{"id":14094,"date":"2015-01-08T15:55:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/?p=14094"},"modified":"2015-01-09T19:25:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T01:25:22","slug":"consuming-more-vegetables-and-less-alcohol-reduces-probability-of-certain-cancers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/consuming-more-vegetables-and-less-alcohol-reduces-probability-of-certain-cancers\/","title":{"rendered":"Consuming More Vegetables and Less Alcohol Reduces Probability of Certain Cancers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14105\" src=\"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/alcohol.jpg\" alt=\"alcohol\" width=\"196\" height=\"130\" \/>New studies conducted by New York University (NYU) shows that <strong>low alcohol and a plant-based diet are healthy habits<\/strong> aligning with current <strong>cancer prevention guidelines<\/strong>, and are also linked to <strong>reducing the risk of obesity-related cancers<\/strong>. The findings were published in the journal Cancer Causes &amp; Control.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOur research aims to clarify associations between diet and physical activity in relation to cancer, to encourage at-risk individuals to make lifestyle modifications that may reduce their risk of certain cancers,\u201d<\/em> said Nour Makarem, a nutrition doctoral student at NYU Steinhardt and the study\u2019s lead author.<\/p>\n<p>A third of <strong>cancers<\/strong> is estimated to be related to excess<strong> body fat<\/strong>, and therefore considered preventable through <strong>lifestyle changes<\/strong>.<strong> Obesity-related cancers<\/strong> include cancers of the <strong>gastrointestinal tract<\/strong>, <strong>reproductive organs<\/strong>, <strong>urinary tract<\/strong>, <strong>blood<\/strong>, <strong>bone<\/strong>, <strong>spleen<\/strong>, and <strong>thyroid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997, the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research released cancer prevention guidelines advising on <strong>weight management<\/strong>, <strong>diet<\/strong>, and <strong>physical activity<\/strong>. These guidelines, updated in 2007, provide an integrated approach for establishing healthy habits that reduce cancer incidence.<\/p>\n<p>In the study, Makarem and her colleagues sought to evaluate whether <strong>healthy behaviors<\/strong> aligning with the d<strong>iet and physical activity cancer prevention guidelines<\/strong> are in fact associated with reduced risk for obesity-related cancers and the most common site-specific cancers (breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers).<\/p>\n<p>The researchers analyzed medical and dietary data for 2,983 men and women who were part of the Framingham Heart Study, a 60-year population study tracking factors related to cardiovascular disease as well as cancer. Focusing on data from 1991 through 2008, they identified 480 obesity-related cancers among the participants.<\/p>\n<p>In order to calculate the relationship between the cancer prevention recommendations and cancer incidence, the researchers created a seven-point score based on the recommendations for<strong> body fat<\/strong>, <strong>physical activity<\/strong>,<strong> foods that promote weight gain<\/strong>, <strong>plant foods<\/strong>, <strong>animal foods<\/strong>, <strong>alcohol consumption<\/strong>, and <strong>food preparation and processing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After adjusting for other factors that could contribute to cancer risk, including age, smoking, and pre-existing conditions, the researchers found that the overall score, as a proxy for overall concordance to the guidelines, was not associated with obesity-related cancer risk. However, when score components were evaluated separately, two different measures emerged as strong predictors of cancer risk.<\/p>\n<p>In the current study, <strong>adherence to alcohol recommendations<\/strong> \u2013 limiting alcoholic drinks to two for men and one for women a day \u2013 was <strong>protective against obesity-related cancers combined and against breast<\/strong>, <strong>prostate<\/strong>, and <strong>colorectal cancers<\/strong>. In addition, among participants who consume starchy vegetables, eating sufficient non-starchy plant foods (fruits, vegetables, and legumes) was associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBased on the study\u2019s results, dietary advice on preventing cancer should emphasize the importance of eating a plant-based diet and restricting alcohol consumption,\u201d<\/em> said Niyati Parekh, associate professor of nutrition and public health at NYU Steinhardt and the study\u2019s senior author.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <em>New York University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New studies conducted by New York University (NYU) shows that low alcohol and a plant-based diet are healthy habits aligning with current cancer prevention guidelines, and are also linked to reducing the risk of obesity-related cancers. The findings were published in the journal Cancer Causes &amp; Control. \u201cOur research aims to clarify associations between diet &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16,15],"class_list":["post-14094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad-en-la-salud","tag-adicciones","tag-casalud","cat-3-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14094"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14106,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14094\/revisions\/14106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}