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Breast Cancer and Diet
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in634382.shtml
"...the study finds that women who ate the most carbs had twice the risk of breast cancer compared to women who ate the least amount." Ray Audette Author "NeanderThin" www.NeanderThin.com |
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I knew I'd see a post about this. The researcher interviewed on the Today show
yesterday specifically talked about SUGAR being the possible culprit -- not healthy carbs. The interviewee also said that it shouldn't even be a headline story because it's so inconclusive -- they would have to do more careful testing of Mexican women, whom this "study" was done on. Again, the interviewee stressed that it was the amount of REFINED SUGAR that women with breast cancer in Mexico ate, not healthy carbohydrates. Mary M 325-154-148 "Ray Audette" wrote in message om... http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in634382.shtml "...the study finds that women who ate the most carbs had twice the risk of breast cancer compared to women who ate the least amount." Ray Audette Author "NeanderThin" www.NeanderThin.com |
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I knew I'd see a post about this. The researcher interviewed on the Today show
yesterday specifically talked about SUGAR being the possible culprit -- not healthy carbs. The interviewee also said that it shouldn't even be a headline story because it's so inconclusive -- they would have to do more careful testing of Mexican women, whom this "study" was done on. Again, the interviewee stressed that it was the amount of REFINED SUGAR that women with breast cancer in Mexico ate, not healthy carbohydrates. Mary M 325-154-148 "Ray Audette" wrote in message om... http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in634382.shtml "...the study finds that women who ate the most carbs had twice the risk of breast cancer compared to women who ate the least amount." Ray Audette Author "NeanderThin" www.NeanderThin.com |
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On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 08:45:38 -0400, "Mary M - Ohio"
wrote: I knew I'd see a post about this. The researcher interviewed on the Today show yesterday specifically talked about SUGAR being the possible culprit -- not healthy carbs. The interviewee also said that it shouldn't even be a headline story because it's so inconclusive -- they would have to do more careful testing of Mexican women, whom this "study" was done on. Again, the interviewee stressed that it was the amount of REFINED SUGAR that women with breast cancer in Mexico ate, not healthy carbohydrates. Correct. In the study, the two highest associations to breast cancer were sucrose intake and obesity. I was going to post the discussion section here, but when I went to the journal article, I did not have to enter my user name and password, indicating that the article is publicly available. Here's the link: http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/full/13/8/1283 If you find you can't get into it, let me know and I'll repost here. BTW, this is a better study than usual on this type of thing. Generally they're epidemiological studies, this one was actually a case control. Barbara Hirsch, Publisher OBESITY MEDS AND RESEARCH NEWS The latest in obesity research and weight loss drug development http://www.obesity-news.com/ |
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On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 08:45:38 -0400, "Mary M - Ohio"
wrote: I knew I'd see a post about this. The researcher interviewed on the Today show yesterday specifically talked about SUGAR being the possible culprit -- not healthy carbs. The interviewee also said that it shouldn't even be a headline story because it's so inconclusive -- they would have to do more careful testing of Mexican women, whom this "study" was done on. Again, the interviewee stressed that it was the amount of REFINED SUGAR that women with breast cancer in Mexico ate, not healthy carbohydrates. Correct. In the study, the two highest associations to breast cancer were sucrose intake and obesity. I was going to post the discussion section here, but when I went to the journal article, I did not have to enter my user name and password, indicating that the article is publicly available. Here's the link: http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/full/13/8/1283 If you find you can't get into it, let me know and I'll repost here. BTW, this is a better study than usual on this type of thing. Generally they're epidemiological studies, this one was actually a case control. Barbara Hirsch, Publisher OBESITY MEDS AND RESEARCH NEWS The latest in obesity research and weight loss drug development http://www.obesity-news.com/ |
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On 7 Aug 2004 15:13:28 GMT, Ignoramus28438
wrote: This is misleading as it could lead us to believe that starch is nothing to worry about. The P value for starch was 0.008, and P value for sucrose was 0.001, which means, in plain words, that starch consumption was strongly associated with breast cancer as well. In table 3 (which evaluated carbohydrate consumption),: Sucrose less than 5.2 percent had a CI of 1 risk, greater than 8.5 percent CI of 2 Fructose less than 4.3 percent CI of 1, greater than 10.1 percent CI of 1.36, Lactose less than 3.02 percent CI of 1, greater than 8.4 percent CI of 1.06 Glucose less than 3.4 percent CI of 1, greater than 9.2 percent CI of 1..28 Starch less than 11.2 percent CI of 1.00 greater than 17.5 CI of 1.06. So this means that increased consumption of sucrose doubled the chances of getting breast cancer in this population. Fructose raised it 36 percent, glucose 28 percent. Lactose and starch, very little difference. The study that found the relationship between starch and breast cancer was a different study, referenced in the discussion section. FWIW, The differences in P values for sucrose or starch are immaterial and the links are, practically speaking, just as statistically signIficant between starch and breast cancer as they are between sucrose and breast cancer. It is hard to say what Mary meant by "healthy" carbs, since she did not elaborate, but starch is linked to breast cancer. Note that correlation does not imply causation. It is interesting that there was no statistically significant relationship between lactose and breast cancer. Also, ``The associations between carbohydrate intake and breast cancer risk were similar in this subgroup compared with the total population and did not change appreciably when BMI was added to the model''. So weight does not explain breast cancer risk any better, when added to carb intake. To those people afraid of fat, saturated or otherwise, ``total fat intake (substituted for a similar percentage of energy from carbohydrate) was not significantly associated with the risk of breast cancer. When we replaced total fat with specific types of fat, we observed that saturated and monounsaturated fat intakes were not associated with the risk for breast cancer (Table 4). In contrast, polyunsaturated fat intake was inversely related to the overall risk of breast cancer, particularly among postmenopausal women.'' I Barbara Hirsch, Publisher OBESITY MEDS AND RESEARCH NEWS The latest in obesity research and weight loss drug development http://www.obesity-news.com/ |
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"Ignoramus28438" wrote in message ... It is hard to say what Mary meant by "healthy" carbs, since she did not elaborate, but starch is linked to breast cancer. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains -- as opposed to refined sugar. Mary |
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"Ignoramus28438" wrote in message ... It is hard to say what Mary meant by "healthy" carbs, since she did not elaborate, but starch is linked to breast cancer. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains -- as opposed to refined sugar. Mary |
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"Ignoramus28438" wrote in message ... It is hard to say what Mary meant by "healthy" carbs, since she did not elaborate, but starch is linked to breast cancer. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains -- as opposed to refined sugar. Mary |
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"Barbara Hirsch" wrote in message
... On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 08:45:38 -0400, "Mary M - Ohio" wrote: I knew I'd see a post about this. The researcher interviewed on the Today show yesterday specifically talked about SUGAR being the possible culprit -- not healthy carbs. The interviewee also said that it shouldn't even be a headline story because it's so inconclusive -- they would have to do more careful testing of Mexican women, whom this "study" was done on. Again, the interviewee stressed that it was the amount of REFINED SUGAR that women with breast cancer in Mexico ate, not healthy carbohydrates. Correct. In the study, the two highest associations to breast cancer were sucrose intake and obesity. I was going to post the discussion section here, but when I went to the journal article, I did not have to enter my user name and password, indicating that the article is publicly available. Here's the link: http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/full/13/8/1283 If you find you can't get into it, let me know and I'll repost here. Thanks for the information, Barbara! Mary |
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