{"id":55,"date":"2013-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/kruczekm\/might-exercise-be-a-key-to-cancer-cure\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T19:05:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:05:28","slug":"might-exercise-be-a-key-to-cancer-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/kruczekm\/might-exercise-be-a-key-to-cancer-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Might Exercise Be a Key to Cancer Cure?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Exercise Could Hold Key to Successful Cancer and Mental Health Treatment<\/h2>\n<p>By Dr. Mercola<\/p>\n<h2>Mounting evidence continues to show that exercise may be a key component in successful cancer prevention and treatment. Studies have also found that it can help keep cancer from recurring, so it\u2019s really a triple-win.<\/h2>\n<h2>Yet not surprisingly few oncologists ever tell their patients to engage in exercise beyond their simple daily, normal activities, and many cancer patients are reluctant to exercise, or even discuss it with their oncologist. Hopefully, you will not be one of them.<\/h2>\n<h2>Most recently, research announced at the 2013 International Liver Congress1 found that mice who exercised on a motorized treadmill for an hour each day, five days a week for 32 weeks, experienced fewer incidents of liver cancer than sedentary mice.<\/h2>\n<h2>Exercise may also be absolutely crucial in the treatment of depression, according to recent research.2 I\u2019ve often stated this, and the science continues to support this advice.<\/h2>\n<h2>Meanwhile, mounting evidence condemns the \u201cevidence-based\u201d drug paradigm, as reviews keep finding that large amounts of published drug research is either seriously flawed or outright fraudulent \u2014 motivated of course by the financial interests of the funding party.<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Might Exercise Be a Key to Cancer Cure?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a cancer that originates in your liver cells, and is one of the most common types of cancers. According to the featured article in Medical News Today,3 HCC accounts for just over five percent of all cancers worldwide, and causes an estimated 695,000 deaths annually.<\/h2>\n<h2>According to the reported research,4 the first of its kind for this type of tumor, regular exercise may be the key to significantly reducing your chances for developing liver cancer.<\/h2>\n<h2>The study involved two groups of mice: One group was fed a high fat diet, and then divided into two sub-groups \u2014 one that exercised and one that did not. The second group was fed a controlled diet, and also divided into sub-groups of exercise and non-exercise. According to the featured article:<\/h2>\n<h2>\u201cAfter 32 weeks of regular exercise, 71 percent of mice on the controlled diet developed tumors larger than 10mm versus 100 percent in the sedentary group. The mean number and volume of HCC tumors per liver was also reduced in the exercise group compared to the sedentary group.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2>In the high-fat diet group, exercise decreased the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Professor Jean-Francois Dufour told Medical News Today:<\/h2>\n<h2>\u201cWe know that modern, unhealthy lifestyles predispose people to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease which may lead to liver cancer; however it\u2019s been previously unknown whether regular exercise reduces the risk of developing HCC. This research is significant because it opens the door for further studies to prove that regular exercise can reduce the chance of people developing HCC.<\/h2>\n<h2>The results could eventually lead to some very tangible benefits for people staring down the barrel of liver cancer and I look forward to seeing human studies in this important area in the future. The prognosis for liver cancer patients is often bleak as only a proportion of patients are suitable for potentially curative treatments so any kind of positive news in this arena is warmly welcomed.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Exercise Needs to be Part of the New Standard of Care for Cancer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>But the benefits of exercise are not limited to prevention alone. It can also help you recuperate faster and help prevent recurrence of cancer. A report issued by the British organization Macmillan Cancer Support5 just last year argues that exercise really should be part of standard cancer care. It recommends that all patients getting cancer treatment should be told to engage in moderate-intensity exercise for two and a half hours every week, stating that the advice to rest and take it easy after treatment is an outdated view.<\/h2>\n<h2>The organization offers loads of helpful information about the benefits of exercise for cancer patients on their website, and also has a number of videos on the subject, available on their YouTube channel.<\/h2>\n<h2>Professor Robert Thomas discusses the benefits of physical activity during after cancer treatment.<\/h2>\n<h2>According to Ciaran Devane, chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Support:<\/h2>\n<h2>\u201cCancer patients would be shocked if they knew just how much of a benefit physical activity could have on their recovery and long term health, in some cases reducing their chances of having to go through the grueling ordeal of treatment all over again\u2026\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2>Indeed, the reduction in risk for recurrence is quite impressive. For example, previous research has shown that breast and colon cancer patients who exercise regularly have half the recurrence rate than non-exercisers.8 Macmillan Cancer Support also notes that exercise can help you to mitigate some of the common side effects of conventional cancer treatment, including:<br \/>\nReduce fatigue and improve your energy levels Manage stress, anxiety, low mood or depression Improve bone health<br \/>\nImprove heart health (some chemotherapy drugs and radiotherapy can cause heart problems later in life) Build muscle strength, relieve pain and improve range of movement Maintain a healthy weight<br \/>\nSleep better Improve your appetite Prevent constipation<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Exercise Can Also Benefit Your Mental Health \u2014 Even When Forced<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Many recent studies have shown that exercise provides a level of protection against stress-related disorders and depression. But could it still work if it was prescribed and forced upon you, by doctor\u2019s orders, for example; or if part of a mandatory program, such as high school students or military, who are required to participate whether they like it or not?<\/h2>\n<h2>To find out, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder devised an animal study to determine whether rats that were forced to exercise would experience the same stress- and anxiety-reduction as those who were free to choose if and when to exercise.<\/h2>\n<h2>The rats exercised either voluntarily or forcibly for six weeks, after which they were exposed to a stressor. The following day, their anxiety levels were tested by measuring how long they froze when placed in an environment they\u2019d been conditioned to fear. The longer the rats remained frozen, like \u201ca deer in headlights,\u201d the greater the residual anxiety from the previous day\u2019s stressor. According to the lead author:<\/h2>\n<h2>\u201cRegardless of whether the rats chose to run or were forced to run they were protected against stress and anxiety. The sedentary rats froze for longer periods of time than any of the active rats. The implications are that humans who perceive exercise as being forced \u2014 perhaps including those who feel like they have to exercise for health reasons \u2014 are maybe still going to get the benefits in terms of reducing anxiety and depression.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Could 89 Percent of \u2018Landmark\u2019 Cancer Research Be Untruthful?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Findings such as the ones above, which demonstrate the significant benefits of lifestyle changes like exercise on your physical and mental health, become all the more important in light of mounting evidence showing that conventional drug treatment research has been sorely compromised by industry funding. As discussed in a recent GreenMedInfo article,10 the alleged \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d results of nearly nine out of 10 cancer studies cannot be reproduced by any means!<\/h2>\n<h2>\u201cThis means that to an extent, we have based our healthcare and clinical guidelines on fake studies that reported untruthful results in order to accommodate the interests of industrial corporations,\u201d Eleni Roumeliotou writes.<\/h2>\n<h2>\u201cCancer is a major killer in US. The American Cancer Society reports that in 2012, more than half a million Americans died from cancer, while more than 1.6 million new cases were diagnosed. Given the seriousness of these statistics and the necessity of evidence-based medicine, it would make sense to trust that honest, objective research is tirelessly trying to find the best cancer therapies out there.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2>Alas, this trust in the scientific rigor of medical research appears to have been misplaced. First of all, nearly three-quarters of all retracted drug studies are due to falsification of data,11 meaning it\u2019s not even a matter of misinterpretation of data; rather the data used to draw conclusions are pure fiction. Large numbers of patients can be affected when false findings are published, as the average lag time between publication of the study and the issuing of a retraction is 39 months. And that\u2019s if it\u2019s ever caught at all.<\/h2>\n<h2>Last year, former drug company researcher Glenn Begley also showed that the vast majority of the \u201clandmark\u201d studies on cancer are unreliable \u2014 and a high proportion of those unreliable studies come from respectable university labs. Begley looked at 53 papers in the world\u2019s top journals, and found that he and a team of scientists could NOT replicate 47 of the 53 published studies \u2014 all of which were considered important and valuable for the future of cancer treatments!<\/h2>\n<h2>Part of the problem, they said, is that scientists often ignore negative findings in their results that might raise a warning. Instead, they opt for cherry-picking conclusions in an effort to put their research in a favorable light. The allegations appeared in the March 28 issue of the prestigious journal Nature.<\/h2>\n<h2>\u201cIt was shocking,\u201d Begley said. \u201cThese are the studies the pharmaceutical industry relies on to identify new targets for drug development. As we tried to reproduce these papers we became convinced you can\u2019t take anything at face value.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2>As if that\u2019s not disturbing enough, Roumeliotou points out that Begley was not permitted to disclose which 53 cancer studies he evaluated and found to be without scientific merit. She writes:14<\/h2>\n<h2>\u201c\u2026when they contacted the original authors and asked for details of the experiments, they had to sign an agreement that they would not disclose their findings or sources. This shows that the scientists, who published the tainted research, were all along, fully aware of the discrepancies of their articles and criminally conscious of the fact that they were misleading the medical and public opinion.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Your Lifestyle has Tremendous Influence Over Your Health and Cancer Risk\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>In light of the evidence supporting the notion that lifestyle changes, such as exercise, have a profound impact on human health and diseases of both mind and body, it would be foolish in the extreme to ignore such advice. Especially when you consider that the conventional drug paradigm is riddled with unreliable and outright fraudulent research \u2014 courtesy of the financial influence of the drug industry itself, which funds the vast majority of drug research.<\/h2>\n<h2>Studies on exercise and other lifestyle changes however are less likely to be fraudulent simply because there\u2019s no money to be made by coming to the conclusion that exercise may be helpful \u2014 unless it was funded by a gym franchise, perhaps\u2026<\/h2>\n<h2>Whether you\u2019re trying to address your mental or physical health, I would strongly recommend you read up on my Peak Fitness program, which includes high-intensity exercises that can reduce your exercise time while actually increasing your benefits.<\/h2>\n<h2>Now, if you have cancer or any other chronic disease, you will of course need to tailor your exercise routine to your individual circumstances, taking into account your fitness level and current health. Often, you will be able to take part in a regular exercise program \u2014 one that involves a variety of exercises like strength training, core-building, stretching, aerobic and anaerobic \u2014 with very little changes necessary. However, at times you may find you need to exercise at a lower intensity, or for shorter durations.<\/h2>\n<h2>Always listen to your body and if you feel you need a break, take time to rest. But even exercising for just a few minutes a day is better than not exercising at all, and you\u2019ll likely find that your stamina increases and you\u2019re able to complete more challenging workouts with each passing day. In the event you are suffering from a very weakened immune system, you may want to exercise at home instead of visiting a public gym. But remember that exercise will ultimately help to boost your immune system, so it\u2019s very important to continue with your program, even if you suffer from chronic illness or cancer.<\/h2>\n<h2>&gt;&gt;&gt;CLICK HERE To Start Generating Your Free Leads Today&lt;&lt;&lt;<\/h2>\n<p>ALL THE BEST AND BE BLESS\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exercise Could Hold Key to Successful Cancer and Mental Health Treatment By Dr. Mercola Mounting evidence continues to show that exercise may be a key component in successful cancer prevention and treatment. Studies have also found that it can help keep cancer from recurring, so it\u2019s really a triple-win. 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