While the root cause of cancer remains unknown, due to its aggressive nature and its ability to take lives, experts in the field have been working round the clock to somehow find a cure, if not, a way to prevent breast cancer. Women are clearly rooting for them to succeed since statistics have shown that the rate of fatalities of the said disease just keep getting higher and higher every year, despite new methods and treatments available in the market today. What makes it scarier though is that breast cancer is no longer bound by age, it can strike at any age. It can be your mom, your daughter or your grand daughter.
Like I stated earlier, there is no telling if someday you will get breast cancer or worse, die from it. Good news is, studies have shown that there are certain lifestyle factors contributing to breast cancer. This statement is especially true for seniors whose hormones have gone haywire and those who lead a lifestyle that is prone to the disease. These findings may not save you from the disease but at the very least, it can lessen your chances of having one.
Just for a quick recap, there are many factors in your body which lead to breast cancer—two of them, apparently, you cannot control. Your age and genetic composition still remain as the most deciding factors of the said disease. If your doctor ever suspect of breast cancer, these are the two things he or she is most likely to inquire about. Other than these two, you have your lifestyle to blame.
It is also important to take note that if you are dead set in preventing breast cancer, start lifestyle changes as early as possible. Seniors can also encourage younger generations to start making a conscious effort in avoiding these health hazards. For me, breast cancer is only a matter of how much abuse your body can take. Some may have it earlier while others could experience the said disease later in life, just because they have reached their body’s “abuse limit”. On the other hand, lifestyle factors tend to trigger the said disease making it strike the body.
·    Stress. Psychological and emotional stress, specifically, can alter your immune system. Your body’s immune system, being your best defense against cancer, is largely weakened when a body undergoes stressful situations.   Stress hormones, when released in large amounts can certainly harm the body as it should never be a normal, daily occurrence.
·    Weight. Weight is always an issue as we get older. In terms of breast cancer, fat tissues raise estrogen levels. Estrogen, being a hormone closely associated with breast cancer, strives in our body’s fats—your breasts included.
·    Drink less alcohol. For reasons unknown, alcohol increases your chances of having the disease—and this is according to several studies and testings done by experts. And by drinking less alcohol means you should only engage in drinking sessions occasionally, if not none at all.