Walking 30 minutes a Day can help fight Cancer

Just taking a 30 minute walk each day can significantly help people suffering with cancer to overcome their illness.  Exercise does not have to be anything hard or clever and surely the benefits of just going outside and moving around has to make it worth it.

Daily 30-minute walk may slash cancer deaths by half: Studies find regular exercise has a huge impact on survival by slowing tumour growth

• Walking for 30 minutes a day can boost the chances of beating cancer by half
• Studies involving breast and bowel cancer says patients benefit from exercise
• Harvard University followed 992 men with stage three bowel cancer that spread
• Those who did 30 minutes’ exercise most days were 42 per cent less likely to die

Walking for just 30 minutes a day can boost the chances of beating cancer by almost half, research shows.

Separate studies involving breast and bowel cancer patients found that regular exercise had a huge impact on survival.

The first was carried out by a team from Harvard University who followed 992 men with stage three bowel cancer, which had spread to nearby tissue, for seven years.

Stage three is the second most advanced form of cancer, meaning it is large and fast-growing.

Patients who did 30 minutes’ moderate exercise five days a week and ate healthily were 42 per cent less likely to die

Patients who did 30 minutes’ moderate exercise five days a week and ate healthily were 42 per cent less likely to die. They also lived longer if the cancer returned.

The second study, by Australian researchers, looked at 194 women who had recently undergone surgery to remove breast cancer.

Half of patients were told to do 180 minutes’ moderate activity a week for at least eight months – although many carried on for longer.

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