"Diet affects cancer both directly and indirectly. Nutrients directly impact the mechanisms by which cancer cells grow and spread. They indirectly help control the cancer by changing the surrounding biochemical conditions that either encourage or discourage the progression of malignant disease. The bottom line is that what you eat can spell the difference between conquering your disease and having it rage out of control.
Here are some examples of findings from recent studies that support the importance of diet in fighting cancer:
* Diets high in fat and refined carbohydrates make you more likely to become overweight, which in turn increases your risk of tumor recurrences. (8) Obese men are at significantly greater risk of developing more aggressive prostate cancer. (9)
* Dietary fats can impair the body's anti-cancer defenses by depressing the activity of natural killer (NK) cells, while a low-fat diet markedly increases NK activity. (10,11,12) Natural killer cells play a key role in preventing metastasis.
* Obese breast cancer patients are two to four times more likely to experience a recurrence than women of normal weight. (13)
For every additional 10 percentage points of calories derived from fat in the diet of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients -- by going from 25 percent to 35 percent of calories from fat -- the risk of recurrence approximately doubles. (14) An increase of 10 percentage points is alarmingly easy: just add four ounces of beef, four ounces of mozzarella cheese (about the size of three nine-volt batteries) [or a HALF CUP OF DAIYA VEGAN CHEESE... same fat grams amount], a cup of ice cream, or four pats of butter [OR EARTH BALANCE... same fat grams amount] to your daily intake and you're there.
Here are some examples of findings from recent studies that support the importance of diet in fighting cancer:
* Diets high in fat and refined carbohydrates make you more likely to become overweight, which in turn increases your risk of tumor recurrences. (8) Obese men are at significantly greater risk of developing more aggressive prostate cancer. (9)
* Dietary fats can impair the body's anti-cancer defenses by depressing the activity of natural killer (NK) cells, while a low-fat diet markedly increases NK activity. (10,11,12) Natural killer cells play a key role in preventing metastasis.
* Obese breast cancer patients are two to four times more likely to experience a recurrence than women of normal weight. (13)
For every additional 10 percentage points of calories derived from fat in the diet of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients -- by going from 25 percent to 35 percent of calories from fat -- the risk of recurrence approximately doubles. (14) An increase of 10 percentage points is alarmingly easy: just add four ounces of beef, four ounces of mozzarella cheese (about the size of three nine-volt batteries) [or a HALF CUP OF DAIYA VEGAN CHEESE... same fat grams amount], a cup of ice cream, or four pats of butter [OR EARTH BALANCE... same fat grams amount] to your daily intake and you're there.
You don't need the added fat, oil is not a real food, and the sooner vegans understand that so many faux vegan cheeses and "margarines" are very fatty, and not good for you, the better.
The above excerpts from the well-documented article here. Go low-fat vegan. The evidence that this is the healthiest diet keeps mounting. Learn how to re-calibrate your taste buds and stop with the added non-food oils and faux cheeses. You had the determination and discipline to give up meat and dairy, now give up the fat.
This is not what I would call a weel-documented article. The first citation includes refined carbohydrates. The second and sixth citation focus on people who are already obese and says nothing about there level of dietary fat.
The third through fifth studies look only at NK cell activity and not actual cancer rates.
What about the many studies showing the benefits of omega-3 fats in cancer?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20211172
Posted by: Matt Metzgar | 2010.07.04 at 19:17