| Those men who stay active can significantly cut | | | | groups. Some life insurance questionnaires now |
| down on their risk getting prostate cancer. In fact | | | | ask these questions, when determining risk and |
| the more aerobic the exercise the better walking, | | | | that ought to tell you something as well. Not only |
| hiking, swimming and bike riding were some of the | | | | is it good for your heart but your prostate as |
| examples given in a study by Harvard Medical | | | | well. |
| School on ways to stay healthy and | | | | There are two factors being looked at as to why |
| simultaneously reduce your risk of prostate | | | | this is? One thought was that since high |
| cancer. Those who went to a gym twice to three | | | | testosterone levels were are part of high risk |
| times per week and used the treadmill did best, | | | | categories, that those who did physical activity |
| although even those who played golf three times | | | | reduced their risks because they were lowering |
| a week reduced their risks as well. | | | | their testosterone levels during cardio respiratory |
| Most all physical activity which included a form of | | | | workouts. This tends to make a lot of sense. |
| cardiorespiratory workout seemed to work. | | | | It would be best to get screened for prostate |
| These men were able to reduce their risks by | | | | cancer and continue your work outs or increase |
| 75%, a huge gap over those were the most | | | | them to put you into the lower risk categories. |
| inactive one-third of all males. The cut off seemed | | | | Discuss this with your physician and do some of |
| to be 20 minutes per day or an average of 20 | | | | your own research to see what works best for |
| minutes a day over a weeks period. Those who | | | | you. Please be thinking on this, it could save your |
| worked out three times a week for thirty | | | | life. |
| minutes are more were amongst the lowest risk | | | | |