Re: Food groups and colon cancer

[Guest guest]

As Walford says: a veggie based diet.

on 2/14/2004 11:20 AM, old542000 at apater@... wrote:

> Regardless of ethnic group or energy adjustment, high and

> frequent vegetable consumption (particularly dark green vegetables)

> was protective, consistent with 20-50% reductions in risk. In

> Caucasians, high refined carbohydrate and red meat consumption

> (amount and frequency) was associated with a statistically

> significant 2-fold increased risk in non-energy adjusted models. In

> African-Americans, frequent intake of dairy foods was associated with

> a doubling in risk (OR = 1.9, 95% CI = 1.1-3.4) in non-energy-

> adjusted models, whereas frequent fruit consumption correlated with a

> non-significant 30% lower risk. These findings add to growing

> evidence that plant foods may protect against colon cancer; however,

> the effects of the other food groups varied by ethnic group and

> energy adjustment.