More people are getting breast cancer. Here're some tips to stay safe:

(1) Take less alcohol - but a little is good for your heart.

(2) Eat lots of fruits and vegetables - and less animal fat as it increases oestrogen, the female hormone that encourages cancer.

(3) Walk briskly or do other exercises - makes the oestrogen you produce weaker i.e. less encouraging to cancer cells.

(4) Don't take Hormone Replacement Therapy to ease menopause - it also increases risk of ovarian and other cancers.

(5) Go for mammography - early detection gives 90% rate of surviving.

(6) Give birth - risk increases 3% for each year after 30 (ahhhhhhh!!!!)

(7) Breast-feed your baby for 6 months.

(8) Stay slim after menopause - obese aunties have 31% higher risk!

(9) Get a fast-paced job - reduces oestrogen production (note: not the same as a stressful job that spills into your normal life).

(10) Live away from pollution - industrial chemicals have the same effects as oestrogen.

The actual link is here FYI.

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