Strong links to obesity and alcohol, rather than more fruit and veges, are main avenues to cancer, but the message does not seem to be getting through. Add smoking to the list and you have the perfect developer for Cancer.
Prof. Tim Key, an epidemiologist, Oxford University, says while there are undoubted benefits in eating fruits and vegetables, there is little hard evidence that they protect against cancer. But there is strong scientific evidence, that after smoking, overweight or obese, together with high alcohol intake are two of the biggest cancer risks.
Being overweight can increase risk of other common cancers like bowl, pancreatic, oesophageal and kidney cancers.
UK. stats show 15,000 cancers are caused by alcohol, and 19,000 cases caused by overweight.
Sarah Hiom, dir, Health Information, Cancer Research Ltd., suggests keeping alcohol intake to a maximum of one small drink a day for women and two small drinks per day for men and keeping weight within healthy limits can have enormous impact. Acknowlegment: British Journal of Cancer 2010. Geoff
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