THE DIET / CANCER LINK ... by Simon Mitchell: "Attitudes to the link between diet and cancer are changing fast. The World Cancer Research Fund was founded specifically to fund and sponsor education and research into the diet-cancer link. There is mounting evidence that the high fat intake in a typical Western diet, along with the low intake of nutritious foods such as vegetables, fruits and wholegrains, may be responsible for up to 35% of cancers.

The World Cancer Research Fund is the only major national charity concerned with the link between cancer and food, nutrition and lifestyle factors. Their report ?Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a global perspective? gives guidelines consistent with those published by the World Health Organisation, the E.U. ?Europe against Cancer? initiative and other authoritative organisations. The idea of an ?anti-cancer diet? promotes prevention by strengthening the immune system directly and has partly led to the promotion of a ?five a day? campaign for fresh fruit and vegetables."

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