Meat & Cancer Risks

The results of a new, very large sample (300,000 people, of which 1,330 developed bowel cancer) studying dietary habits and cancer again suggests we should eat a balanced diet. But the generalised nuances of the stats are interesting:

- increase your bowel cancer risk by eating red meat too regularly
- increase your bowel cancer risk by not eating enough fibre
- decrease your bowel cancer risk by eating fish very regularly

Poultry doesn't affect the risk. There are many other benefits to eating oily fish regularly too (such as mackeral, herring and salmon), such as reduced risk of heart disease, improvements in immune function and IQ, and reducing the development of arthritic disease (BBC Food - fish).

Read the BBC report of the study.

By Sam on June 15, 2005 12:04 PM | No Comments