.
The researchers found that greater adherence to the suggestions led to a lower cancer risk.
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