Red meat and colon cancer link
Among the functional nutrition community, there is no doubt that a diet high in red meats can cause cancer. This was something I learned while getting my degree in nutrition, also. Recently there has been more research to explain why.
Researchers from the Medical Research Council Dunn Nutrition Unit in Cambridge, England studied cells from volunteers eating different diets. They discovered that red meat raises levels of compounds in the large bowel that alter DNA and increase the likelihood of cancer. Earlier research from the same team had earlier shown a strong correlation between eating read meat and the risk of colon cancer.
In their latest study, published in the journal Cancer Research, the scientists studied cells from the lining of the colon from people who consumed red meat, vegetarian, high red meat or high fiber diets for 15 days.
The chance of developing colorectal cancer was a third higher in people who regularly ate more than two portions of red or processed meat a day compared to someone who ate less than one portion a week.
A diet rich in fat, animal protein and refined carbohydrates and lack of exercise are risk factors for the illness. Most cases are in people over 60 years old and about 5 percent of them are inherited.
Colon cancer kills about 500,000 people per year, yet about 70% of these cancers can be prevented through diet and proper screening.
Take steps today to eliminate your risk!
To test your knowledge, click here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3296487/
Listen here.
Researchers from the Medical Research Council Dunn Nutrition Unit in Cambridge, England studied cells from volunteers eating different diets. They discovered that red meat raises levels of compounds in the large bowel that alter DNA and increase the likelihood of cancer. Earlier research from the same team had earlier shown a strong correlation between eating read meat and the risk of colon cancer.
In their latest study, published in the journal Cancer Research, the scientists studied cells from the lining of the colon from people who consumed red meat, vegetarian, high red meat or high fiber diets for 15 days.
The chance of developing colorectal cancer was a third higher in people who regularly ate more than two portions of red or processed meat a day compared to someone who ate less than one portion a week.
A diet rich in fat, animal protein and refined carbohydrates and lack of exercise are risk factors for the illness. Most cases are in people over 60 years old and about 5 percent of them are inherited.
Colon cancer kills about 500,000 people per year, yet about 70% of these cancers can be prevented through diet and proper screening.
Take steps today to eliminate your risk!
To test your knowledge, click here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3296487/
Listen here.
posted by Margie Geiser, MBA, RD, NSCA-CPT at
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