A Lifetime of Good Health

Lifestage 3 (Cancer)

[ The Middle Years | Heart disease | Cancer | Lung disease | Osteoarthritis | Eyesight ]

There is good evidence to show that a high Omega-3 diet can protect against prostate and breast cancer or inhibit tumour growth once established. Emerging from laboratory studies on several types of cancer, including colon cancer, is the possibility that Omega-3 fatty acids stimulate the death of tumour cells.

It is also in these 'autumn' years that early symptoms of chronic, degenerative disease are felt. Many of these result from long-term poor diet and lifestyle choices but changes, even at this late stage, can effect some improvement.

• Cut out smoking
• Take up exercise
• Eat more fruit and vegetables
• Eat less saturated fat and processed foods
• Balance your Omega-6 / Omega-3 intakes (try for 1:2 or 1:3 Omega-3 to Omega-6)