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What Are Phytonutrients and What Have They Done For Me Lately?
Nutrition scientists think that plants have small amounts of numerous “bioactive compounds,” sometimes referred to as phytonutrients, that protect us against disease. Many scientific studies have...
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Another Sacred Cow Slaughtered: Fruits and Vegetables DON’T Prevent Cancer
We’ve been told by the authorities repetitively that eating plenty of fruits and vegetables will lower our risk of cancer. However, a recent study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition says...
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Cancer and Diabetes: Any Connection?
Type 2 diabetes is associated with higher incidence of several cancers: liver, pancreas, uterus, colo-rectal, breast, and bladder. On a brighter note, diabetics have lower risk of prostate cancer....
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Mediterranean Diet Lowers Risk of Breast Cancer
A study in the current issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition associates the Mediterranean diet with lower risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. The data derive from the Greek...
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Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet
The enduring popularity of the Mediterranean diet is attributable to three things: 1. Taste 2. Variety 3. Health benefits For our purposes today, I use “diet” to refer to the usual...
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Book Review: Zest For Life – The Mediterranean Anti-Cancer Diet
I recently read Zest For Life: The Mediterranean Anti-Cancer Diet, by Conner Middelmann-Whitney. I give it five stars per Amazon.com’s rating system. ♦ ♦ ♦ The lifetime risk of developing invasive...
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Got Spare Time?: Track Your Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acid Consumption
One of the major changes in the Western diet over the last century has been the increase in our consumption of omega-6 fatty acids, primarily in the form of industrial seed oils. Examples include oils...
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Meat and Mortality
Red meat and processed meat consumption are associated with “modest” increases in overall mortality and deaths from cancer and cardiovascular disease, according to National Institutes of Health...
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Bladder Cancer Linked With Diabetes Drugs in Thiazolidinedione Class
MedPage Today reports that thiazolidinediones (aka glitazones) are linked to development of bladder cancer. Pioglitazone is the most commonly used TZD in the U.S. From the article: The increased risk...
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Which Diseases Do Vegetables and Fruits Prevent?
Potential answers are in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2012). I quote: For hypertension, coronary heart disease, and stroke, there is convincing evidence that increasing the consumption...
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Exercise Reduces Risk of Prostate Cancer
…according to an article in MedPageToday. For unknown reasons, diabetics are less likely than average to get prostate cancer, but they still do. In a prospective study, white men suspected of prostate...
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Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Prevents Cancer, Too
…according to a report in MedPageToday. Type 2 diabetes is linked to higher incidence of several cancers: liver, pancreas, uterus, colo-rectal, breast, and bladder. On a brighter note, diabetics have...
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Why Do I Recommend Nuts to All My Patients?
Conner Middelmann-Whitney explains in her recent post at Psychology Today. In a nutshell, they are linked to longer life and better health. For example: In the largest study of its kind, Harvard...
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Live Longer and Reduce Risk of Cancer and Heart Disease With Vegetables and...
MedPageToday has some of the details. A quote: The largest benefits were seen in people who ate seven or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day compared with those who ate less than one serving,...
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Higher risk of cancer before and after diabetes diagnosis
The lifetime probability of an individual developing invasive cancer in the U.S. is about 4 in 10 (40%). A little higher in men (45%), a little lower in women (38%). The good news is that cancer death...
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Can we target cancer with ketogenic diets? Can you help?
Richard David Feinman is raising money for ground-breaking research that may help cure cancer. I think it’s a worthy cause. Dr. Feinman writes: “We have a good deal of enthusiasm in the...
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Night shift work does NOT raise breast cancer risk, new study finds
MNT has the details: “In 2007, the World Health Organization published a review that concluded night shift work is likely to raise the risk of cancer, particularly breast cancer. A new review of more...
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From P.D. Mangan: Higher Altitude Means Much Lower Death Rates
I quote: “Death rates from both of these cancers [breast in women, colon in men] were about half as high at an altitude of greater than 1000 meters (3300 feet). The study also found about a 30%...
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Which Cancers Does Exercise Prevent?
I’ve always assumed that exercise reduces the risk of cancer, contributing to the well-established fact that folks who exercise live longer than others. But a recent study found a positive association...
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Mediterranean Diet With Extra Olive Oil May Prevent Breast Cancer
A Mediterranean-style diet with supplemental extra-virgin olive oil seemed to reduce the incidence of breast cancer in a Spanish population. This is consistent with prior observational studies that...
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