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Friday, November 2, 2007

How to Save a Life and Avoid Wet, Drunk, Well-Fed Swedes


The World Cancer Research Fund just released a new report identifying certain lifestyle patterns with increased risk of 6 types of cancer. Things to avoid include:
1) Weight gain
2) Belly fat -- though Slate recently mentioned that ab-etching may be possible, albeit aesthetically unpleasing
3) Processed meat (e.g. bacon)
4) Red meat
5) Alcohol
6) Failure to exercise regularly

While limiting the above makes it higly unlikely that you'll dance in a fountain with Anita Ekberg, it makes for good living.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

i think i should interject for posterity's sake. As far as lifestyle goes, smoking is the number 1 preventable cause of all healthcare related problems, including cancer. Every cancer risk is increased with smoking, let alone coronary artery disease, obesity, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, etc.

Its bad news.