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Starch Intake May Influence Risk For Breast Cancer Recurrence

December 10, 2011 By

Researchers have linked increased starch intake to a greater risk for breast cancer recurrence, according to results presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011.

“The results show that it’s not just overall carbohydrates, but particularly starch,” said Jennifer A. Emond, M.S., a public health doctoral student at the University of California, San Diego. “Women who increased their starch intake over one year were at a much likelier risk for recurring.”

Researchers conducted a subset analysis of 2,651 women who participated in the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Dietary Intervention Trial, a plant-based intervention trial that enrolled about 3,088 survivors of breast cancer. WHEL researchers studied breast cancer recurrence and followed the participants for an average of seven years. [Read more...]

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Eating White Bread And Pasta Could Increase Risk Of Breast Cancer Returning In Patients

December 9, 2011 By

Eating plenty of cereal, bread and potatoes may boost the risk of breast cancer recurring in survivors, say scientists.

A study found that former sufferers who followed a starch-rich diet were more likely to develop tumours compared to those who reduced their intake.

Researchers are unable to explain the trend but it is believed that increased insulin levels, sparked by refined carbohydrates, could stimulate the growth of cancerous cells.

A team from University of California, San Diego, studied the diets of 2,651 breast cancer survivors over 12 months.

They found that carbohydrates in general – especially starches – were linked to the risk of new tumours developing.

The rate of recurrence was 14.2 per cent among women who increased their starch intake while it was 9.7 per cent for those who decreased their consumption. [Read more...]

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7 Chemical-Loaded Foods You Should Probably Stop Eating

December 6, 2011 By

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, right? Not if they’re store-bought.

This month, Prevention magazine published a list of common grocery store foods that are doused in so many toxins and chemicals that experts and farmers wouldn’t dare eat them.

Here’s what they came up with:

1. Canned Tomatoes

    The natural acidity of tomatoes increases the rate that bisphenol-A —a chemical found in the lining of metal cans — enters food.

2. Corn-fed Beef

    Cows pumped with grains are lower in nutrients and higher in saturated fats than cows that are fed grass. [Read more...]

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Would-be Moms, Say No To Coffee At Cafes

December 3, 2011 By

Mothers-to-be please note: Pregnant women who drink coffee at popular cafes may unwittingly be putting their unborn baby’s health at risk, researchers have warned.

An analysis of espressos from 20 coffee shops in the UK by researchers from Glasgow University found big variations in the amount of caffeine in each cup they offer.

Worryingly, the strongest example contained more than 50% more caffeine in a single cup than a pregnant woman is advised to take over the course of an entire day, the Daily Mail reported. [Read more...]

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Can Mother’s Diet During Pregnancy Change Child’s Food Preference?

November 28, 2011 By

What if a mother could predispose her child to like broccoli or Brussels sprouts — or at least not make a face and spit it out — by what she ate during pregnancy?

Some health care practitioners are suggesting that if mothers include a wide range of foods in their diet during pregnancy, they can shape their children’s food preferences later in life. Those choices, researchers say, have the potential to reduce the risks of diabetes and obesity.

The concept is called prenatal flavor learning.

The flavor and odors of what mothers eat show up in the amniotic fluid, which is swallowed by the fetus, and in breast milk. There is evidence that fetal taste bud are mature in utero by 13 to 15 weeks, with taste receptor cells appearing at 16 weeks, according to researchers. [Read more...]

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4 Cups Coffee A Day May Keep Womb Cancer At Bay

November 25, 2011 By

Women, please note – drinking four cups of coffee a day could help you keep womb cancer at bay, a new study has claimed.

Researchers at Harvard School of Public Health have found a link between regular consumption of coffee and lower risk of developing endometrial cancer, the most common form of the disease.

Women who drank four or more cups a day over many years were 25% less likely to develop the disease than those who limited themselves to less than a cup daily, the 26-year study of 70,000 women found.

Both caffeinated and decaffeinated varieties seemed to help ward off the disease, although tea had no effect-They said, “Increasing exercise and maintaining normal body weight are the most important ways to prevent endometrial cancer. Additional strategies are needed and dietary habits such as coffee drinking could provide one option.” [Read more...]

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Coffee Can Lower Cancer Risk in Women, Study Says

November 23, 2011 By

Drinking two or more cups of coffee a day may lower women’s risk of developing endometrial cancer, American researchers found.

Scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health analyzed the effect of coffee intake on 67,470 women and found that 672 developed endometrial cancers, which affect the lining of the uterus, over a 26-year period.

Those who drank more than four cups of coffee a day were 25 percent less likely to develop the cancer, while those who had two or three cups had a reduced risk of seven percent, according to the study, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. [Read more...]

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