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Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center recently revealed that fried food consumption is linked with a higher risk of prostate cancer. In particular, the team of investigators found that consumption of deep-fried foods on a regular basis can have a stronger impact. These foods include items such as French fries, fried chicken, and doughnuts. They found that this effect has more of a connection with aggressive...

The novel Natural Sciences Repository aims to provide reliable information on various areas of scientific interest and presents it's content in the simplest words and terms possible. The site has now added the categories Acid Alkaline Diet and Enzyme to it's Acid section. The Diet category contains scientific information on the acid alkaline diet, which is a form of dietary practice based on the belief that several foods we consume leave an alkaline residue in the body. The second...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Our known healthy foods may be doing more harm than good! An extremely toxic metal commonly distributed in the environment and found in many farm fertilizers has been found to increase the risk of breast cancer. Dietary Cadmium, usually occurring at a low concentration naturally, has scientists concerned that the increasing contamination of farmland due to use of fertilizers and atmospheric deposition will lead to higher uptake in plants. "Because of a high...

Knocking back four or more cups of coffee a day for women may reduce the risk of developing cancer in the lining of their uterus, researchers reported Tuesday in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. The study, involving more than 67,000 nurses, found that women who drank 4 or more cups per day of coffee were one-quarter less likely to develop endometrial cancer than women who averaged less than a cup a day. The absolute risk that any one woman would develop the...

High dietary fiber intake was associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer when researchers used data from food diaries but not when they used data obtained from food frequency questionnaires, according to a study published online April 20 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.Previous studies have examined the issue of dietary fiber and risk of colorectal cancer, but the results have been inconsistent, particularly in studies that used food-frequency questionnaires (FFQs).In...

A naturally occurring chemical in french fries is raising concern as a potential human carcinogen, U.S. scientists said. Acrylamide, a byproduct of cooking high-carbohydrate foods at high temperatures, is present in a wide variety of roasted and baked foods, including cereals, bread and crackers, the Chicago Tribune reported Friday. Acrylamide has been linked to cancer in rats and is present in about 40 percent of processed food, said food safety consultant James Coughlin, a spokesman for...

According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a joint food safety commission has set rules to cut the level of cancer-causing chemicals in food.The Codex Alimentarius Commission, a cooperative body of the FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO), adopted 30 new standards and guidelines to protect consumers' health last week.The group passed measures to reduce acrylamide, a cancer-causing chemical, in carbohydrate-rich foods such as French fries, potato chips, coffee, and...

Colorectal cancer rates are dropping nationwide but the incidence among U.S. adults younger than age 50 has increased, researchers found. The study, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, said further studies are necessary to elucidate causes for this trend and to identify potential prevention and early detection strategies. Study leader Rebecca L. Siegel and colleagues theorized that the increases may be related to rising rates of obesity and changes in...

Asian-American women who ate a lot of soy during their childhood are significantly less likely to develop breast cancer than other women, even those who consume a lot of soy in adolescence and adulthood, according to a new study.Historically, breast cancer rates are four- to seven-times higher among white American women than women in China or Japan, researchers said. But when Asian women migrate to the United States, their breast cancer risk rises over several generations and eventually...

Asian-American women who ate higher amounts of soy during childhood had a 58 percent reduced risk of breast cancer, U.S. researchers said. Historically, breast cancer incidence rates have been four to seven times higher among white women in the United States than in women in China or Japan, Regina Ziegler, a senior investigator in the National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, said in a statement. However, when Asian women migrate to the United States, their...