S1 Ep52: How to Reduce Your Cancer Risk By 33% with Selene Yeager
Author
Lauren Streicher, MD
Published
Thu 15 Dec 2022
Episode Link
https://audioboom.com/posts/8211966
According to The American Institute for Cancer Research, 33% of breast cancer is preventable. I am joined by Selene Yaeger, a health and fitness journalist and major influencer in the menopause world to discuss TEN ACTION STEPS that women can take to significantly DECREASE their personal risk of risk getting not only breast CANCER, but other cancers as well.
We discuss our top 10 tips to reduce your risk:
How and why PHYSICAL ACTIVITY decreases cancer risk
The relationship between RED MEAT and cancer
New approaches to maintaining a HEALTHY WEIGHT and the impact it can have on cancer risk
How to incorporate WHOLE GRAINS, fruits, and vegetables in your diet, and why it matters
Why PROCESSED FOOD is the devil
SUGARY DRINKS and cancer risk
Why cutting down on ALCOHOL may prevent breast cancer
The importance of FAMILY HISTORY and getting screened for genetic mutations
Why cancer preventing SUPPLEMENTS are not helpful, and may even increase the risk of cancer
The stats that support taking ESTROGEN to reduce the risk of breast cancer, and the progestogen connection
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.