Diet Rich In Meats Linked To Increase Risk Of Colon Cancer

Boston (dBTechno) - Colon cancer patients who indulged in diets containing meat, desserts, fat and refined grains were three times more likely to have a colon cancer recurrence than those who shifted their post-cancer diet away from these unhealthy items, according to a new study.

Surprised? Shouldn’t be — diet and cancer are so closely related that eating foods with tons of saturated fats and chemicals can take a genetic predisposition to cancer and speed it along.

What’s important here is that after cancer treatment (hopefully, successful), one should change their diet to one full of healthy options instead of bad nutritional choices. It’s all up to each individual patient.

“The message is that patients in this category can improve their prospects by avoiding certain foods,” commented the study’s lead author, Dr. Jeffrey Meyerhardt, of Dana-Farber.

The study was funded in part by grants from the National Cancer Institute and Pfizer Oncology.