I know a lot of the advertisements and reports you see focus on weight loss for vanity reasons, but you’d be surprised to find out how maintaining a healthy weight can do wonders for your health and longevity.

A special report that was just published by the Mayo Clinic Women’s Health Source in the November issue goes through a number of ways to prevent cancer. One of the big ways was to lose weight because they estimated that "excess weight is a factor in 14 to 20 percent of all cancer-related deaths in American adults."

The Mayo Clinic also recommended being physically active since there is now evidence to demonstrate that people who are physically active have a lower risk of some cancers than those who are more sedentary. Did you know that just 45 to 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity a day is considered optimal to reduce the risk of breast and colorectal cancers? This is pretty powerful information if you take advantage of it…