Two New Studies Add Evidence That Animal Products Increase Cancer Risk, While Plant Foods Reduce It

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Two New Studies Add Evidence That Animal Products Increase Cancer

Risk, While Plant Foods Reduce It

 

A study published in the International Journal of Cancer evaluated

the role of dietary nutrients and the risk of endometrial cancer among 1,204

newly diagnosed endometrial cancer patients and 1,212 women without cancer in

China. Results showed that those who consumed the most animal products had

nearly four times the risk of cancer, compared with those whose diets were

derived primarily from plant sources. Cancer risk increased as protein and fat

from animal products was increased.

 

A second study, from the Journal of the National Cancer Institute,

examined the association between the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer and

dietary intake of plant lignans (a plant estrogen found in a variety of fruits,

vegetables, and cereal products). Among those who consumed the most plant

lignan, incidence of breast cancer was 17 percent lower than those who consumed

the least.

 

Touillaud MS, Thiebaut A, Fournier A, Niravong M, et al. Dietary

Lignan Intake and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk by Estrogen and Progesterone

Receptor Status. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007;99:475-486.

 

Xu W, Dai Q, Xiang Y, Zhao G, et al. Nutritional factors in relation

to endometrial cancer: A report from a population-based case-control study in

Shanghai, China. Int J Cancer. 2007;120:1776-1781.

 

 

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