Health News Update: New Discoveries Link Cancer and Diet
Hello again friends:
Some very interesting new research has revealed how food choices can negatively affect gene expression and how that can lead to cancer, as well as other degenerative diseases. Here is what the authors state:
“A previously unknown mechanism for inactivating genes that suppress tumor formation helps explain why cancer risk is associated with an unhealthy diet and or unmanaged metabolic conditions like diabetes.
Researchers from Singapore and the UK used mouse models, human tissue, and human breast organoids grown in the lab to find that changes in glucose metabolism could help cancer grow by temporarily disabling a gene that protects us from tumors called BRAC2.”
Bottom Line:
The researchers found that alterations in glucose (blood sugar) metabolism led to genetic expression favoring tumor/cancer induction by turning off tumor suppressor genes. In other words, your diet directly affects your cancer risk. This then would lead you to take steps that keep your blood sugar and weight normal as high blood sugar and being overweight or obese are known risks for cancer. It is papers like this that help us understand how this happens and also points the way to risk reduction.
An easy way to start is to remove all processed and ultra-processed foods from your diet. Next, get rid of all added sugars, then move on to stopping all processed grains such as white flour food products and shift to whole grains. Your next step would be to increase your consumption of vegetables, fruits, beans, legumes, nuts, seeds, and reduce all animal products. Simply make a list of doable steps and give yourself a couple of weeks to implement each step. Try this and see what happens to your health and let me know.
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-missing-link-between-diet-and-cancer-risk
PS: This research is just the tip of the iceberg. With tools that enable researchers to decode how food can induce cancer risk, they can use these same tools to uncover how toxins, or infections, or stress and other issues can alter gene expression and predispose us to disease and disability. Because all of our biochemical reactions in the body are nutrient dependent, my guesstimation is that we will learn that an optimized, minimally processed, natural, organic, and whole-foods dietary plan will be protective from all causes. Food is foundational...and in my experience, upgrading your food plan gives you the biggest bang for your time and effort in any health preservation effort!! In other words, the success of any health promotional efforts will fall short if your food choices are not optimized! Fortunately, the research is piling up revealing that making excellent choices in plant-based food sources is the best way to go.
