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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Hi Will, thanks for this educational post. It is good to know. I also have little story of mine, when I was being admitted to university one of my cousins said you will be drinking lot of coffee and stay up all night, and party on the weekends. So I listen to her advice, even though I had a choice (I didn’t party though) but I was ignorant and drank lots of coffee and was studying during night - I think you know what the answer will be - I didn’t do very well. I was smart to recognize that, and I switched to water, good sleep and I added martial arts to relief my stress lol, and I survived. Anna
Comment by Anna — September 7, 2007 @ 6:21 pm
Yes, that caffeine can be a problem. One of my children said she sometimes has trouble sleeping. I reminder her that the energy drinks the kids like will do that to you!
-Will
Comment by Will — September 8, 2007 @ 9:44 am
Yes, this is my second post, right after the avacado, and yes all the things about me are in the form, I don’t have to retype. Nice, and been eating my vitamens C every day, and everything else that has C in it, since I am here, anna
Comment by Anna — September 10, 2007 @ 1:44 pm
Interesting diet is good to keep care of. Thank you.
Comment by cancer risks — March 29, 2008 @ 6:39 pm
Wow didn´t know about that.
Now I´m confused, but it´s always like you said, coffee is bad, coffee is good, it all depends.
Comment by Adelgazar — June 19, 2008 @ 7:55 pm