• Eat at least five (5) portions of fresh fruit and vegetables each day.

• Choose a variety of fruit and vegetables of different colours to take in enough nutrients, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.

• Eat more fibre, for example fruits and vegetables with skins included.

• Eat more whole-grain foods such as Bokomo Weet-Bix and Bokomo Oats, mealie pap, brown rice and sorghum.

Look after your body

• Avoid food that is fatty, sugary and salty such as chips, potato crisps, sweets and fast foods.

• Restrict salt intake to not more than 2 gms (1 tsp) of Sodium per day – rather substitute SALT with fresh herbs and spices.

• Avoid sugary soft drinks, sweet and fatty foods, which cause obesity, which increases your cancer risk. Water is better.

Look after your body• Avoid food that is fatty, sugary and salty

such as chips, potato crisps, sweets and fast foods

• Restrict salt intake to not more than 2 gms (1 tsp) of Sodium per day – rather substitute SALT with fresh herbs and spices

• Avoid sugary soft drinks, sweet and fatty foods, which cause obesity, which increases your cancer risk. Water is better

Look after your body

Lifestyle Choices• Engage in at least 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous

physical activity on 5 or more days of the week.

• Children and adolescents should engage in at least 60min of moderate to vigorous physical activity at least 5 days per week.

• Maintain a healthy weight. Be as lean as possible within the normal range of your body weight.

• Avoid direct sunlight between 10am and 3pm. Stay in the shade or under an umbrella as much as possible

• Wear protective clothing; thickly-woven fabric hats with wide brims, UV protective clothes/swimsuits

• Always apply sunscreen regularly (SPF 20-50) according to skin type

• Avoid sunbeds and sunlamps

• Wear sunglasses with a UV protection rating of UV400

Lifestyle Choices• Protect yourself from the sun

• Avoid direct sunlight between 10am and 3pm. Stay in the shade or under an umbrella as much as possible

• Wear protective clothing; thickly-woven fabric hats with wide brims, UV protective clothes/swimsuits

• Wear sunglasses with a UV protection rating of UV400

• Always apply sunscreen regularly(SPF 20-50) according to skin type

• Avoid sunbeds and sunlamps

Spirituality• Religious and spiritual values are

important

• Spirituality is defined as an individual’s sense of peace, purpose and connection to others, as well as belief in the meaning of life

• Spirituality may be found and expressed through an organised religion or in other ways

• Research shows that individuals who have a strong spirituality cope better with illness, stress or death

Go for Regular ScreeningCANSA offers screening tests at our CANSA Care Centres & Mobile Health Units countrywide:

• FotoFinder - cutting edge technology for skin cancer

• Prostate cancer - Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) tests - blood test forPSA levels, high levels may require referral for further tests like a Digital Rectal Exam by your doctor

• Guidance on Testicular & Breast self-examinations

Go for Regular Screening• SureTouch - the latest non-invasive

technology for safe breast health examinations. If needed, you may be referred to your doctor for a mammogram – it’s not a diagnostic tool, it aids in detecting abnormalities

• Cervical cancer - go for Pap Smears every 2 to 3 years at least from age 30

• Lifestyle risk assessments

Life is Beautiful• Produced to make essential translated

research available to members of the public.

• The 65-page full-colour booklet covers important topics such as balanced lifestyle, healthy living, nutrition (where the ‘good, bad and ugly’ in our kitchens are dealt with), physical activity, carcinogens, and a history of both cancer and CANSA.

• Contains a foreword by Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health as well as recipes by celebrities like Evita and radio personality and cancer survivor, Jeremy Mansfield

• The book is for sale at all CANSA Care Centres. Get your copy NOW!

ONLY R79.80

Balanced Lifestyle Fact SheetVisit www.cansa.org.za and follow the links to read more about balanced lifestyle

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