Health:Why certain diets may increase your cancer risk/Story: Fanny K. Stein Mad Scientist

Lorenzo's Health Corner: Why certain diets may increase your cancer risk By Julia Belluz “The link between inflammatory diets and colorectal cancer, explained.   If you were privy to the great bacon freakout of 2015, you know that eating processed meat — including hot dogs, bacon, and lunch meats — seems to slightly increase a person’s risk of colorectal cancer, according to a World Health Organization review of the available research.   Now a new study, published Thursday in the journal JAMA Oncology, pinpoints what about processed meats and certain other foods may drive up that risk, and suggests that their inflammation-promoting properties may be a key factor.   “There are several stimulators of chronic inflammation, and diet is one of those factors that can constantly stimulate the body toward a more chronic inflammatory state,” said lead study author Fred Tabung, a research associate in the department of nutrition at Harvard. “With this study we are inching closer to understanding inflammation as a cancer risk.”   Specifically, the researchers found a 32 percent relative risk increase for colorectal cancer between men and women following the most inflammation-promoting diets and the least.”   https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/18/16902784/cancer-diet-inflammation-colorectal   Story: Fanny K. Stein Mad Scientist: The Fran with Four Brains 4-6. By Jim Benton