Australian Healthy Food Guide – June 2019

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ThenumberofAustralianswhowillbediagnosed

withbowelcancerintheirlifetime.Unfortunately,

mostpeoplewhoarediagnosedwithbowelcancer

havefew,ifanysymptoms.Thegoodnewsisthatif

foundearly,morethannineoutof 10 bowelcancer

casescanbesuccessfullytreated.Getinearly!

1 in 13

25%

150–300

Theamountoftimeyoushouldspend

eachweekdoingmoderatephysicalactivity.

anythingfrompilatestoZumbatotaichicounts,so

findsomethingyouenjoythatraisesyourheartrate—

andsticktoit!Notonlywillyouimproveyourfitnessand

boostyourmetabolism,you’llcutyourriskofbowelcancer.

Themaximumnumberofoccasionseach

weekyoushouldeatredmeatsuchasbeef,

lamborpork.Blackenedmeatisalsoofconcern

—sobeforeyoufireupthebarbecue,marinate

yourmeattominimisecharring.Youshould

minimiseorcompletelyavoidconsumptionof

processedmeatslikebacon,salamiorham,

asthereisstrongscientificevidenceto

showthatthesefoodsaredirectly

linkedtobowelcancer.

3-4

✽^103 Australiansdieeach

weekfrombowelcancer

✽^98 percentofbowelcancer

casescanbesuccessfully

treatedifdetectedearly

✽Mostcasesofbowelcancer

occurinpeopleoverthe

ageof50,butthecancer

canaffectanyone

✽Beingoverweight,aheavy

drinkerorasmokerraises

bowelcancerrisk

✽Eatingahealthydiet,being

physically active and having

a healthy body weight cuts

bowel cancer risk

Bowel cancer

the facts!

miNutes

That’s how much you could reduce

your risk of dying from bowel cancer

by regular screening. if found early,

the vast majority of bowel cancer

cases can be treated successfully,

although less than half are found

in the early stages.

it’s recommended that if you do not

have a high risk of bowel cancer, you

should have a Faecal immunochemical

test (Fit) every two years after the age

of 50. this is a simple test that detects

blood in your stool. only one in 29

people who have a positive result will

also have bowel cancer.