Cancer is always in the news! Recently it has been Jade Goody's battle with cancer. All in all Cancer is a pretty horrible thing. It is also a confusing thing!! Can you get cancer from eating or drinking to much of a certain thing?? Well this is where research comes in to give us the full picture on these issues. Where the confusion comes in is when two studies or article in papers contradict what the other one is saying. You know the articles, they usually go along the lines of "eating/drinking/smoking/breathing to much of (insert anything you want here) can increase/decrease your risk of cancer by (add percentage here)". Well in today's metro we have a prime example of conflicting advice! On page 12 the line reads "A wine a day keeps cancer at bay" the article says that drinking a glass of red wine a day can half the risk of developing a condition that leads to oesophageal cancer. BUT on page 18 in the intro to an article on battling drink problems it says "A report by Cancer Research last week showed that even a glass of wine a day can increase the risk of cancer" What are we supposed to do now! Have the glass of wine or not! To help you out on the minefield that is cancer causing/preventing foods here's a short list of things to avoid/seek!
Red Meat (Causes)
Crisps (Causes)
Exercise (Prevents)
Tobacco (Causes)
Alcohol (Causes/Prevents)??
In fact type anything into google with "causes/cures cancer" and I'm sure there will be an Internet article out there. Its a minefield out there!!!
04/03/2009 - It seams it wasn't only me that noticed this as on today's Metro mail page there is other people panicking about whether or not to have a glass of wine and a reply from a Dr Rachael Thompson from the World Cancer Research Fund saying that actually drinking wine could increase the chance of Oesophageal cancer! Also saying reports that suggest the opposite are not helpful. Your telling me!
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