Western Diets Increase The Risk of Colon Cancer
Written by WTJ on January 2, 2010 – 2:00 pm -
A team of researchers at Rockefeller University found that Western diet, which is high in fat, and low in fiber, vitamin D and calcium, is associated with colorectal cancer.
Researchers found that high fat diets induce inflammatory response in mice colon, and such inflammation could be the cause for carcinogenesis in mice colon. Carcinogenic process is a process normal cells are transformed into cancer cells. High fat diets will induce oxidative stress and alter immune responses, and this will eventually increases the risk of colorectal cancer.
The result was published in November 2009 issue of The Journal of Nutrition.
Colon cancer is a deadly disease that affects millions of people around the world today and appears to be the third most common form of cancer worldwide. There are also evidence shows that consumption of red meat, processed meat and alcohol are also likely to increase the risk of colorectal cancer.
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January 6th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Thanks for the nice post.
The high fat diet is really need to be avoided in our daily meals. Avoid it or minimize it.
January 11th, 2010 at 12:56 am
Good job here. Looking forward for the new post. Thanks