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Cancer
What Common Foods May Kill Multi-Drug Resistant Cancers?
Green Med Info's tally of more than 60 studies puts curcumin first, with 26 studies on killing cancer cells including drug-resistant ones, and paprika second with six. Carotenoids, lycopene, sulforaphane, flavonoids and zeaxanthin also showed an effect.
Cancer
Drinking coffee may reduce risk of breast cancer
Postmenopausal women drinking five or more cups of coffee a day were 57 percent less likely to have ER-negative breast cancer than those drinking one or fewer, in a Swedish analysis of 2,818 cases and 3,111 controls. The study was not a trial and cannot show cause.
Cancer
Eating vegetables, fruits cuts risk of cervical cancer
A case-control study of 268 Uruguayan cervical cancer patients linked a mostly plant-based diet to 40 percent lower risk, while women eating red meat and drinking alcohol were 79 percent more likely to be diagnosed. Smoking showed no association in this group.
Diet
Must read: Low carb, high protein diet may help fight cancer, CORRECTED
Mice fed a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet grew both mouse and human tumours more slowly than mice on a calorie-matched Western diet, and had lower blood glucose, insulin and lactate. The effect added to that of the drugs CCI-779 and Celebrex.
Cancer
Sun CAN Actually Help Protect You Against Skin Cancer
Mercola argues sunscreen campaigns have left many people short of vitamin D, citing research that very low vitamin D is a major melanoma risk factor and studies in which melanoma patients with more sun exposure were less likely to die and had less aggressive tumours.
Diet
Want to reduce cancer risk? Eat like a mouse!
At North Carolina State, D.K. Carver's team fed laying hens either freely or at 45% of normal calories and saw a near five-fold drop in epithelial ovarian cancer. The restricted hens halved their mortality and ovulated 64% less often.
Cancer
Cancerous Cells Cannot Thrive Without This
Mercola highlights an MD Anderson review calling curcumin one of the most promising chemopreventive and anticancer agents, which reports that it works through epigenetic modulation: changing how DNA is regulated rather than altering the genes themselves.
Phytochemicals
Green tea helps immunity
The green tea compound EGCG blocked DNA methyltransferase and raised Foxp3 and regulatory T cells in lab tests and in mice, Oregon State researchers found, suggesting green tea may help maintain normal immunity. A separate study found green tea polyphenols delayed herpes lesions in mice.
Cancer
Major New Report: How Americans Can Lower Risk for Colorectal Cancer
A WCRF/AICR review upgraded the evidence that fiber-containing foods protect against colorectal cancer from probable to convincing, and reaffirmed convincing evidence that red and processed meat, excess body fat and inactivity raise risk.
Food
Use of soybean oil may boost cancer risk
Rats exposed to a carcinogen and fed 10 percent soybean oil for 44 weeks developed mammary tumours at 65.4 percent, against 26.6 percent among rats fed cow ghee, Indian researchers report. Tumours in the soybean oil group were heavier and appeared sooner.
Cancer
Eating too much red meat, processed meat boosts colorectal cancer
A WCRF/AICR update covering 263 studies published since 2007 found 3.5 ounces of red meat a day linked to 17% higher colorectal cancer risk, and more than 7 ounces a day to 34% higher. Fiber-rich plant foods were tied to lower risk.
Food
Strawberries Show Promise for Cancer Prevention
In a preliminary Ohio State study, 36 people with esophageal cancer ate freeze-dried strawberries, and 29 showed slowed or reduced growth of cancer cells. Tong Chen's team does not yet know which compound is responsible.
Cancer
Mediterranean diet cuts cancer risk - study
Scoring adherence among 142,605 men and 335,873 women in the EPIC cohort, researchers estimated that close adherence to a Mediterranean diet could avoid 4.7% of cancer cases in men and 2.4% in women. Each two-point rise in score corresponded to 4% lower risk.
Food
Want to grow taller? Eat lots of dairy products
Oxford's T.J. Key reports that men and women with high dairy protein intake carry higher circulating IGF-1, which plays a role in cancer and diabetes. An earlier Greek study of 795 children aged 10 to 11 tied four extra dairy servings a week to 0.4 cm more height in carriers of one IGF variant.
Food
Drinking this beverage may reduce cancer risk
A meta-analysis of 59 studies found regular coffee drinkers were 13 percent less likely to develop cancer, with heavy drinkers at 18 percent lower risk and each additional daily cup tied to a 3 percent reduction.
Food
Sugars may boost risk of certain cancers
Among 435,674 adults in the NIH-AARP study, added sugars tracked with higher esophageal adenocarcinoma risk, added fructose with small intestine cancer, and every sugar studied with pleural cancer. In women, all the sugars studied were inversely linked to ovarian cancer.
Food
Fructose Fuels Cancer More Than Other Sugars
A UCLA study found pancreatic cancer cells handled fructose and glucose differently and used fructose more readily to divide and proliferate, which the author takes as a reason for people fighting cancer to cut their fructose intake.
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