(29-07-12) Fast Food Fats Escalate Your Cancer Risk

Many people may want to eat better, but don?t have the motivation to put down
the chips and pick up some carrots. If maintaining a healthy weight isn?t a
good enough reason for some individuals to eat less fattening foods, then maybe
lowering their risk of cancer will be. According to researchers from Temple
University, fatty foods increase a person?s risk for colon cancer, and the
scientists believe they may be able to explain why.

Researchers compared the colon tissue of people with cancer to those without
the disease. They found that the genes involved in breaking down carbohydrates
and fats work differently in people with colon cancer.

?These foods are changing the methylation patterns on a person?s insulin genes
so that they express differently, pumping out more insulin than the body
requires,? said lead author Carmen Sapienza. ?Insulin is only supposed to be
expressed in your pancreas, so having this extra insulin is bad.?

Source: Easy Health Options Staff

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