New Year’s Resolution: Implementing a Cancer Prevention Plan

With the number of people being diagnosed with cancer now being one in two or 50 percent, and by the year 2030, that number is expected to rise to 1 in 1 or 100 % will have one or more cancers in their lifetime, it’s time for all of us to consider a New Year’s Resolution implementing a cancer prevention plan. This resolution would be a great way to start 2025 on the right foot and advance our Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) campaign.

If you visit your doctor regularly for wellness check-ups and not just when a crisis arises, this is one solid first step in the right direction. Your doctor will order all the recommended screenings at the appropriate ages according to your health and family history of cancer. And I believe in colonoscopies! I had my first at age 30 after giving birth to twins because both of my parents and many relatives had colon cancer.

Screenings such as colonoscopies and mammograms, however, are not enough. Screenings help detect cancer early, which is important, but more is needed. Prevention goes beyond catching cancer early. How about, “Let’s not get cancer in the first place!” That is my New Year’s wish for you.

One of your resolutions can be to follow my blog or YouTube channel @ginnybrant so you can learn simple ways to help reduce your cancer risk. It might be eating more fruits and vegetables, walking 30 minutes per day, increasing hydration, or eating foods that increase the health of your gut. Whatever you decide make it doable, specific, and practical. For example, “I will increase my consumption of fruits and vegetables to 8 – 10 servings each day and include two vegetables that are cancer-fighting.” Once you make it a normal daily habit, look at other lifestyle changes you can add.

Now that the New Year is here, there’s no better time to put a cancer prevention plan in place. And if you live in the Upstate of SC, Prisma, Greenville Hospital System (GHS), is willing to help you devise a plan, if you are willing to participate in their research. Yes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! Kudos to GHS for doing this—and it’s free! Many cancer centers are now giving information on healthy lifestyle changes that prevent cancer.

What are some lifestyle changes you plan to implement this year to prevent cancer? My big lifestyle change for this year is simply weight reduction. I’d like to get back to my weight of 140. It’s hard to keep weight off as we age, but for me it’s key to keeping my blood pressure down and my blood sugar balanced.

So what’s your New Year’s resolution for 2025? Are you ready to be a part of Make America Healthy Again? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.

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New Year’s Resolution: Implementing a Cancer Prevention Plan

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Ginny

Ginny Dent Brant is a speaker and writer who grew up in the halls of power in Washington, DC. She has battled cancer, ministered around the world, and served on the front lines of American culture as a counselor, educator, wellness advocate, and adjunct professor. Brant’s award-winning book, Finding True Freedom: From the White House to the World, was endorsed by Chuck Colson and featured in many TV and media interviews. Unleash Your God-Given Healing: Eight Steps to Prevent and Survive Cancer was released in May 2020 after her journey with cancer and was recently awarded the First Place Golden Scrolls Award for Memoirs, a finalist in Serious Writers Book of the Decade, and Second Place in both Selah Awards for Memoirs and Director’s Choice Award for Nonfiction at the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writer’s Conference. It recently received the Christian Authors Network’s (CAN) Gold Award for Excellence in Marketing for reaching 62.5 million people with a message of cancer prevention and survival. It was written with commentary from an oncologist and was featured on CBN’s Healthy Living Show, Atlanta Live, and CTN’s Homekeepers along with over 75 media outlets. Learn more and cancer and wellness prevention blog and book information at www.ginnybrant.com. Ginny is on YouTube