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Simple B-Vitamin May Cut Colon Cancer Risk by up to 50% 07/06/11

The most recent study on folic acid and colon cancer reveals that a higher blood level of folic acid, a well known B-vitamin, appears to be an important measure in colon cancer prevention. There has been much debate about this in recent years. Bruce Ames, a leading cancer researcher, pointed out in the Journal of the American Medical Association, many years ago that, low blood folic acid levels increase risk of cancer in many tissues. This is because folic acid is required by cells to make their DNA and RNA (the gene...

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BREAST CANCER PREVENTION: THE TOP 10 LIST OF NUTRITION AND LIFESTYLE STEPS ALL WOMEN SHOULD KNOW 03/05/09

In 1996, Dr Walter Willett of Harvard University authored a report in the Journal of The National Cancer Institute stating that, after reviewing the world-wide evidence, approximately 50% of breast cancer cases could be avoided if women in North America engaged in more prudent nutrition and lifestyle practices. It has been shown consistently that having a full-term pregnancy and breast feeding before age 30 reduces a woman’s lifetime risk of breast cancer by 25-30%, and that another 20-25% of breast cancer cases ar...

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