Whole Grains Cut Risk of Pancreatic Cancer by 40 Percent

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As reported at The Best Years in Life Health News

 

Note: This is not gonna please some of the Mercolaite "no-grainers", but for me it is a no-brainer -

Whole Grains Cut Risk of Pancreatic Cancer by 40 Percent

6/9/2008 - (NaturalNews)

Eating a diet high in whole grains and other fiber-rich foods can

drastically lower a person's risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a

study conducted by researchers from the University of California at San

Francisco and published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

 

"There is a possibility that diet can affect one's risk of pancreatic,

as well as other cancers," researcher June M. Chan said, "and that

eating a diet rich in a wide variety of grains is likely to not only

help in the prevention of diabetes and heart disease, but also this

very deadly cancer."

 

Researchers examined grain intake among 2,233 Bay Area residents, 532

of whom had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The age, body weight

and gender distributions were similar among those who did and did not

have cancer, but the cancer patients were more likely to be smokers.

 

The researchers found that those who ate two or more servings of whole

grains per day had a 40 percent lower risk of developing pancreatic

cancer than those who ate less than one serving daily. Similarly, those

who ate 26.5 grams or more of fiber daily had a 35 percent lower risk

of contracting pancreatic cancer than those who ate 15.6 grams or less.

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