S1 Ep52: How to Reduce Your Cancer Risk By 33% with Selene Yeager

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 Selene Yeager Website: seleneyeager.contently.com https://www.feistymenopause.com/ Facebook: FitChick - Selene Yeager Twitter: @FitChick3 Instagram: @FitChick3 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hit-play-not-pause/id1533088916 Hit Play Not Pause, Episode 16- Sex Solutions with Dr. Lauren Streicher. https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/b22d0214-06da-4105-bdd3-2ba92b821b8c/episodes/1d4bd5bd-184e-42d9-be99-efb4f40887ba/hit-play-not-pause-sex-solutions-with-dr-lauren-streicher-episode-16 Also of Interest: Episode 19: Menopause and Muffin Top: why women put on pounds Episode 28: The BEST approach for BREAST Cancer Screening and Risk Reduction with Dr. Lisa Larkin Episode 30: Weight! Weight! Can a Pill Help Take Off the Pounds? With Dr. Kushner Episode 31 The TRUTH About Hormone Therapy: Does it CAUSE or Does it PREVENT Breast Cancer? 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. Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER 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. Sign Up to receive Dr. Streicher’s Free Newsletter: Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on DrStreicher.com Instagram @DrStreich Twitter @DrStreicher Facebook @DrStreicher YouTube DrStreicherTV Books by Lauren Streicher, MD Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina - A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain Hot Flash Hell : A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat Sex Rx - Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy