According to a survey that published at the annual meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology, patients who exercise daily and maintain a proper diet, will be benefited during the treatments for breast and prostate cancer overall.
A team of researchers listed a total of 50 associates, aged 35 to 80 years, into the proceeding, which included 30 female breast cancer patients and 20 male patients who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. All are either currently receiving cancer treatment or treatment-free for one year.
Following health screenings at the beginning of the survey, each patient was suggested a particular exercise and appropriate diet plan that was based on their weight, overall health as well as what time of cancer treatment they were receiving.
The outcomes of the experiment unveiled that patients who were going through the treatment and maintaining appropriate diet and exercise habits were less exhausted and didn’t experience as many side effects caused by the cancer treatments.
In another study it revealed that a low-fat, high-fiber diet and regular exercise can slow prostate cancer cell growth by up to 30 percent. It’s too early to say that diet and exercise can prevent prostate cancer from developing or progressing, but this type of study strongly proposes that a low-fat diet and exercise program seems to favorably affect the levels of hormones or growth factors that causing prostate cancer growth.
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