Re: Weight loss and exercise reduce cancer markers in women

The  benefits of exercise and leading an active lifestyle are pretty much indisputable.  When it comes to losing weight, that too is generally a very healthy thing to do - but it should be pointed out that the foods one consumed which lead to being overweight were likely more important than the excess weight itself and that the food one consumes to lose weight and maintain a health weight are also important.

As people in the mediterranean have amply demonstrated, one can have excess weight and still be be very healthy and lead long lives - provided that the excess weight came from an apetite for healthy, nutrient dense foods and that one still manages to be physically active.

In other words, do not lose weight simply by cutting back on crappy foods.  Cut those foods out altogether, switch to wholesome nutrient dense foods and get off the sofa and be more active.  If you do, you chances for cancer and other disease will be less and your odds of living longer will be greater.