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Morning exercise lowers cancer risk

Exercising is key to a long and healthy lifeBut a recent study suggests that exercising in the morning, between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., can reduce the chances of developing breast and prostate cancer. Scientists suggest that the benefits of morning exercise may be related to estrogen.

Estrogen production is most active around 7:00 a.m. High levels of estrogen are associated with a increased risk of cancer and exercise can lower levels of this hormone. Another revelation from the study published by the International Journal of Cancer is that melatonin may be a preventive factor.

Exercise as a preventive method

For scientists, the results are promising for decrease cancer cases. With a little habit, like exercising, you can go a long way toward reducing the impact of cancer on entire populations. Only in Mexico is breast cancer the second leading cause of death in women.

Breast cancer in Mexico

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in the world, each year 458 thousand deaths are reported by breast cancer, being among malignant tumors, the main cause of death in women. In Mexico, the mortality rate from breast cancer is 17.19 deaths per 100,000 women aged 20 years or older.

In 2019, the entities that reported the highest number of cases were Morelos, with 151.4 per 100,000 women aged 20 years or more, Colima with 139.62 and Aguascalientes with 66.64. According to data from INEGI, after 65 years there is an increase in the lethality of breast cancer.

Prostate cancer in Mexico

According to the National Institute of Public Health (INSP), the Cancer prostate it is the second leading cause of death in men from 50 years of age and its maximum peak is after 65. According to a study, the states of Sonora, Baja California Sur and Sinaloa were the states that presented high mortality rates .

Prostate cancer is one of the most frequent and common in men, it is estimated that the incidence increases with age. According to medical specialists, cancer is limited to the prostate and is not usually fatal, however, the cancer can spread to other parts of the body and eventually cause death.

Research in relation to exercise reduces the risk of cancer, also found that being physically active during the day can help improve a person’s circadian rhythm. This is a natural internal process that regulates the sleep-wake cycle. The International Agency for Research on Cancer, classified the level of evidence linking night work that disrupts a person’s circadian rhythm as “probably carcinogenic.”

Morning exercise lowers cancer risk
CREDIT: UNSPLASH.

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