Re: Startch, Fatty Acids and Prostate Cancer

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Another study which talks about HIGH starch intake - something CRONIEs

don't do. In my mind doesn't mean a thing. It's like saying high food

intake equals disease so don't eat food..........

on 2/22/2005 7:10 AM, rwalkerad1970 at rwalkerad1970@... wrote:

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> This new study gives some credibility to Rodney's starch theory, I

> don't remember seeing it listed before. It shows that poly fats are

> inversely related to prostate cancer and mono fats and starch

> adversely.

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> Macronutrients, fatty acids, cholesterol and prostate cancer risk.

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> Bidoli E, Talamini R, Bosetti C, Negri E, Maruzzi D, Montella M,

> Franceschi S, La Vecchia C.

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> Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Centro di Riferimento

> Oncologico, Aviano (PN), Italy. epidemiology@...

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> BACKGROUND: The role of selected macronutrients, fatty acids and

> cholesterol in the etiology of prostate cancer was analyzed using

> data from a case-control study carried out in five Italian areas

> between 1991 and 2002. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Cases were 1294 men

> with incident, histologically confirmed prostate cancer, and

> admitted to the major teaching and general hospitals of study areas.

> Controls were 1451 men admitted for acute, non-neoplastic conditions

> to the same hospital network. Information on dietary habits was

> elicited using a validated food frequency questionnaire including 78

> food groups and recipes. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence

> intervals (CI) were estimated for increasing levels of nutrient

> intake. RESULTS: A direct association with prostate cancer was found

> for starch intake (OR = 1.4 in the highest versus the lowest

> quintile of intake; 95% CI: 1.1-1.8), whereas an inverse association

> emerged for polyunsaturated fatty acids (OR = 0.8; 95% CI: 0.6-1.0).

> Among polyunsaturated fatty acids, linolenic acid (OR = 0.7; 95% CI:

> 0.6-0.9) and linoleic acid (OR = 0.8; 95% CI: 0.6-1.0) were

> inversely related to prostate cancer. When the six major

> macronutrients were included in the same model, the adverse effect

> of high intake of starch and monounsaturated fatty acids was

> statistically significant together with the protective effect of

> polyunsaturated fatty acids. Results were consistent in separate

> strata of age, body mass index and family history of prostate

> cancer. CONCLUSIONS: Starch and monounsaturated fatty acids were

> directly associated with prostate cancer risk and polyunsaturated

> fatty acids were inversely associated.

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> PMID: 15598953

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