Korean researchers applied a soy milk digestion extract to human LNCaP prostate cancer cells and found it lowered cell viability and PSA, while estradiol raised viability. The test was done in cells, not in patients.
Food Consumer
Chemical
More studies find toxicity of fluoride
A roundup of fluoride research: a 2015 report ties high fluoride in drinking water and local foods to chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, and a 2016 Egyptian study reports fluoride-induced oxidative stress and damage to bone, liver and kidney in rats.
Cancer
Hot beverages like hot coffee, hot tea now classified as possible carcinogens
The IARC has dropped coffee from its list of possible carcinogens, saying the bladder cancer studies behind that label ignored smoking. It now classifies very hot drinks of any kind as possibly carcinogenic, pointing to esophageal cancer and to tea served at 65 to 70 degrees Celsius.
Healthy Recipes from AICR
Healthy Recipes: Peach and Basil Salad with Fresh Mozzarella
Peach wedges, cubed fresh mozzarella and torn basil tossed with olive oil, rice vinegar and a pinch of salt, served at once or refrigerated up to four hours. Makes 4 servings at 211 calories and 351 mg sodium each.
Lifestyle
Recharge With Sleep: Pediatric Sleep Recommendations Promoting Optimal Health (PR)
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine issued its first consensus sleep recommendations for children: 12 to 16 hours a day for infants 4 to 12 months, tapering to 8 to 10 hours for teenagers 13 to 18, with naps counted for children under 6.
Food
Eating whole grain products helps you live longer
Harvard researchers pooled 12 studies and NHANES data covering 800,000 people and report in Circulation that men and women eating three or more servings of whole grains a day were 20% less likely to die prematurely, particularly from cardiovascular disease, than those eating fewer.
Healthy Recipes from AICR
Healthy Recipes: Layered Nachos Grandes
A baked take on nachos grandes, layering tortilla chips with homemade salsa fresca, refried black beans, Pepper Jack, sour cream and avocado. Four servings of two stacks each, at 192 calories and 5 grams of fibre per serving.
Diet
Mediterranean diet for breast cancer prevention and treatment in postmenopausal women
A 2015 review argues the Mediterranean diet, built on fish, olive oil, unrefined cereals, herbs, fruits and vegetables, supplies antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties relevant to breast cancer prevention, and notes epidemiology puts postmenopausal women most at risk.
Legal Actions
Lucky rapist gets merely six months in jail
A former university swimmer received a six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in January 2015, though prosecutors had recommended six years. More than 100,000 people have signed a change.org petition seeking an election to remove the judge.
Drug
Tamoxifen - Known to be a human carcinogen
The 13th Report on Carcinogens lists tamoxifen as known to be a human carcinogen, citing evidence of a causal link to endometrial cancer. It also notes conclusive evidence that tamoxifen lowers the risk of cancer in the opposite breast and may prevent breast cancer in high-risk women.
Food
Food Recalls: Salad toppings, Sunflower Kernel Products, Sun Life Sunflower Spread
ACH Food Companies recalled Durkee, Food Club and Hy-Vee salad toppings, and Hickory Harvest expanded its sunflower kernel recall, both over possible Listeria monocytogenes tied to sunflower seeds. Nu Life Market recalled about 300 jars of Sun Life Sunflower Spread.
Advisories
FDA: Peanut residue found in limited flour and flour products
The FDA advises people with severe peanut allergies to avoid recalled flour and flour products after Grain Craft found peanut residue in its soft red winter wheat flour. Grain Craft recalled the flour, Hostess recalled products made with it, and more recalls are being weighed.
Food
Drinking sugar-sweetened soda raises risk of dental caries
A survey of Japanese college students found the main factors in dental caries risk were knowledge of the country's shokuiku food-education program, tooth-brushing frequency and sugar-sweetened soda. Female students who drank sugary soft drinks were 89 percent more likely to have caries.
Food
Eating walnuts may help prevent colon cancer
Mice exposed to a carcinogen and fed walnuts at 9.4 or 15 percent of total fat had 30 percent fewer colon tumours, UConn Health researchers report. Larger walnut doses lost the anticancer effect, particularly in female mice, and walnuts shifted gut bacteria.
Politics
Selling Fear, for Profit - newsletter 060216 from Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association profiles Monsanto - 21,000 employees, 66 countries, $15 billion in revenue - and previews an October citizens' tribunal in The Hague where international judges will hear testimony from people who say the company harmed them.
Other Diseases
NAFLD linked to intake of meat/fish, fried foods, spicy foods, tea
An Indian case-control study of 464 NAFLD patients and 181 controls linked meat or fish, fried foods, spicy foods and tea to higher risk. Patients also had higher body mass index, waist ratios, fasting blood sugar and triglycerides, and over 90 percent lived sedentary lives.
Vitamins
Could vitamin D prevent colorectal cancer?
In a case-control study, women in the highest fifth of total circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D were 46% less likely to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer than those in the lowest. The design cannot establish cause; binding-protein and free vitamin D showed no association.
Disease
Epstein-Barr virus, HPV linked to invasive breast cancer
Of 108 breast cancer samples from Syrian patients, 32% carried both Epstein-Barr virus and high-risk HPV, and that combination was associated with high-grade invasive tumors. Samples carrying only one virus were usually lower-grade ductal carcinomas.
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