Cancer Resources

Soda drinkers and coffee lovers will be thrilled with this news. A recent review finds that taking in high amounts of coffee or sugared soda do not appear to raise colon cancer risk.

Earlier research findings have been murky where coffee and cancer risk are concerned, though sugared sodas have been reliably linked to obesity and other health problems that are thought to increase the risk of colon cancer.

In this latest review researchers evaluated 13 studies including more than 730,000 subjects from all over the world. The studies lasted from as few as 6 to as long as 20 years. Of the subjects, more than 5,600 were diagnosed with colon cancer. Continue reading ‘Reducing Colon Cancer Risk’ »

Your doctor will tell you that a diet rich in fish oil and other food high in omega-3s is good for your heart – working to cut the risk of hardening of the arteries, irregular heartbeat, heart attack, sudden cardiac death and even heart failure. But now some new research hints that omega 3 benefits might also include cutting your colon cancer risk as well. This form of cancer starts in the large intestine and often brings no symptoms. Omega 3 fatty acids are found in fish like salmon, tuna and halibut, algae and krill, seed oils (walnut oil and flax seed oil) and leafy green veggies.

Work in animals and some small studies in people has found that fish oil supplementation can bring down inflammation, and might also have some cancer-fighting ability. To date, research looking at diets of larger groups of subjects has brought results that aren’t so certain. Continue reading ‘Omega 3 Benefits Include Cutting Colon Cancer Risk’ »