The five lifestyle changes that can cut colorectal cancer risk by a third:
- One of the recommendations made by Professor. Donald Maxwell Parkin of Cancer Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Mathematics, and Statistics, London, is that people’s consumption of red and processed meat should not be more than 80 or 90 grams per day.
- He also suggests that people consume at least five portions of fruit, vegetables, and fibre every day.
- The third recommendation is to exercise at least 30 minutes on five or more days per week.
- The experts also suggest that men should not to consume more than 21 units of alcohol per week, and women should restrict their intake to 15 units.
- According to them, overweight and obesity should be reduced to rates of 20 years ago.
