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Friday, December 12, 2008

How to Prevent Colorectal Cancer With a Good Diet

By Michael Byrd

Preventing colorectal cancer and your diet are most likely the same.

Your colon and rectum are responsible for lots of factors regarding nutrient absorption, water management and elimination of waste.

A scientist is not needed to tell you that a garbage in equals to a garbage out. Let's see what these experts have to say.

It was found that intake of red and processed meats are a major contributor of colorectal cancer. However, group of doctors in France are unconvinced by this "existing evidence." They've decided to make a comprehensive study for these themselves.

There were 478,040 men and women in a span of nearly five years that they followed before they have concluded that red and processed meat were a positive cause for colon cancer, adding that eating fish would reduce a person's risk. [Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 15;97:906-16]

This is not the only research that explains omega 3 oil, from fish is a factor in reducing colorectal cancer.

Doctors associated with the New York University Women's Health Study watched 14,727 women for 7 years. They found out that "a progressive decline in risk of colorectal cancer with increasing the intake of fish and shellfish."

Aside from that, they found that women who are inversely proportionate to the amount of calcium they consume also take a similar decline in its risk. This would mean that, a woman who takes most calcium will get the lowest risk.

But, they were not that confident about the red meat connection to the colorectal cancer as how our friends in France were. Actually, the doctors in NYU said that, the issue of associated of red meat to colorectal cancer "remains unclear." [Nutrition & Cancer, Vol. 28:276-81]

Also, a study out of Harvard suggests that it's not the read meat and fats which causes the problem but our "western" lifestyle itself.

They cited that a person, who's obese, physically inactive, has a diet low in vegetables and fruits while high in red meat and processed goods, contributes to one lifestyle that causes high levels of insulin in the blood!

It was explained by researchers that elevated blood insulin "promotes colon carcinogenesis" because insulin is a "growth factor" which causes cellular divisions of epithelial cells in the colon. [Cancer Causes & Control, Vol. 6, No. 2:164-79]

Curious what do we have to do to the colorectal cancer prevention and diet? It's pretty easy.

Stick in eating whole foods, with lots of green vegetables, fresh fruits, whole grains, fiber rich foods, continuous use of unprocessed oils, intake of lean meat like fish and chicken, low fat dairy and lots of pure water.

The studies suggest that it's very important to cut down the alcohol, practice more of stress management and exercising regularly is a must.

With these guidelines, you not only reduce the risk for colorectal cancer, but you reduce the risk of other cancer, heart diseases and diabetes too. In addition, you will also improve you vim, vigor and vitality. - 17274

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