Is There a Link Between Dietary Fat and Cancer Risk?
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When I read things like this it makes me wonder is there anything that doesn’t casue cancer? There are so many terrible diseases that are out today and so much information about them I will for sure be reading more on this study and blogging about is as I learn more.
Healthy Skepticism Fat or Fiction? Is There a Link Between Dietary Fat and Cancer Risk? Why Two Big Studies Reached Different Conclusions
Special to The Washington Post
The public is bombarded with messages about diet and cancer prevention. Unfortunately, the advice is pretty inconsistent. One day a diet prevents cancer, the next day it doesn’t. In the early ’90s, beta carotene (a vitamin A precursor present in fruits and vegetables) was said to prevent lung cancer. But several years later, headlines read, “Beta carotene pills yield no benefit” (The Post, 1996). And while people have been told for years to eat a high-fiber diet to reduce the risk of colon cancer, recently we were told “High-fiber diets are not anti-cancer miracle” (Montreal Gazette, 2005).
