Nutrition Issues

Diet Changes Can Reduce Cancer Risk

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 6th, 1997

Cancer is preventable and eating less meat and more fruits and vegetables could reduce cases of the disease by up to 40 percent a year, medical experts said.

"Dietary imbalance is a cause of cancer," Dr. Tony McMichael, University of London, United Kingdom, told a news conference to launch a major report by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) on nutrition and cancer. "We are running the human biological engine on the wrong type of food," he added.

People should change to a more plant-based diet and meat, if eaten at all, should be limited to less than three ounces or one portion a day, the study, the most comprehensive on diet and cancer ever...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1997-10-06)

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