How Diet Influences Cancer Risk
Diet is a double edged sword. Improper diet increases the risk of cancer but a proper, well balanced diet reduces the cancer risk. Diet is one of the most important lifestyle factors and has been estimated to account for up to 80% of cancers of the large bowel, breast, and prostate. Diet affects the risk of many other cancers, including cancers of the lung, prostate, stomach, esophagus and pancreas.Prostate Cancer: High consumption of meat, especially red meat, substantially increases the risk of prostate cancer. Vegetables, especially cooked tomatoes, reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
In one clinical trial, the role of Vitamin E as a prostate cancer reducing factor was established. In this study there was a 32% decrease in prostate cancer incidence and 41% decrease in prostate cancer mortality in people receiving Vitamin E supplements when compared to controls. Breast Cancer: In Japan, people consume Tofu, a soya product. It contains isoflavones that moderate the estrogen receptors in the body such as breast tissue. The incidence of breast cancer is low in Japan when compared to Western women; only 1/4th of the mortality rate of Western women.
Japanese women's low fat diet, high fish consumption and drinking green tea also decrease their breast cancer risk. One case control study found that regular consumption of soy foods was associated with a marked decrease in breast cancer risk in premenopausal women. No effect in post-menopausal women. A Japanese case-control study also found that tofu intake (3 times/wk compared with less than 3 times/wk) was associated with decreased risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women. Again, soy intake was not protective against post-menopausal breast cancer.
In one study conducted in America, the relation between soy intake and breast cancer risk found that tofu consumption was protective in both premenopausal and post menopausal Asian women. Lung Cancer: Lung cancer risk is substantially decreased by a variety of carotenoids. Carotenoids act as antioxidants and thus minimize cell damage. One study in Boston focused on the effect of different types of carotenoids on lung cancer risk. It was observed that lung cancer risk was significantly lower in subjects who consumed a diet high in a variety of carotenoids.
This was especially true with non-smokers who had 63% less risk. One study conducted in Hawaii reported further evidence for a protective effect from certain carotenoids against lung cancer and that greater protection was afforded by consuming a variety of vegetables compared to only foods rich in a particular carotenoid. Stomach Cancer: Nitrates in food and other preservatives added to food including meat are converted into 'nitrites' in the human stomach. The nitrites undergo nitrosation to form 'nitrosamines' and 'nitrosamides'. This increases the risk of stomach cancer in people eating vegetables from nitrate rich soil.
In one study, Vitamin C appeared to protect against the risk of stomach cancer by inhibiting formation of nitrates in stomach. Cancer of the stomach is 5 times more common in Japanese people compared to Western populations. When Japanese people migrated to the United States, they progressively acquired the low incidence of the US due to changes in their diets. In one study conducted in Hawaii that involved both Japanese and Caucasians, the stomach cancer risk was associated with consumption of rice, pickled vegetables, and dried/salted fish, and a negative association with vitamin C intake. One ecological study in Belgium showed a relation between the nitrate and salt consumption and stomach cancer.
The analysis of this model showed that the significance of nitrate as a risk factor for stomach cancer mortality increased markedly with higher sodium levels. Dietary habits and stomach cancer risk was studied in Shanghai, China. According to this study, risks of stomach cancer were inversely associated with high consumption of several food groups, including fresh vegetables and fruits, poultry, eggs, plant oil, and some nutrients such as protein, fat, fiber, tea and antioxidant vitamins. By contrast, risks increased with increasing consumption of dietary carbohydrates, frequent consumption of preserved, salty or fried foods and hot soup/porridge, with irregular meals, speed eating and binge eating. This provides evidence that diet plays a major role in stomach cancer risk.
No single food can completely prevent cancer but a balanced combination of different groups can help. Appropriate diet can prevent 3-4 million cancers each year..
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How many of us have been on diets at one or many times in our lives. Basically diets don't work. If you want to lose weight permanently ? adopt a healthy eating regime. Eat less and exercise more!1. Water.
If you're thirsty you're already dehydrated. The majority of us don't tend to drink enough during the day. If you drink a lot of tea and coffee to keep you going then these have a diuretic effect so you should be drinking water to compensate.Have a glass of water first thing in the morning and last thing at night ? your body loses a lot of water while you're asleep ? not only if it's warm and you sweat a lot but just going 8 hours (if you're so lucky) without food or drink it's going to be dehydrated.Dehydration can also be mistaken for hunger ? have a glass of water first before reaching for a snack or eating a meal.2. Fruit & Veg. Fruit and vegetables provide you with vitamins, minerals and fibre to help keep your body healthy.
Eat a piece of fruit or drink fresh juice...
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Protein - The Denominator Customary to All Diets
The Human Body is in a constant flux with the environment. Matter and molecules flow in and out, casting themselves into its complexities. Although the body lends them structure, it is the intake?the diet?that decides its physique. To control what goes in a diet is to choose what stays inside. Dietary decisions reflect an awareness of metabolism and the nutrients needed to modify it.
There may be a host of diets purported for each activity and illness. However, the one macronutrient that is invariably required, in substantial amounts irrespective of the physiological state, is protein.Proteins hold this special place in every diet for a variety of reasons. They connect the DNA to the rest of the cell and modulate all cellular functions and responses. They are the scaffolds of the human body that struts a billion cells. Proteins are also the workers that shuffle around the body relaying messages, carrying out repairs and digestion.
Oxygen from the lungs and many nutrients...
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Why You Should Take Nutritional Supplements
Copyright 2005 Wesley Atkins
Few things have been as controversial as nutritional supplements have been recently.
Depending on who you listen to, they are either the answer to any problem you have or they are the devil incarnate.
The truth about nutritional supplements, though, is really somewhere in between.
Nutritional supplements are more widely used now than in other time in history.
This is because many people have turned to nutritional supplements in order to fill the gaps in what they know to be unhealthy diets that don't meet the minimum daily requirements for many, many necessary vitamins and minerals.
Others have turned to nutritional supplements in order to enhance everything from their workout regimes to their memory and mental functions.
Considering the controversy over whether it's safe to take nutritional supplements or not, you probably wonder just what you can really expect from taking nutritional...
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Keep the Sweet in New Year’s Diets with XyloSweet
OREM, UT (ContentDesk) December 30, 2005 -- Millions of people across the country are about to commit to one of the most common New Years resolutions; going on a diet. In addition to eating less and exercising more, many people are determined to start cooking healthier foods. Unfortunately, in many minds, healthy is often synonymous with no flavor, or no sweets. With XyloSweet (http://www.xlear.com/xylosweet/) from Xlear, Inc., dieters will not only reduce their daily calories and carbohydrates, they can keep the sweet, flavorful foods in their diets.XyloSweet is an all natural xylitol sweetener that provides a safe way for weight conscious individuals, and even diabetics, to sweeten everything from their morning beverage to their banana bread. XyloSweet can be exchanged for common table sugar at a one-to-one ratio, and because it dissolves, mixes and behaves like sugar, it can be used in most recipes that call for common...
Keep the Sweet in New Year’s Diets with XyloSweet
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Startling New Evidence: You Can Slow the Aging Process, Scientists Say
Six years ago, government scientists announced what may be the most important news of your lifetime. Did you get the memo?_____________________________What if you could actually slow your rate of aging, and live healthier longer, simply by eating certain foods? U.S. Government scientists now say it's possible. Floyd P. Horn, then Administrator of the scientific research arm of the USDA, broke the exciting news in February 1999.
"Young and middle-aged people," said Horn, "may be able to reduce risk of diseases of aging -- including senility -- simply by adding high-ORAC foods to their diets."I don't know about you, but I find that statement tremendously exciting: "simply by adding high-ORAC foods."Buddy, Can You Spare Some ORAC? Unfortunately, most Americans have no idea that there may be a simple solution to preventing- or at least postponing- the ravages of decline, disease, and feeble old age.ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. It's a test developed by the USDA...
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The Original Ceylon Tea Company Introduces: 3 Delicious New Ways to Savor the Health Benefits of Green Tea
The fact that green tea provides fabulous health properties is undisputed.
But, when it comes to taste, it's simply not everyone's cup of tea.The Original Ceylon Tea Company is out to change all that with the introduction of its Green Line?three pure, high mountain-grown green teas from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) featuring natural Lemon, Raspberry and Jasmine flavoring."Green tea is such a healthy drink," says The Original Ceylon Tea Company president Kit Riley, "but not everyone loves the flavor.
With our Green Line, we're going to give them 3 reasons to love drinking green tea and they'll get the health benefits as an added bonus."What makes green tea such a powerful addition to healthy lifestyles is that it is rich in catechin polyphenols, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).
EGCG is a powerful antioxidant that provides health benefits beyond the ability to neutralize free radicals.
It is also shown to limit cancer tumor growth, inhibit cancer...
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7,389,432 Weight Loss Tips Guaranteed To Help You Lose Weight!
Copyright 2006 Donovan Baldwin
A week or so ago, I was in the check-out line at the supermarket and saw a blurb on the cover of a magazine.
The headline read: "Breakthrough! FAT LOSS VITAMIN!", and the text beneath it said, "95% of us don't get enough.
Safely boost your intake and:
*Lose 5 lbs a week!
*Burn 30% more fat every day!
The magazine was Woman's World.
Being in the business of health, fitness, diet and weight loss, this claim intrigued me so I threw a copy of the magazine in the buggy, and read the article when I got home.
Very briefly, here's what the article had to say:
Most people don't get enough Vitamin C, and Vitamin C can help your body burn more fat.
Now, this was interesting, and since I believe most people don't get the nutrients they need, I was willing to go along with the idea of increasing your normal intake of Vitamin C, either by increasing the...
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Georgia Catering Company Offers New Low Carb Drinkable Desserts for Chocolate Lovers
A specialty catering company in Alpharetta, Ga., says, "Pity the poor carb counters no more." Coinciding with the annual Valentine's Day chocolate overload, Mocha My Day Mobile Espresso is launching a new drink menu that will allow carb counters to once again imbibe in the pleasures of chocolate. Quite literally, they want you to drink it."For more than five years now, we have specialized in creating ?drinkable desserts' for parties and special events. Guests at our parties get to choose from...
Georgia Catering Company Offers New Low Carb Drinkable Desserts for Chocolate Lovers
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Why is Hoodia such a sought after weight loss supplement?
Hoodia Gordonii is an unambitious little South African desert cactus type plant that has a big future ahead of it. A gift from the native San people who live in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa, this tiny plant the natives' call "Xhoba" has already began impacting the world of weight loss with its extraordinary hunger stopping traits. What the Aboriginal San Bushmen have known for a long time and the rest of us are merely beginning to realize is that Hoodia has appetite suppressant qualities...
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For Stay at Home Moms
Running a full time home base business is difficult, especially when you are trying to give your children the attention they deserve. Most stay at home moms try too hard to balance the family life with their business, and is only thinking of the financial part instead of setting up a plan from the beginning. This is the reason that so many mothers choose to work at home.
They want to establish some type of financial standings while still being able to watch over their children...
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