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just say no to bowel cancer
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Vegetarians are known to be at a lower risk for several types of cancer, particularly bowel when compared to meat eaters. But is this due to the vegetables themselves or just that vegetarians do not eat meat and tend to have a healthier lifestyle in general? We do not really know.
Diets higher in fruit and vegetables tend to be lower in meat and fat anyway. But eating more vegetables does seem to lower risk of bowel cancer whether you eat meat or not. The evidence that fruit may be protective seems to be less conclusive.
Fruit and vegetables may be protective because they contain vitamins and minerals. Researchers think that anti-oxidant vitamins and minerals help prevent the cell damage which may lead to cells becoming cancerous.
They may also be protective because of the fibre and lack of fat. We do not really know which makes the most difference.
If you take vitamin supplements instead of eating more fruit and vegetables, you miss out on the fibre and on other substances in plant foods that may help prevent cancers.
These are called flavonoids, phyto-oestrogens and tannins. (These have not been shown to help prevent against bowel cancer specifically.)
Meat, proteins and bowel cancer
Protein foods are meats, fish, dairy foods and pulses (beans and lentils), soya products and tofu. There is reasonably consistent evidence that eating a lot of red meat (lamb and beef), particularly processed meat (sausages, salami, ham bacon etc), could increase your risk of bowel cancer. Poultry and fish do not seem to affect risk of bowel cancer nor do beans, lentils, and soy . However cooking methods may increase the cancer risk of meat and fish.
Fats and bowel cancer
In some studies, diets that are high in fats have been linked with bowel cancer. But many researchers think this may be tied up with meat intake. Other researchers think that it is not fat that causes the problem so much as an unhealthy lifestyle in general.
The studies that have been done do not generally look at the different types of fats. But if you are trying to eat a healthier diet, it makes sense to use mainly monounsaturated and some polyunsaturated vegetable fats and to cut down on saturated animal fat.
There is a theory that eating a lot of saturated fat causes you to have a greater amount of bile acids in your stool (bowel motion) and that this may encourage a cancer to develop. But the research to confirm this has not yet been done.
Sugars, carbohydrates and bowel cancer
There is no direct link between foods in this group and bowel cancer. Except that too much sugar can make you fat. And some researchers link obesity and bowel cancer.
Vegetarians are known to be at a lower risk for several types of cancer, particularly bowel when compared to meat eaters. But is this due to the vegetables themselves or just that vegetarians do not eat meat and tend to have a healthier lifestyle in general? We do not really know.
Diets higher in fruit and vegetables tend to be lower in meat and fat anyway. But eating more vegetables does seem to lower risk of bowel cancer whether you eat meat or not. The evidence that fruit may be protective seems to be less conclusive.
Fruit and vegetables may be protective because they contain vitamins and minerals. Researchers think that anti-oxidant vitamins and minerals help prevent the cell damage which may lead to cells becoming cancerous.
They may also be protective because of the fibre and lack of fat. We do not really know which makes the most difference.
If you take vitamin supplements instead of eating more fruit and vegetables, you miss out on the fibre and on other substances in plant foods that may help prevent cancers.
These are called flavonoids, phyto-oestrogens and tannins. (These have not been shown to help prevent against bowel cancer specifically.)
Meat, proteins and bowel cancer
Protein foods are meats, fish, dairy foods and pulses (beans and lentils), soya products and tofu. There is reasonably consistent evidence that eating a lot of red meat (lamb and beef), particularly processed meat (sausages, salami, ham bacon etc), could increase your risk of bowel cancer. Poultry and fish do not seem to affect risk of bowel cancer nor do beans, lentils, and soy . However cooking methods may increase the cancer risk of meat and fish.
Fats and bowel cancer
In some studies, diets that are high in fats have been linked with bowel cancer. But many researchers think this may be tied up with meat intake. Other researchers think that it is not fat that causes the problem so much as an unhealthy lifestyle in general.
The studies that have been done do not generally look at the different types of fats. But if you are trying to eat a healthier diet, it makes sense to use mainly monounsaturated and some polyunsaturated vegetable fats and to cut down on saturated animal fat.
There is a theory that eating a lot of saturated fat causes you to have a greater amount of bile acids in your stool (bowel motion) and that this may encourage a cancer to develop. But the research to confirm this has not yet been done.
Sugars, carbohydrates and bowel cancer
There is no direct link between foods in this group and bowel cancer. Except that too much sugar can make you fat. And some researchers link obesity and bowel cancer.