DTN301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Colorectal Cancer, Stomach Cancer, Lipid Peroxidation
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Consumption of more than one serve of dairy foods per day, especially milk, is associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer, level c evidence. Studies of fats and oils have not produced results of significance to date, the evidence is suggestive at best. The association of stomach cancer and high salt intakes is possibly due to the nitrites in salt, or the effect the salt has on damaging the stomach lining. Alcohol: alcohol has been associated with a number of different cancers, and the evidence of links between alcohol and cancer is strong. There is a large body of evidence to support the recommendations made, while dose response does affect the results, it has been shown that even at low levels, the risks exist. Therefore, there is no recommended lower limit for alcohol, the cancer council in 2011 suggested that it is estimated that. 5% of australia"s cancer burden is attributed to alcohol.
