Things you need to know …

1.  Regular exercise has been shown to provide wide-ranging health benefits. There is an evidence to indicating a sedentary lifestyle may be an even stronger predictor of mortality than established risk factors such as smoking, hypertension, and diabetes.

2.  Aerobic Exercise (ex. Running, swimming, brisk walking) between 2-24 weeks can significantly decrease the effects of insulin resistance in Type 2 Diabetes by increasing muscle function and increasing insulin sensitivity.

3.  Aerobic Exercise has beneficial affects on cardiovascular health such as decrease of bad cholesterol LDL (low dense lipoprotein) and increase in good cholesterol HDL (high dense lipoprotein), decreases inflammatory markers of the body that causes Crohn’s Disease, Systemic Lupus and Cardiovascular Disease, decreases Systemic Blood Pressure and can reduce the risk of Stroke.

4.  The United States Preventative Task Force and other professional Organizations suggest yearly breast screening start at the age of 50yrs unless there is a family history of breast cancer or notice of skin color change or lump on self-examination.

5.  Mammogram is the best studied and only image study that has shown to decrease breast cancer mortality.

6.  The Mediterranean Diet is suggested to help decrease breast cancer risk for women. The Mediterranean Diet consists of plant foods, fish, mixed nuts and olive oil.
  
7.  Low fat diets similar to diets used to decrease hypertension and other metabolic diseases has been shown to reduce deaths following breast cancer diagnosis.

8.  Increased physical activity suggests reduction in breast cancer risk. Exercise helps to reduce hormones that may lead to breast cancer such as Estrogen and Insulin Growth Factor.   

9.  Higher density breast tissue generally have a higher risk of breast cancer as opposed to low density breast tissue secondary to the amount of glandular tissue that is affected by the Estrogen Hormone.

10.  The American Cancer Society recommends screening with a mammogram and Breast MRI starting at age 30yrs if known to have BRCA1/BRCA2 gene mutation, first degree relative with BRCA gene mutation and five years prior to the diagnosis of breast cancer of close relative including mother, aunt or sibling.