Reviewing 22 reports for Gynecologic Oncology, Dominique Trudela's team found green tea components induced apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells and could potentiate cisplatin, with smaller tumours in mice. They call for clinical evaluation rather than claiming proven benefit.
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Avoiding Illness
How diet and lifestyle affect cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and other illnesses.
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Heart & Blood
Drinking soda ups your blood pressure
Drawing on three cohorts totaling more than 220,000 adults, researchers tied one daily serving of sugar-sweetened beverages to 13 percent higher hypertension risk and artificially sweetened drinks to 14 percent. The association was stronger for carbonated drinks and colas.
Cancer
Cancer News: Fructose intake may up pancreatic cancer risk
A meta-analysis of 13 studies, reviewed in Annals of Oncology, found each additional 25 grams of fructose a day was associated with 22 percent higher risk of pancreatic cancer, while starch, sucrose, glycemic index and glycemic load showed no association with the disease.
Obesity
Something better than orlistat in preventing obesity or weight gain
Belgian researchers testing plant phenolics found epigallocatechin-3-gallate, kaempferol and quercetin inhibited pancreatic lipase, the fat-digesting enzyme, more strongly than the anti-obesity drug orlistat. EGCG, found in green tea, was the most potent.
Cancer
What type of diet may help prevent breast cancer?
In the Italian arm of the EPIC study, women eating a high glycemic load diet were 45% more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than those on a low glycemic load diet. The authors suggest heavy carbohydrate loads raise insulin-like growth factor, but studies are not all consistent.
Diabetes
This common sweetener linked to type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome
A review by Amanda Sullivan, posted on St. Catherine University's website, found that eating one or more servings of high fructose corn syrup a day is associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome in young and middle-aged women. Five of six studies agreed.
Cancer
Good cancer news - eggplant extract fights skin cancer!
Citing Natural News, the piece promotes BEC5, a cream of eggplant phytonutrients sold online, as an alternative to surgery and chemotherapy for basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers. Its makers do not claim it cures melanoma, though one person said a homemade version did.
Cancer
Drinking alcohol even in moderation boosts risk of breast cancer
European researchers pooled more than 100 studies and found up to one drink a day raised women's breast cancer risk by 4 percent, with three or more daily drinks raising it 40 to 50 percent. The authors advise women not to exceed one drink a day.
Other Diseases
Yet Another Reason to Avoid Antidepressants -- New Studies Show They May Cause Heart Disease
Mercola gathers studies tying antidepressant use to thicker neck arteries in men, a 45 percent higher rate of fatal stroke among menopausal women on tricyclics and SSRIs, and an FDA safety alert warning that Celexa can disturb the heart's electrical activity.
Diabetes
Eating rice boosts diabetes type 2 risk - Study
Harvard researchers pooled four studies covering more than 352,000 people in China, Japan, the U.S. and Australia, of whom nearly 13,400 developed type 2 diabetes. Those eating the most white rice were 1.5 times likelier to have diabetes than those eating the least.
Heart & Blood
Sugar-sweetened sodas up coronary heart disease risk
Men in the highest quartile of sugar-sweetened beverage intake were 20 percent more likely to develop coronary heart disease than those in the lowest, in a 22-year study of 42,883 men. Artificially sweetened drinks showed no association with heart disease or the biomarkers measured.
Diabetes
Calorie restriction helps severely obese diabetics
In a study from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, seven days of a 400-calorie diet lowered fasting glucose and triglycerides in severely obese type 2 diabetes patients and improved both phases of insulin secretion, with 3.22% weight loss and no gain in insulin sensitivity.
Cancer
Fasting helps fight cancer effectively
A review in Oncogene by Lee and Longo suggests fasting for up to five days, followed by a normal diet, may help cancer patients and protect them during chemotherapy without weight loss. The authors note fasting cuts glucose and IGF-1 by more than half in mammals.
Heart & Blood
Tea and vegetables, but not fruit and coffee cut cardiovascular disease risk - Study
Among 148 Polish adults aged 40 to 70, high intakes of tea and vegetables went with lower levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine, a cardiovascular biomarker, after adjustment for age, sex, BMI and smoking. Fruit showed no association, and coffee correlated with higher risk.
Cancer
This Popular Nut Slashed Breast Cancer Risk in Mice by 50%
Mercola reports the FDA warned Diamond Food that citing peer-reviewed research on the omega-3 fats in walnuts would make the nuts "new drugs" needing approval, and urges support for the Free Speech about Science Act (HR 1364), which would let producers cite legitimate studies.
Cancer
Five Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Colon Cancer
AICR's review of the evidence concludes 45 percent of US colorectal cancers are preventable through a mostly plant-based diet, a healthy weight and physical activity. Excess body fat showed one of the strongest links, and visceral belly fat raises risk independently of weight.
Cancer
Your Greatest Weapon Against Breast Cancer (Not Mammograms)
Mercola argues against routine mammograms, saying the Institute of Medicine now acknowledges mammogram radiation as a factor in breast cancer, citing false positive rates up to six percent, and pointing to research that 30 percent of breast tumours go away on their own.
Cancer
Can Moderate Drinking Boost Breast Cancer Risk?
A JAMA study of 105,986 women in the Nurses' Health Study linked 3 to 6 drinks a week to a 15 percent higher risk of invasive breast cancer. The authors call it a small increase, tied most consistently to cumulative alcohol intake across adult life.
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