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Ok, what man conducted this study??

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Sorry to say, but this doesn't make any sense. I personally know of women who have been housewives for years and they still got breast cancer. I don't know if this study was skewed in any way, but the information in this article implies you shouldn't really work out that hard. Logic would say that working out at a higher intensity and duration would be much healthier than the moderate level of exercise you would receive from doing housework. I say I smell something fishy going on. (Phew!) Please readers, don't get swayed by this one study. EVERYONE needs exercise, and not a minimal amount at that, but at least some exercise is better than none! My question is: who funded this study? That is the thing of most relevance.

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Sorry to say, but this doesn't make any sense. I personally know of women who have been housewives for years and they still got breast cancer. I don't know if this study was skewed in any way, but the information in this article implies you shouldn't really work out that hard. Logic would say that working out at a higher intensity and duration would be much healthier than the moderate level of exercise you would receive from doing housework. I say I smell something fishy going on. (Phew!) Please readers, don't get swayed by this one study. EVERYONE needs exercise, and not a minimal amount at that, but at least some exercise is better than none! My question is: who funded this study? That is the thing of most relevance.

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This can't be true.
My mother was a total slob.
I think if there's a fork in the sink...the house is a mess.
We both got cancer in the left breast.

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STUPID STUPID STUPID!!!!!!





C. Ahrens

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Maybe the article about housework/breast cancer link was written by a man - probably one whose wife does not keep a clean house
and he wants to motivate her. Not funny buddy!!!

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My housekeeper who was the same age as my daughter (41) passed away this summer from breast cancer which she had battled for about 2 years. She had worked for several years doing cleaning for homes and offices.

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While housework is a chore and maybe provides a minimal amount of exercise, other studies have linked household cleaners to a higher rate of cancer! I don't know who funded this study, but give me a break! Because of the efficiency of our modern homes, outgasing(you smell your cleaners while the tops are on, that's the gases that are leaking out of the containers) has no where to escape. So those very toxic fumes are being trapped in our homes and we are breathing them more frequently! Subsequently, the cancer risk of women and men that clean thier homes on a regular basis are three times higher now, compared to then! So, again, I'm not sure who funded this study, but they need to get real.

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I happen to know a woman who died last month of cancer of the breast that was treated and then spread to her brain. Her profession for many years - she owned her own cleaning company and worked it herself. As a matter of fact I know of many women who did this for a living and have died from different types of cancer and I am thinking it may be linked to some of those cleaning products we all use.

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I've heard it all now. I can't see anyone taking this article seriously. How stupid do you think women are? My mother was a housewife and cleaned everyday, still died from breast cancer. I am just shocked that something this stupid would be put on the internet. Get a real job!

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This is such a CROCK! Then how do men get breast cancer? By not doing enough housework??? I'm a very active person and I still got breast cancer. It's these kind of articles that need to be shredded BEFORE they ever make it to print!

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Right on Jan--had to have been conducted by men. By the way, most men DON"T do housework and precious few men ever get
breast cancer. So what gives???

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Does that mean that if men started to do clean the house, there would be a reduction in prostate cancer too??

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This has to be a bunch of malarky. I am a care giver to a woman who has exercised all her life....maintained a house...walked three miles a day...swam...skiied..and hiked in the mountains and she still got breast cancer.

Let's all work for a cure...and quit trying to blame it on one particular thing.

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If that's the truth, why aren't men keeling over from breast cancer? But, seriously, it could be that the reason housework has a more protective effect than bursts of high intensity physical exercise is because, although housekeeping is only moderate in intensity there is so much of it that one actually works out much longer than at the gym.

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read the article. i definitely agree with this article. it is saying that a continuous routine of physical activity is better than physical activity every now and then, in an infrequent manner. many dont realize what a good work out housework, or yardwork, or etc really is. i am totally fit from housework, yardwork. think about it, what are you doing when you are doing these. stretching, walking (great for glutes) lifting, etc.

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I'm with TerryO. Men conducted these studies! How convenient. This is so ridiculous I just had to laugh. Give me a big break. Why can't they just say that excercise helps? Why housecleaning? This is just too funny. Shame on you jerks!

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Sorry ladies, but I believe this one. There is more than one reason that breast cancer is on the rise. For the most part I have seen some very lazy people among housewives and working women!
The women that will not want to believe this are going to be the very ones who are to lazy to do any housework at all. I have been shocked more than once at the filth people live in.

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Totally wrong...I am one of the most cleaning freaks in the world..have been my entire life...I had breast cancer and so did my mother that taught me how to clean...

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This makes sense to me. If it lowers breast cancer rates, it could
be possible due to the fact that these household chores involve
the upper body, thus circulating the lymphatic system which is
largely in the breast area.

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