When reading chapter 11 it had some information that i thought i knew. When reading about the two major types of diabetes there are i could relate. My health aspect is important for chapters like this one. My mom has diabetes and my dad has high blood pressure making it very easy for someone like me to get if i do not take the proper steps to exercise and eat healthy. I went out this week and bought a bike so i could ride around more instead of just walking.
In the chapter it talks about the different types of cancers out there people can get and my grandmother on my mom side has had both. she had lung cancer and colon cancer that she just beat this recent year. The knowledge from this chapter is what kind of gave me a motivational push to keep up with my health aspect even when this class is over. Now that i have my bike i have been able to ride 5 miles instead of walking three. I have been watching what i eat to make sure i am not eating any take out or unhealthy foods.
Also in the chapter it talks about the risk factors for cancer. Not only can it be hereditary but you can get it by having poor nutrition and lack of physical activity. That is something i never knew i mainly thought you get lung cancer from smoking and you get other cancers because family members have had it. In this case people who smoke rarely get lung cancer it isn’t the main cause. So with hat being said i have made sure that i get out and stick to my health aspect and on the crappy days of rain i have been inside on the treadmill.
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