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Diet and Cancer... What is the Link?
Today we know that too much of a certain type of foods can have harmful
effects on our health and well-being and we are learning that diseases such as
cancer are caused in part by our dietary choices.
In the 1950's scientists discovered relationship between ....
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.... cancers start when the body is exposed to a carcinogen, a cancer-
causing substance that is found everywhere in our environment for example in
sunlight. When the body is exposed to this substance it can usually destroy the
carcinogen without malignant effects. If any of the substance eludes the body's
defense system it can alter a cell's genes to make it become a cancerous cell.
Cancer doesn't suddenly appear, it develops through gradual stages of
which the initial stages can be reversed. The foods we eat can either increase
the rate of which thes ....
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