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Diet Affects Kidney Cancer Risk

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A study looks at how different foods, like red meat and vegetables, affect the risk of developing kidney cancer:

"Eating red meat may increase a person's risk of developing the most common type of kidney cancer, while eating vegetables may provide a protective effect, new research in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association shows.

Principal investigator Dr. Nabih R. Asal of the University of Florida, Gainesville and associates also found that people who ate lots of white bread and white potatoes were at greater risk of the disease than their peers who ate these foods less frequently. The relationship was particularly strong among women."

Read More: http://www.canada.com/health/men/Diet+increase+risk+kidney+cancer/151555...

 

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