Goal: Prevent Cancer

THE WINNER: BOTH

Eating a mostly plant-based diet and exercising regularly are Oscar-worthy for reducing your cancer risk. Keep in mind: studies have found the more consistently you work out, the greater the protection.

One review of studies, published in the British Journal of Cancer, found that active people are less likely to develop colon cancer than more sedentary people.

Photo by Jeffrey Hamilton / Getty Jun 22, 2012

Diet or Exercise: Which Works Best?

It’s not always possible to work out enough and eat right all the time, so we turned to the experts to find out whether diet or exercise is best in six different scenarios.

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