> April 28, 2000
> NUTRITION NEWS FOCUS
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> Today's Topic: Red Meat and Breast Cancer
>
> Everybody knows that red meat increases the risk of
> cancer, right?
> Wrong!  Although a few early studies implicated red
> meat as a risk
> factor for various types of cancer, most recent
> studies have failed
> to show any greater risk.  The method of preparation
> - blackened,
> barbecued, grilled or pan-fried had no effect on
> risk of breast
> cancer when 114 women with the disease and 280 women
> with benign
> breast growths were compared.
>
> An interesting finding was that women who averaged
> consumption of
> more than 67 grams (just over two ounces) of white
> meat daily
> (defined in this study as chicken, turkey or fish)
> had half the risk
> of breast cancer.  Interesting findings are just
> that - not reasons
> to change your diet.  The study appeared in the
> April 2000 issue of
> the journal Carcinogenesis.
>
> HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: This is a very small
> study but is typical of this type of investigation.
> It is also the
> type of study that cannot prove anything.  It simply
> suggests more
> areas of investigation.  While observational studies
> continue to
> implicate red meat in cancer risk, more thorough
> studies that
> actually look at the amounts of carcinogens
> repeatedly fail to find a
> connection.  Maybe something unstudied that
> correlates with eating a
> lot of meat is the problem.


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