Friday, July 12, 2013

Red Meat Could Decrease Life Expectancy for those with Colon Cancer




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Red Meat Could Decrease Life Expectancy for those with Colon Cancer



Anthony Gucciardi
Natural Society A newly released study indicates people who admit to eating the most red and processed meat before a colon cancer diagnosis are more likely to die in the eight years following than cancer patients who ate less red meat. The study is part of a growing body that links red meat with cancers of the digestive system.
According to Reuters Health, the study can’t prove with certainty that eating red or processed meat causes colon cancer death, but we do know from previous studies that eating such meats is connected to an increased risk of having a colon cancer diagnosis.
The most recent research looked at 184,000 Americans who didn’t have cancer between 1992 and 1993 and data about what those people ate. The researchers identified 2,315 men and women within the group who were diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer between the time the study started and June 30, 2009. Of those, 966 died before December 31, 2010.
When looking at diet and mortality rates, the researchers found about 43 percent of some 580 individuals who ate 10 or more servings of such meat per week at the onset of the study died during the follow-up period.






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