Vitamin C + Fat = Cancer Risk, or Eat A Low Fat Diet
A recent study may explain why, although vitamin C kills cancer cells in the laboratory, evidence for the same result in humans has not been shown. Apparently, when vitamin C is combined with fat in the stomach, nitrites, chemicals present in many preserved food items, can be changed to cancerous agents called nitrosamines.
Just like the coffee is good for you, coffee is bad for you studies, results like this can leave people shaking their heads in confusion. Unfortunately, the news headlines are often used to justify not putting a lot of effort into eating a healthy diet since the “good for you” evidence keeps changing.
I know it does not sell as well, but a better headline for this story might be, “Another Reason to Eat a Low-fat Diet and Avoid Preserved Foods”. Get the bulk of your vitamins from a fresh, mostly plant-based, low-fat diet. I don’t think that has been shown to be a cancer risk… at least not yet!
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