Drop the cookie: Sweet, starchy foods 'probably' cause women’s cancer

[FarCenter]

Sweet, starchy foods like sugar and white bread probably cause endometrial cancer, while coffee probably protects against it, researchers reported on Tuesday.

And a review of the available evidence reinforces that being obese is probably the greatest cause of the cancer, the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund International said.

“AICR now estimates that most cases of endometrial cancer (59 percent, or about 29,500 every year) could be prevented in the U.S. if women were active for at least 30 minutes a day and maintained a healthy body weight,” the group said in a statement.

The two organizations have assigned an international panel of experts to review the evidence in what’s called a meta-analysis for what might cause various cancers. The group, which tends to focus on the links between diet, exercise and cancer, chose endometrial cancer for the latest review.

http://www.today.com/health/sweet-starchy-foods-probably-cause-womens-cancer-study-finds-8C11124866

[1awake]

1. So.... dip cookie... in coffee... all good?? n/t

[seabeyond]

3. lol. problem, solved. and do it while walking around the block.

it is all in moderation. read about cookie while eating icecream. me bad. read about cofffee.... yea, me good and now i can put aside thoughts of quitting on the coffee.

[seabeyond]

2. i bet genetics wins out over anything. nt

[1awake]

5. I'd think your right,

I know that my eating habit's must be monitored and maintained by me at all times or... I acquire a disease which I call "multiple-chin disorder".

All joking aside there are numerous things on this subject I would like to discuss but it would take all day. In the end, genetics... know your body and take care of it as best you can.

[liberal_at_heart]

4. sorry love my cookies to much to give them up.

[monmouth3]

6. Pepperidge Farm's Nantucket Double Chocolate..Will. Not. Give. UP....

[u4ic]

7. They never seem to mention the toxins in our environment

in regards to cancer causing factors.

[kestrel91316]

8. FWIW, the only two women I have personally known with endometrial cancer were both

morbidly obese.

Neither were candidates for hysterectomy at that point, either, due to their morbid obesity. One of them, a beloved cousin, died as a result when she was in her early 40s. The other was my parents' neighbor and I don't know what became of her since they moved.