Calories intake remains similar in most of such options

“Energy-dense foods must be consumed to a certain limit” this is the recommendation of the latest international report on diet and cancer issued by the American Institute for Cancer Research. The cancer-focused report has been aimed to promote weight control as there are true to life links between several types of cancers and obesity.

In the report such foods as are high in fat, processed carbohydrates and sugar have been categorized as “Energy-dense food”. Usually, food with high fat, carbohydrates and added sugar are replete with calories but some energy-dense foods like nuts or seeds have unprocessed carbohydrates and provide many useful nutrients. It is interesting to note that these foods are not associated to weight gain when they are taken reasonably as a part of fortified diet.

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People who are taking at least four servings of green salad every week and undertaking gardening once or twice a week have a reduced risk for developing lung cancer, regardless of whether or not they are smokers.

Dr. Michele Forman and his colleague research team presented the findings of this research study in the recently held ‘American Association for Cancer Research’s Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research conference’ in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Dr.Michele Forman and colleagues from the ‘MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas’, examined data from an ongoing case-control study to develop separate epidemiologic risk assessment models for lung cancer in current, former, and never smokers.

Potential risk factors causing lung cancer included exposure to second-hand smoke and to dust; a cancer related family history, a history of respiratory disease in the index patient, and history of smoking. This model however revolves around certain limitations demonstrating modest discriminatory power.

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