It is generally understood that the foods you eat can either help or harm your health. High fat, low nutrient foods have been labeled 'dangerous to one's health' and fruits and vegetables are 'protective'.
A recent study comparing dietary habits of person's with liver cancer to healthy controls discovered that diet can also matter in this case. Researchers at the National Tumor Insitute in Aviano compared the diets of 185 men and women with liver cancer to more than twice the number of healthy controls.
They found that the consumption of dairy products greatly reduces the risk of developing liver cancer, by more than 75 percent. And this reduction held true even those who had a positive history of Hepatitis B or C, both of which increase one's risk of developing liver cancer.
Vegetables, which usually fall under that 'protective' headline did not offer any significant benefit, but fruits reduced risk by 52 percent and white meat lowered risk by 56 percent.
The results were published in the International Journal of Cancer.
Posted by Dr. Christina Gutierrez on January 10, 2007 04:36 PM
