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Processed Meat Consumption Linked To Higher Risk Of Pancreatic Cancer

Article Date: 13 Jan 2012 - 10:00 PST

According to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer, individuals who consume too much processed or red meat may have an increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer. 


Researchers discovered that compared to individuals who ate no meat, for every 50 grams of processed meat consumed each day - equivalent to two rashers (streaks) of bacon or a sausage - the risk of pancreatic cancer increased by 19%.


The team found that red or processed meat increased the risk for men, although evidence was inconclusive for women. Men who consumed 120 grams of red/processed meat per day had a 29% increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer than those who ate no meat. This may be because women in the study consumed less red meat than men. 


Even though a 19% increase seems high, it is an increase on top of a comparatively small chance of developing the disease. The lifetime risk of developing pancreatic cancer in the UK for women is 1 in 79 and 1 in 77 for men, compared to smoking which increases the risk by 74%. In 2008 in the UK, approximately 8,000 individuals were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer - 3% of all cancer cases - and approximately 7,780 individuals died from the disease. 


The team examined results from 11 studies involving more than 6,000 individuals with pancreatic cancer. 


Associate Professor Susanna Larsson, study author based at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, explained: 

"Pancreatic cancer has poor survival rates. So as well as diagnosing it early, it's important to understand what can increase the risk of this disease.


If diet does affect pancreatic cancer then this could influence public health campaigns to help reduce the number of cases of this disease developing in the first place."

Sara Hiom, director of information at Cancer Research UK, explained: 

"The jury is still out as to whether meat is a definite risk factor for pancreatic cancer and more large studies are needed to confirm this. But this new analysis suggests processed meat may be playing a role.


We do know that, among lifestyle factors, smoking significantly ramps up the risk of pancreatic cancer. Stopping smoking is the best way to reduce your chances of developing many types of cancer and other diseases as well."

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/nutrition-diet/

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Last  December 17, 2011 at 12:00am. It was a very unexpected horrible moment to all Cagayanos who suffered the typhoon sendong and we witnessed how the typhoon destructed the part of the city of Cagayan de Oro.

It was then the sun rises as if everything turns into normal never know that many people cried and asking some help to those people who are also suffered despair, but no one came to help because everybody was also busy rescuing their own families, relatives or even friends. Indeed, a thousands of people died and missing and a lot of  people losses their houses and love ones and many innocent children survived yet, all they could have is nothing but pain and sorrow.

 The Bachelor of Science nutrition and dietetic  united as one to promote program feeding to all youth who has a malnutrition problems and as well as for children who losses their weight because of some food that contains less of nutrients. We also want to provide lectures to  all lactating mothers to continue breastfeed for infants for them to avoid infections.  Especially, we also wanted to conduct seminar to promote food low cost food that contains high nutrient density as they could sustain their weight maintenance. 

As a nutrition student, in other way we can also provide nutrition counseling for children as we could monitor their nutritional status .dietary management for elders who suffered difficulties in chewing or have a dental problems we can help them to utilize leftovers and make it soft according to their needs.

 As a student we are not only focusing only about foods,  but we are also concerns in health nutrition in community like cleaning their areas to avoid dengue and bacteria that can cause illness, proper hygiene and influence them to sanitize their selves , because cleanliness is next to godliness. More over we can give them clothes with go glow and grow for them to remember nutrition education.

               “ helping is the only thing we can do for Cagayan de Oro city”

                     So “ let us stand and fight for God never leaves us”