Cancer, Cancer Treatment

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Data from the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study show that higher than normal insulin levels are an independent risk factor for breast cancer.

Study investigators, led by Dr. Marc J. Gunter at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York, examined the association between breast cancer and blood parameters at study entry in 835 women who later developed breast cancer and 816 who did not. All of the women were postmenopausal and none were diabetic at baseline.

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Monday October 13, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) — In the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we will publish a series of reports on studies and others on the disease to raise readers’ awareness of the fact that breast cancer is a preventable disease.

A study published in the Nov. 2008 issue of British Journal of Nutrition identified a dietary pattern that was linked to increased risk of breast cancer.

The study led by Schulz M and colleagues from German Institute of Human Nutrition in Germany was meant to determine if certain diet pattern is associated with risk of breast cancer.

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If you saw an ad on TV for candy bars referred to as “all natural foods” or cookies called “high fiber foods” you probably wouldn’t believe they’re really healthy. However, some multi billion dollar corporations are now spending millions of dollars each year to persuade the general public that their products are healthy, regardless of the ingredients. Some of those ingredients, like artificial sweeteners, hydrogenated oils and trans fats, have been linked to serious, life threatening diseases. Other ingredients are cleverly disguised as high fiber foods or healthy all natural foods, when in fact they are just more processed junk food.

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If you saw an ad on TV for candy bars referred to as “all natural foods” or cookies called “high fiber foods” you probably wouldn’t believe they’re really healthy. However, some multi billion dollar corporations are now spending millions of dollars each year to persuade the general public that their products are healthy, regardless of the ingredients. Some of those ingredients, like artificial sweeteners, hydrogenated oils and trans fats, have been linked to serious, life threatening diseases. Other ingredients are cleverly disguised as high fiber foods or healthy all natural foods, when in fact they are just more processed junk food.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Data from the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study show that higher than normal insulin levels are an independent risk factor for breast cancer.

Study investigators, led by Dr. Marc J. Gunter at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York, examined the association between breast cancer and blood parameters at study entry in 835 women who later developed breast cancer and 816 who did not. All of the women were postmenopausal and none were diabetic at baseline.

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