High Meat Consumption Linked to Heightened Cancer Risk

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Research released last summer in the e Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggested that choline, found in many red meat and dairy products, may contribute to the growth of polyps that lead to colon cancer.

And another study, released in the Aug. 17 Journal of the American Medical Association, showed that colon cancer patients who eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, poultry and fish can significantly lower the risk of their cancer returning. In contrast, those patients whose self-reported diet included high intakes of meat, fat, refined grains and dessert were more than three times more likely to see their colon cancer return.

"If I were a cancer survivor," Doyle said, the new research "would make me stand up and take notice."

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To learn more about how diet and physical activity choices can help prevent cancer visit the American Cancer Society's Food and Fitness guide.

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