October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month-Healthy Lifestyle Tips

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.   With that in mind, there are some healthy lifestyle tips that may lower your risk for breast cancer and other diseases.  Try them and give yourself a fighting chance in the fight against breast cancer.

While there are no guarantees that doing all the right things will prevent you from getting breast cancer, adopting a healthy lifestyle gives you a better chance in preventing it from happening.  These lifestyle tips are from SusanGKomen.com.

Maintain a healthy weight.

Make exercise part of your routine.

Eat fruits and veggies every day.

Limit how much alcohol you drink.

If you can, breastfeed.

Limit postmenopausal hormone use.

Choose 100 percent whole grain foods as often as you can.

Make sure to get enough calcium and vitamin D daily.

Eat less bad fats and more good fats.

In addition to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, know your breast cancer risk, get screened and know what is normal for you.  All these steps help lower your risk of breast cancer.