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Although the existence of a link between excess food and different diseases is accepted, it is difficult to establish a direct relationship between diet and cancer, for lack of scientific evidence unstoppable.
Food is one of the main factors implicated in the onset of cancer for the following reasons:
- Supply current is too high in fat and calories and low in fruits and vegetables. Obesity causes food decrease dietary fiber are involved in the development of gastrointestinal cancer.
- Alcohol is one of the most important factors of cancer, as shown cancer rates in areas heavy consumption of spirits, as the region of Calvados. Alcohol is particularly implicated in cancers of the throat and esophagus.
- Hot drinks like tea (especially in Asian regions), are a risk factor.
- The meats are barbecued at the root of many carcinogens, like nitrosamines.
- Dyes and food additives, now well controlled, have long been a source of concern carcinogens. Read the rest of this entry »