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your health HOW DOES OBESITY CAUSE CANCER? The link between obesity and cancer risk is clear. What’s less clear is how exactly one leads to the other THE LINK BETWEEN obesity and cancer risk is clear. Research shows that excess body fat increases your risk for several cancers, including colorectal, post-menopausal breast, endometrial, esophageal, kidney and pancreatic cancers. What’s less clear is exactly how being obese increases that risk. Experts believe it’s largely due to the inflammation caused by visceral fat – the fat that surrounds your vital organs. “The problem with excessive visceral fat is that it affects certain processes in your body. This includes how your body manages hormones, like insulin and estrogen,” says Adriana Coletta, Ph.D. RD, a postdoctoral fellow in cancer prevention. “All of this can lead to an increased cancer risk by affecting how and when cells divide and die,” she says. How does obesity cause inflammation? Visceral fat cells are large, and there are a lot of them. This excess fat doesn’t have much room for oxygen. And that low-oxygen environment triggers inflammation. Inflammation is the body’s natural response to injury and disease. For example, when you get a deep cut, the area around the cut becomes red and painful to touch. This minor inflammation around the wounded area helps repair the damaged tissue and aids with the healing process. But long-term inflammation caused by excess visceral fat can damage your body and increase your risk for cancer. Cancer happens when cells reproduce uncontrollably, damaging the cells around them and causing illness. The more cells divide and reproduce, the higher the risk that something will go wrong and a tumor will form. Inflammation and insulin The link between inflammation and insulin – the hormone that regulates blood sugar – is complex, Coletta says. Inflammation caused by obesity can keep the body from properly responding to insulin. This is called insulin resistance. When the body doesn’t respond to insulin correctly, it produces more insulin to make up for that. The increase in insulin due to insulin resistance triggers an increase in the number of cells produced, which can lead to cancer. “Increased insulin also affects how hormones like estrogen are controlled,” says Coletta. “More insulin can lead to more available estrogen, which increases cancer risk.” How does more estrogen increase cancer risk? “Basically, higher estrogen levels lead to increased cell production, which could result in tumor growth,” Coletta says. Estrogen is necessary for the body to function. In women, the ovaries are the main source of estrogen. In men, an enzyme converts testosterone to estrogen. But fat cells in both men and women can also make estrogen. This is why too much estrogen is commonly seen in obesity. In women, too much estrogen is linked to an increased risk for post-menopausal breast, endometrial and ovarian cancers. Cancer and obesity: What you can do? One of the most important things you can do to decrease your cancer risk is maintain a healthy weight, Coletta says. There are steps you can take to prevent obesity: • Stay active. Aim for 150 minutes of moderate activity or 75 minutes of vigorous activity a week. • Eat a healthy diet. Fill at least 2/3 of your plate with non-starchy vegetables, fruit, whole grains or legumes (beans and peas), and 1/3 or less with animal protein. • If you drink alcohol, limit yourself to one drink per day if you are a woman, and two per day if you are a man. • Get plenty of rest. Fatigue can make you want to eat more, and make unhealthy choices. Being obese or overweight hurts your body’s ability to work well, Coletta says. Maintaining a healthy weight is essential for reducing your risk for cancer. SOURCE: AICR How to determine calorie burn Of course exercise burns calories, but which exercises burn the most? And how do you know? We all know that when it comes to weight loss and energy balance, it’s a matter of calories in versus calories out. But when you exercise, do you really know how many calories you’re burning? It’s important to learn how many calories you typically burn so you can control your weight, prevent obesity and lower your cancer risk. Here are some answers to typical questions: How do you know how many calories you’ve burned during a workout? Measuring the exact number of calories you burn can be difficult. There are a few ways to measure your calorie burn. You can: • Use an activity tracker or an app that will estimate your calorie burn for you. But be careful with these. The accuracy can vary from product to product. • A heart rate monitor is one of the best ways to measure your calorie burn. Your heart rate indicates how much effort it takes for you to do a certain activity, and that effort determines the calories you burn. If a heart rate monitor indicates your calorie burn, it’s more likely to be accurate than the average activity tracker because it’s taken your specific heart rate in to account. • A MET values chart can also show you how many calories are typically burned during specific activity based on your weight. This chart was created by researchers and used widely throughout the medical community. Which helps you lose more weight: diet or exercise? Diet. Cutting calories and eating healthy will help you lose weight. Exercise alone probably won’t help you lose weight, but it will help you keep the weight off. To lose one pound a week you should aim for a calorie deficit of 500 calories per day, through a combination of reducing the calories you eat and increasing the calories you burn through physical activity. This adds up to 3,500 calories per week, the number of calories in about one pound of fat. What factors contribute to how many calories are burned? Several factors contribute to how quickly an individual burns calories, including: • The intensity of an activity being performed. The more intense an activity is the more calories an individual burns. • Weight. People who weigh more burn more calories. • Body composition. Muscle requires more energy than fat to maintain. People with more muscle burn more calories. How much activity do I need to do? To lower your cancer risk, aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous activity each week. Remember, you don’t have to do it all at once. You can break it up throughout the day, too. SOURCE: MD Anderson Cancer Center 20 WEST COAST WOMAN OCTOBER 2020
l Dermatology of Coastal Sarasota Comprehensive Compassionate Care Key Chorale has announced its 36th season, “Come Together,” which includes a combination of online streaming concerts, in-person concerts, reconceived rehearsals and events, and newly amended educational and community outreach. Never has their mission been more important than now. Key Chorale is resolved to use creativity and innovation to reinvent and re-imagine the ways they deliver that mission in this unprecedented season and in the seasons to come. Artistic Director Joseph Caulkins, recipient of the Arts Leadership Award for Artistic Achievement, continues to produce one-of-a-kind programming, collaborations that inspire, and musical artistry that stirs the soul. This unique season brings the community together to experience the healing and hope of music. Medical • Surgical • Cosmetic Dermatology DOCS welcomes Amy Hodge Fenenga, PA-C Dermatology of Coastal Sarasota 5310 Clark Rd., Suite 201, Sarasota 941.925.3627 DOCSofSarasota.com Premieres Friday, October 30th • 7:30 PM Online streaming concert will be available from the premiere until November 22 Our VIRTUAL season opener brings us together to experience the healing and hope of music. The Chamber Singers present an inspirational program of favorites, uplifting spirituals, and music that celebrates the resiliency of the human spirit. Joseph Martin’s featured composition, The Awakening, is a journey to healing and joy through the power of music. “Awake, my soul, and sing! The time for praise has come. The silence of the night has passed; a new day has begun. Let Music Live!” Dental Insurance Get the dental care you deserve with dental insurance from Physicians Mutual Insurance Company. It can help cover the services you’re most likely to use – Cleanings X-rays Fillings Crowns Dentures Preventive care starts right away Helps cover over 350 services Go to any dentist you want – but save more with one in our network No deductible, no annual maximum key chorale Sarasota’s Symphonic Chorus Joseph Caulkins, Artistic Director Season subscriptions on sale now! Single Tickets on sale October 1 941.921.4845 KeyChorale.org Call now to get this FREE Information Kit! 1-855-637-6404 dental50plus.com/westcoast Product not available in all states. Includes the Participating Providers and Preventive Benefits Rider. Acceptance guaranteed for one insurance policy/ certificate of this type. Contact us for complete details about this insurance solicitation. This specific offer is not available in CO, NY; call 1-888-799-4433 or respond for similar offer. Certificate C250A (ID: C250E; PA: C250Q); Insurance Policy P150 (GA: P150GA; NY: P150NY; OK: P150OK; TN: P150TN). Rider kinds B438/B439. 6154-0120 Here’s the information you requested on Dental in OCTOBER 2020 WEST COAST WOMAN 21
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