Obesity and Cancer

Obesity and cancer.

“Epidemiological studies have suggested that obesity is associated with increased risk of several cancer types including colon, esophagus, breast (in postmenopausal women), endometrium, kidney, liver, gallbladder and pancreas.”

Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 2009 Nov;117(10):563-6.

Green tomatoes and cancer

Tomatine-Containing Green Tomato Extracts Inhibit Growth of Human Breast, Colon, Liver, and Stomach Cancer Cells

The tomatines are glycoalkaloids in green tomatoes; alpha-Tomatine effectively inhibited all of the above cancer cell lines.

J Agric Food Chem. 2009 Jun 10.

Reduced risk of cancer with coffee comsumption

Coffee consumption and the risk of cancer: an overview.

Coffee may reduce the risk of liver cancer, kidney cancer, premenopausal breast cancer and colorectal cancers.

Cancer Lett. 2009 May 18;277(2):121-5