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Monika Reinagal and you're listening to the nutrition diva podcast.

This week marks the observation of National Cancer Survivors Day, and we have a lot to celebrate.

Thanks to steady advances in diagnosis and treatment, there are now more cancer survivors than ever before,

more than 32 million survivors worldwide.

And the life expectancy of cancer survivors is longer than it's ever been.

This is certainly cause for celebration.

But at the same time, cancer survivors also live with anxiety that their cancer could someday come back. Lifestyle choices have a big

impact on cancer risk as you know and that's just as true for survivors as it is

for those who have never had cancer. Lifestyle isn't the only

factor of course, but it is the one that we have the most control over and I think

that exercising that control is an excellent way to diffuse our anxiety over the things that we don't have much say over.

The good news is that the things you can do to reduce your risk of a cancer recurrence

will also reduce your risk of a cancer recurrence will also reduce your risk of

cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and a host of other common conditions.

And the other good news is that the things that reduce your risk are really pretty simple.

You don't need to become a raw foods vegan or take all kinds of supplements or start drinking weird juices or teas.

In fact, according to the American Institute for Cancer

Research, reducing your risk of recurrence boils down to three really basic

things. Number one, eat well.

Your diet doesn't have to be perfect, just decent.

You know the drill by now.

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