A Chinese study has highlighted the anti-cancer benefits of a diet high in fruit and vegetables. For stomach cancer in particular, potatoes and vitamin C are at the top of the list of preventive super-foods.
According to a vast Chinese study published in the European Journal of Cancer, eating potatoes or any other white vegetable is associated with a 33% reduction in stomach cancer risk. Fruit is associated with a 7% reduction in the same risk.
Researchers at Zhejiang University collected and compared data from 76 studies, including 37 carried out in Europe, 11 in the US, 21 in Japan, four in China and three in Korea. A total of 6,316,385 participants were followed up for an average of 11 years (between three and 30 years), making this the biggest review undertaken to date into the link between food and stomach cancer.
The findings indicated that there is no link between total vegetable consumption and stomach cancer risk. However, they did discover that potatoes and white vegetables such as asparagus, chard, celery, cauliflower, endive and leek have preventive properties and are associated with a 33% reduction in the risk.
In contrast, eating tomatoes -- despite the fact that they contain lycopene, a red pigment known for its antioxidant and anti-free radical properties -- is curiously associated with respective increases of 11% and 21% in risk.
For an additional 100g of fruit per day, the risk reduction is estimated to be 5%, and for an extra 100g of citrus fruit per day, the risk reduction was put at 3%. And vitamin C was found to lower the risk by 11%.
Acidifying food that increased the risk of stomach cancer included processed meat, salted fish (an increase of 4% per portion per week), high-salt food (an increase of 10% per portion per week), salt (an increase of 12% per 5g per day), alcohol, beer and liquors (a 5% increase per 10g per day), but not wine.
Food therefore plays a key role in stomach cancer risk. This new study supports previous research that pointed the finger at processed meat and recommended plenty of fruit and vegetables in our diets.
AFP RELAXNEWS
Wed Dec 09 2015
Potatoes and other white vegetables were found to reduce the risk of cancer by 33%. - Photo YelenaYemchuk/Istock.com
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