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Healthy Lifestyle That Breast Cancer Care Survivors Should Follow

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Healthy Lifestyle That Breast Cancer Care Survivors Should Follow
24 Dec
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Cancer is hard. The cancer treatment is even more frightening and heart-breaking. After you have passed those hurdles, you need to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The modern medical science has made our lives better. But along with this, you must take control of your health to enrich your life. A healthy lifestyle after breast cancer surgery should include:

Maintain a Healthy Weight – Diagnosis of cancer is accompanied with the stress of the treatment, its side effects and the changes it will bring in life. It becomes difficult for the survivor to keep a check on her weight. Maintain a healthy weight by consulting a nutritionist. It’s the single and the most vital thing to improve the quality of your life after breast cancer surgery.

 

Limit the Intake of Alcohol – Alcohol is a complicated issue especially for the survivors. Excessive alcohol consumption can cause risk in the near future. Therefore, try to avoid it as much as possible. Alcohol is also considered to be an unhealthy way to deal with the physical and emotional stress of cancer. Talk to your healthcare professional if you think you’ll face problem without consuming it.

 

Maintain a Healthy Diet – As a survivor, it becomes difficult to keep track of the diet intake. Maintain a healthy diet as it will keep your weight in check, give your body the essential vitamins and minerals along with the energy you need to stay active all throughout the day. Try eating as much fruits, vegetables, whole grains as you can. And, avoid eating red meat. Follow food safety steps to avoid food poisoning.

 

Quit Smoking – Quit smoking. It is the single best thing you can do as a breast cancer survivor. It will lower down the risk of developing breast cancer in the future. Along with it you will also prevent yourself from succumbing to heart diseases and stroke. Though it’s tough but not impossible.

 

Maintain a Workout Regime – It’s tough for a lot of people to do exercise on a daily basis. For the survivors who have recently undergone breast cancer surgery, it’s all the more difficult. The benefits of regular activity includes: it boosts your health, it improves your mood and helps to avoid cancer-related fatigue issues. Regular workout also reduces the chances of recurrence and cut down the risk of chronic diseases.

 

Cancer Care Specialities MENA at Al Zahra Hospital is the best breast cancer care center in Gulf, UAE, and Dubai. The team of board certified doctors always advise the aforementioned tips to all their patients to have a healthy life.