Breast Fitness
An Optimal Exercise and Health Plan for Reducing Your Risk of Breast Cancer
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Never before has a book so clearly detailed how exercise can reduce the risk for and recurrence of breast cancer, and how women can incorporate a safe and effective exercise program into their lives to fight against the disease. In clear, accessible language, the expert authors explain:
*How to ascertain your breast cancer risk factors
*What you can do NOW to prevent Breast Cancer
*Detailed diet and exercise programs that will keep you healthy and can save your life
*How to detect breast cancer early
*Your best lifestyle choices for surviving--and thriving--after diagnosis, and practical steps to maximize your chances of the cancer never coming back.
Want to prevent breast cancer or keep it from coming back? With Breast Fitness, Dr. Anne McTiernan, Dr. Julie Gralow, and Dr. Lisa Talbott present the only comprehensive, illustrated guide to the new-found connection between exercise and fighting breast cancer, and what you can do to maximize your chances of living your life breast cancer-free.
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The statistics on breast cancer can be alarming--one new diagnosis is made every three minutes and one woman dies of the disease every 12 minutes. Newer research has led physicians to call for changes not just in initial treatment but in diet and exercise as well. In this well-organized guide, authors McTiernan, Gralow (breast-cancer physicians) and Talbot (a fitness and rehabilitation worker) show women how to incorporate these lifestyle changes into their lives. In the book's first half the authors outline the current medical findings, and in the second they discuss ways to fit exercise into a busy life, use goals to stay motivated and develop an exercise plan. There are exercises for cancer patients as well as specific exercise regimens for cancer patients recovering from surgery and healthy women using exercise as a preventive measure. To inspire readers along the way, the book is filled with photographs of cancer survivors training or competing in marathons, triathlons and other sporting events. (Many of them are members of Team Survivor Northwest, a nonprofit group that is devoted to helping cancer survivors remain healthy and which Talbot cofounded.) In addition, the authors review various treatment options in nonalarmist terms that are easy to understand. Though many of the authors' suggestions are based upon theories still undergoing testing (such as the idea that high estrogen levels increase breast cancer risk), they clearly explicate their reasoning so readers can make educated decisions about how to treat and prevent the disease.
