Posted on Dec 3, 2025
We now have a greater understanding of how exercise slows cancer
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Exercise can slow tumour growth in mice by shifting the body’s metabolism so that muscle cells, rather than cancer cells, take the glucose and grow. A similar process may occur in people.
It is well known that exercise is linked to a lower risk of cancer and that fitter people are more likely to survive it, but the mechanisms behind this are only partly understood. Some of exercise’s influence seems to come via impacts on the community of microbes in our guts and through its effects on the immune system.
It is well known that exercise is linked to a lower risk of cancer and that fitter people are more likely to survive it, but the mechanisms behind this are only partly understood. Some of exercise’s influence seems to come via impacts on the community of microbes in our guts and through its effects on the immune system.
We now have a greater understanding of how exercise slows cancer
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I try to exercise every day! Golf three times a week and daily stretching are in my regimen!
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I’ve always exercised, but for most of my life, it was mainly because I wanted to look good. When I hit my 40s, everything changed. I started realizing I needed exercise just to feel normal: the joints, the cramps, the stiffness from a job that keeps me sitting too much.
I still get lazy, I still get busy, but I try. Reading studies like this reminds me that it’s not just about fitness or appearance anymore. Movement is medicine. Even small, consistent exercise can literally change how our bodies fight disease. It gives me that little push to keep going, even on the days I don’t feel like it.
I still get lazy, I still get busy, but I try. Reading studies like this reminds me that it’s not just about fitness or appearance anymore. Movement is medicine. Even small, consistent exercise can literally change how our bodies fight disease. It gives me that little push to keep going, even on the days I don’t feel like it.
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SGT Kevin Hughes
Your comment made me smile. I was just watching a YouTube Channel called: Joe Scott the Answer guy." And he just turned fifty years old. During his little talk he explained how his attitude towards "middle age" has shifted now that he , himself, is middle aged. And he said this quote: "I used to exercise to look good. Now I exercise for my health." So great minds think alike!
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