Easy Ways To Prevent Pancreatic Cancer

Exercise On A Regular Basis

There are certain lifestyle choices an individual can make to lower their risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Exercising on a regular basis can help an individual maintain or reach a healthy body mass index. Individuals who are obese or have a body mass index of thirty and over are at a twenty percent higher probability of developing pancreatic cancer. In addition, more recent studies have proven individuals with broader waistlines even at a healthy body mass index are at a higher risk for pancreatic cancer. Body fatness has a parallel association with an individuals production of insulin and correlates with the development of insulin resistance. Individuals who have more than a healthy amount of fatty tissue in the body have a pancreas that produces an excess amount of insulin. Insulin is a hormone that has growth-promoting influences on the cells inside of the pancreas, increasing the chance of a cancer-causing mutation occurring. Exercising on a regular basis can help reduce excess fatty tissue in the body and around the waistline that increases the risk for pancreatic cancer.

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