Lab Notes: What, and How Much, Americans Eat Each Year
Yesterday's top story: Latest data on average American’s diet includes 42 pounds of corn syrup, 31.4 pounds of cheese, 29 pounds of french fries, 24 pounds of ice cream, 23 pounds of pizza, and 46.5 pounds of pork per year, washed down with over a gallon of soda per week.
Lab Notes: Women with HIV Have Antibodies in Breast Milk; Gene that Controls Sperm Maturation Found
Yesterday's top story: Duke University researchers have found that women in Malawi infected with HIV have antibody-producing B cells in their breast milk that can neutralize the virus, which explains why the majority of babies do not get infected due to breastfeeding.
Lab Notes: Doctors Still Rushing Exams, Say Patients; Unhealthy Ritual: Calcium Pill, Heart Attack
Yesterday's top story: Many patients think doctors are rushing exams, but they're explaining things well nevertheless, finds a new poll.
Lab Notes: Stroller Brigade Rolls into DC to Help Kids; Early Warning Sign for Sudden Cardiac Death
Yesterday's top story: Activists known as The Stroller Brigade call for the passage of the Safe Chemicals Act, which would crack down on toxic chemicals used in household products.
Puncturing Two Myths: 'Fast Food is The Worst' and 'Healthy Food is Expensive Food'
Two misconceptions, debunked: that fast food is unhealthier than casual restaurant fare, and that healthy food is more expensive than unhealthy food.
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Lab Notes / Tags / Page C / Vitamin Supplements May Cut Colon Cancer Risk
Might Help a Poor Diet
Vitamin Supplements May Cut Colon Cancer Risk
Researchers publishing in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (CJPP) have reported that taking multivitamin-mineral supplements may help reduce the risk of colon cancer. Rats that were fed high-fat, low-fiber diets, a known risk factor for cancer, were divided into six groups and exposed to different combinations of dietary supplements and carcinogens. The carcinogenesis induced in the study rats mimicked that of human colon cancer. Those animals that received a multivitamin showed a significant (84 percent) reduction in the formation of pre-cancerous lesions and did not develop tumors. The authors suggest that the nutrients provided in the supplements contribute a chemoprotective effect.
More at Medical News Net | Posted 4 months ago by Denise Reynolds
Previously: Omega-3's Cut Colon Cancer Risk, High Glycemic Diet Not a Risk Factor for Colon Cancer
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There is no conclusive evidence but there is evidence as stated above that a low-fat, high-fiber diet may reduce the risk of colon cancer.
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