March 30, 2010 Up To A Third Of Breast Cancers Could Be Avoided Up to a third of breast cancer cases in Western countries could be avoided if women ate less and exercised more, researchers at a conference said Thursday, renewing a sensitive debate about how lifestyle factors affect the disease. A woman's lifetime chance of getting breast cancer is about one in eight. Obese women are up to 60 percent more likely to develop any cancer than normal-weight women, according to a 2006 study by British researchers. Many breast cancers are fueled by estrogen, a hormone produced in fat tissue. So experts suspect that the fatter a woman is, the more estrogen she's likely to produce, which could in turn fuel breast cancer. Even in slim women, experts believe exercise can help reduce the cancer risk by converting more fat into muscle. HFA would like to remind you to exercise in the sun if possible for vitamin D :) Click here for more information >>> http://healthfreedoms.org/up-to-a-third-of-breast-cancers-could-be-avoided/