News reports saying red wine lowers breast cancer risk overstate the study. Thirty-six premenopausal women drank red wine one month and white the next, and researchers measured only hormones: red wine raised free testosterone and LH and lowered SHBG compared with white.
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News alert: study does not say red wine cuts breast cancer risk
The site cautions that the study compared red wine with white wine for their effect on estrogen, not with drinking nothing. A better hormone profile on red wine does not show it lowers breast cancer risk, and alcoholic beverages are recognized carcinogens.
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Red meat boosts kidney cancer risk - study
A National Cancer Institute cohort of 492,186 adults followed about nine years found people eating the most red meat, 62.7 grams a day, were 19 percent more likely to develop kidney cancer than those eating 9.8 grams, and twice as likely to develop papillary tumors.
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Red meat linked to high stroke risk - study
Following 84,010 women and 43,150 men for more than two decades, researchers reporting in Stroke found that swapping a daily serving of red meat for poultry, nuts, fish or dairy was linked to 10 to 27 percent lower stroke risk. Legumes and eggs made no difference.
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Beef, spam and sausage boost prostate cancer risk
The piece cautions that one Illinois man's recovery after proton therapy proves nothing, since many prostate cancers progress slowly and patients often survive untreated. It notes screening is not advised past age 70, because aggressive follow-up can do more harm, including loss of sexual function.
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Moderate red wine drinking may help cut women's breast cancer risk, Cedars-Sinai study shows
A Cedars-Sinai study found premenopausal women who drank eight ounces of red wine nightly for about a month had slightly lower estrogen and higher testosterone; white wine did not. An editor's note warns that alcoholic drinks are recognized as cancer-causing agents.
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How poor maternal diet can increase risk of diabetes -- new mechanism discovered (PR)
Researchers at Cambridge and the MRC Toxicology Unit report in Cell Death and Differentiation that rats and humans exposed to poor nutrition in the womb store fat less well in later life, letting it build up in the liver and muscle, where it is more likely to cause disease.
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Cancer News: Meat consumption boosts risk of colorectal cancer - study
Among 17,072 screening-trial participants, 1,008 of whom developed distal colorectal adenoma, the highest intakes of grilled meat, well-done meat and meat-derived mutagens matched 53 to 75 percent higher risk of rectal tumors. The highest dietary or supplemental iron intake ran the other way.
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Eating fruit and vegetables not enough to prevent weight gain in old people
Following nearly 374,000 adults in ten European countries for five years, researchers found those eating the most fruit and vegetables were no less likely to gain weight once calories, exercise and education were accounted for. Participants gained about a pound a year on average.
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Does soup really help you lose weight?
In an AICR question-and-answer column, Karen Collins says red grapefruit is not necessarily higher in antioxidants than white, though red and pink supply lycopene, and that starting a meal with a broth- or vegetable-based soup may help fill you up and cut calories.
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Eat This During Winter to Radically Reduce Your Risk of the Cold and Flu
Mercola makes the case for medicinal mushrooms as immune support in cold and flu season, crediting them with anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties and recommending a blend of organically grown species rather than a single type.
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Well-done meat ups pancreatic cancer risk
Over a 10-year follow-up of 62,581 screening-trial participants, University of Minnesota researchers found those with the highest intake of meat-derived mutagens such as heterocyclic amines and benzo(a)pyrene were 86 percent more likely than the lowest-intake group to develop pancreatic cancer.
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Infant formula linked to baby's death
Wal-Mart pulled Mead Johnson's Enfamil Newborn powder, lot ZP1K7G, after a 10-day-old Missouri baby died. Bacterial contamination is suspected but unconfirmed. The piece urges breastfeeding for at least six months.
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These Vilified Foods Help Build Hormones and Tame Your Appetite (Opinion)
Dr. Mercola argues the case against saturated fat rests on Ancel Keys's cherry-picked six-country comparison, and contends stearic acid does not affect cholesterol while palmitic and lauric acid raise “good” cholesterol as much as “bad.”
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Dairy products may raise cancer risk
Oxford's Timothy Key reports that blood IGF-1 tracks with breast and prostate cancer risk and that high dairy protein intake raises IGF-1. He cites work linking five or more daily servings of dairy to a 65% higher prostate cancer risk.
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Foods that make your sex better
A list of foods said to help sex drive: capsaicin in chillies boosts circulation, asparagus and avocado supply folate, oysters and pumpkin seeds provide zinc for testosterone, chocolate contains phenylethylamine, and resveratrol in red wine aids blood flow.
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Starch intake may affect risk of breast cancer recurrence
Among 2,651 breast cancer survivors followed seven years, 14.2 percent of women who raised their starch intake over the first year had another breast cancer event, against 9.7 percent of those who cut it. The findings were presented at a symposium.
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Drinking alcohol raises breast cancer risk
Women drinking up to six glasses of wine a week were 15 percent more likely to develop breast cancer than non-drinkers, possibly through alcohol's effect on estrogen. Fewer than three drinks a week showed no increase, and researcher Wendy Chen calls the added risk small.
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