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High-Fat Diet Linked To Intestinal Tumors Formation
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First Posted: Sep 30, 2016 06:21 AM EDT
Foods that contain fats have always been dubbed as "risky foods" because of the possible sickness it may bring. A new research has recently found that specific types of high-fat diets which are usually based on corn or coconut oils like those found in certain salad dressings and ice cream may increase the risk for intestinal cancer.
UPI reported researchers saying that certain types of dietary fat contribute immune inflammatory which causes cancer to develop, even if you are not obese. They also said that because of this, people should pay better attention to their diets.
"We found that specific types of high-fat diets, based on corn or coconut oils like those found in certain salad dressings and ice cream, are associated with increased tumor formation in a mouse model of intestinal cancer," Dr. John Lambris, a professor of research medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, said in a press release. "This model is particularly interesting because it resembles human familial adenomatous polyposis, a condition that carries an 80 percent risk of developing colorectal cancer in individuals with mutations in a tumor suppressor gene called Apc."
For the study, researchers used mice model and found that elevated tumor formation was directly related to mice fed with corn or coconut fats while those mice with a diet containing olive oil as a source of fat did not develop intestinal polyps, despite being obese, reported Medical Daily. Within a few days after starting the diets, mice fed with corn and coconut oil diets developed inflammation and tumors.
Meanwhile, according to NDTV, when the mice were given a drug to lower down the activity in the complement system, a part of the innate immune system, it prevented the tumors from growing. Researchers suggest that this result may also lead to a new supplementary treatment for cancer patients. "Our results clearly show that eating a high-fat diet is sufficient to increase cancer risk, regardless of obesity," said Joseph Nadeau, co-senior author of the study and a researcher at the Pacific Northwest Research Institute.
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First Posted: Sep 30, 2016 06:21 AM EDT
Foods that contain fats have always been dubbed as "risky foods" because of the possible sickness it may bring. A new research has recently found that specific types of high-fat diets which are usually based on corn or coconut oils like those found in certain salad dressings and ice cream may increase the risk for intestinal cancer.
UPI reported researchers saying that certain types of dietary fat contribute immune inflammatory which causes cancer to develop, even if you are not obese. They also said that because of this, people should pay better attention to their diets.
"We found that specific types of high-fat diets, based on corn or coconut oils like those found in certain salad dressings and ice cream, are associated with increased tumor formation in a mouse model of intestinal cancer," Dr. John Lambris, a professor of research medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, said in a press release. "This model is particularly interesting because it resembles human familial adenomatous polyposis, a condition that carries an 80 percent risk of developing colorectal cancer in individuals with mutations in a tumor suppressor gene called Apc."
For the study, researchers used mice model and found that elevated tumor formation was directly related to mice fed with corn or coconut fats while those mice with a diet containing olive oil as a source of fat did not develop intestinal polyps, despite being obese, reported Medical Daily. Within a few days after starting the diets, mice fed with corn and coconut oil diets developed inflammation and tumors.
Meanwhile, according to NDTV, when the mice were given a drug to lower down the activity in the complement system, a part of the innate immune system, it prevented the tumors from growing. Researchers suggest that this result may also lead to a new supplementary treatment for cancer patients. "Our results clearly show that eating a high-fat diet is sufficient to increase cancer risk, regardless of obesity," said Joseph Nadeau, co-senior author of the study and a researcher at the Pacific Northwest Research Institute.
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