Analysing 5,350 Whitehall II participants over an average 16 years, researchers found those eating a Western-type diet heavy in red and processed meat, whole dairy and fried food more likely to die early and to develop heart disease, stroke, cancer and mental health disorders.
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Is Milk Really Good for You? Many Say No
Milk drinking falls every year as teenagers, dieters, athletes and lactose-intolerant people skip it, and Benjamin Spock in later years advised against it after age two. Marketers blame fortified juices and have tried YouTube spoofs and cartoons to win kids back.
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More Bad News For Red Meat
Martha Rosenberg catalogs two decades of bad press for red meat, from mad cow cases and the downer-cow recall to bestselling exposes, celebrity meat-free diets, swine flu linked to pig farms, and nerve damage among pork slaughterhouse workers.
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Alcohol-drinking postmenopausal women more likely to die from breast cancer
Among 9,329 early-stage breast cancer patients, those drinking 6 grams or more of alcohol a day showed no overall increase in recurrence, though postmenopausal drinkers had a 19 percent higher recurrence risk. Alcohol intake was not linked to mortality.
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Deep-fried foods boost prostate cancer
In a study of 1,549 prostate cancer cases and 1,492 controls, men eating French fries, fried chicken, fried fish or doughnuts at least once a week were 37, 30, 32 and 35 percent more likely to be diagnosed. The association was stronger for more aggressive disease.
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Suicide Burger among Five Worst Fast-Food Secret Menu Items
A Physicians Committee report analyzed off-menu fast-food items, whose calories need not be posted in restaurants, and ranked McDonald's Monster Mac worst at 1,390 calories, 2,920 milligrams of sodium and 92 grams of fat. Nutrition director Susan Levin calls the loophole deceptive.
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Alcohol linked to prostate cancer
A case-control study of 947 prostate cancer cases and 1,039 controls in Alberta found men with the highest lifetime alcohol intake were up to 78 percent more likely to have non-aggressive prostate cancer and up to twice as likely to have aggressive disease. Only beer showed a clear link.
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Organic Tomatoes, While Smaller, are More Nutritious than Conventional Counterpart, Study Shows
A PLOS One study found tomatoes grown to organic standards carry 139 percent more phenolic content than conventionally grown ones, though the fruits are smaller. Mercola also advises against canned tomatoes and sauces, whose can liners may contain the endocrine disruptor BPA.
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The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food
Mercola blames processed food for much of US chronic disease, citing an American Diabetes Association report that 22.3 million people had diabetes in 2012, up from 17.5 million in 2007, and points to crop subsidies, marketing and the engineered addictiveness of junk food.
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High coffee intake linked to lower breast cancer risk
Women drinking more than five cups of coffee a day were 29 percent less likely to have breast cancer in an Ontario case-control study of 3,062 cases and 3,427 controls, with a larger drop for ER-negative disease. Total caffeine intake showed no link, and the design cannot show cause.
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Those eating organic diet live longer
Fruit flies raised on organic diets outperformed flies on non-organic diets across health measures including fertility and longevity, a new study found. The item also notes an industry-sponsored Stanford study that reported no advantage for organic food.
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Is fish good for the heart?
Harvard researchers found blood levels of long-chain monounsaturated fatty acids, found in fish, poultry and whole grains, tracked with congestive heart failure in two cohorts: top-quintile 22:1 and 24:1 levels carried 34% to 92% higher risk than the lowest quintile.
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Fructose can lead to liver disease
A Hepatology report says growing evidence ties fructose intake to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and its progression, though whether fructose alone causes it remains unknown. The authors argue the evidence already supports advising people to cut foods and drinks high in added sugars.
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Woman drinking too much tea develops bone diseases
A New England Journal of Medicine case report describes a 47-year-old woman with severe pain in her back, arms, legs and hips who lost teeth after nearly 20 years of drinking large amounts of highly concentrated tea; her fluoride level was more than four times the average.
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Green tea, black tea help prevent colon cancer
Researchers found the green tea compound EGCG and tea metabolites such as 3,4-DHPAA slowed the growth of colon cancer cells in vitro, with 3-O-methylgallic acid the most potent. Drinking green or black tea raised urinary and serum phenolic acids.
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Low-Fat Milk Does Not Prevent or Reverse Childhood Obesity
Tracking milk consumption and weight in 10,700 children at ages 2 and 4, researchers found those drinking 1 percent or skim milk were more likely to be overweight or obese, suggesting the American Academy of Pediatrics' low-fat milk advice does not curb weight.
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High-Fat Dairy Intake Linked to Mortality
Researchers followed 1,893 women treated for early-stage breast cancer for 12 years. Those eating one or more servings of high-fat dairy a day, versus almost none, had a 64 percent higher risk of dying overall and a 44 percent higher risk of dying from breast cancer.
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Study: Probiotics reduce stress-induced intestinal flare-ups
A University of Michigan study in Gastroenterology reports that stress does not cause irritable bowel syndrome but alters brain-gut interactions and suppresses an inflammasome needed to maintain normal gut microbiota. In animal models, probiotics reversed that suppression.
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