I thought article was interesting, so I saved it from a few weeks back. Note key points that I highlighted in BOLD:
Fried, baked foods may boost risk of lymphatic cancers
By David Liu, PHD
Saturday July 7, 2012 (Food Consumer.org) — Eating fried and or baked foods may increase risk of lymphatic malignancies drastically in men, according to a new epidemiological study released in PLoS ONE.
The study led by Mathilda L. Bongers of Maastricht University Medical Centre in Maastricht, The Netherlands and colleagues found an intake of 10 ug acrylamide per day during a 16.3 years of follow-up was associated with a 14 percent increased risk for multiple myeloma in men. The increase was 28 percent for follicular lymphoma in men.
Acrylamide, a known probable human carcinogen is present in fried and baked starchy foods has already been linked with many types of cancers since its finding in 2002. The current study is believed to be the first to examine the association between dietary acrylamide and risk of several histological subtypes of lymphatic malignancies.
For the study, the researchers analysed data on dietary acrylamide from 5,000 participants who were randomly picked from 120,852 men and women enrolled in The Netherlands Cohort Study on diet and cancer. During a 16.3 years of follow-up, 1,233 microscopically confirmed incident cases of lymphatic cancers were identified and used in the study.
The association between acrylamide intake and the risk of multiple myeloma was found particularly higher among never-smoking men, that is, men with 10 ug per day of acrylamide per day was associated with a 98 percent increased risk for multiple myeloma.
But somehow no association was observed for women.
The researchers concluded “acrylamide may increase the risk of multiple myeloma and follicular lymphoma in men. This is the first epidemiological study to investigate the association between dietary acrylamide intake and the risk of lymphatic malignancies, and more research into these observed associations is warranted.”
This study does not link dietary intake of acrylamide with risk of lymphatic malignancies in women but that does not mean it is safe for women. Studies have associated dietary exposure to acrylamide with increased risk of breast cancer.
French fries, potato chips, snack foods, crackers, chocolate products, coffee, cookies, and cereals contain highest amounts of acrylamide.
For more information on food with acrylamide, read here.
This study got my attention because myeloma researchers and specialists rarely concede any link between multiple myeloma and nutrition. Is it possible that what we eat–before and after we are diagnosed–can make a difference?
Seems to me that dropping most fried foods from our diets makes sense on so many levels. This is just another example of why eating fried foods regularly probably isn’t a good idea. I’m not talking about enjoying a few pieces of Kentucky Fried Chicken at a Sunday picnic. But nutritional experts agree that eating fried foods more than once or twice a week clearly isn’t good for you.
I don’t get the risk of eating baked goods connection, or specifically what kind of baking produces excess acrylamide. But I guess I’m in good shape with my low carb diet–I rarely if ever eat any baked carbohydrate anymore. I think this is a topic best saved for my other primary blog, HelpWithCancer.org.
I share a lot of cancer related nutritional information there. I will try and find out more information about acrylamide and post it there sometime soon. I will pass-along a link when I do.
Feel good and keep smiling! Pat
July 20th, 2012 at 4:07 pm
Hi Pat,
. My father had MM so I only knew traditional treatment I was very skeptical but not anymore and DIET IS VERY IMPORTANT! Also you need to drink Alkaline water because cancer cannot grow in a alkaline environment it grows in an acidic environment. If you van read his book “Take Control Of Your Cancer”. It explains it much better then I can. Keep up the good fight!
I emailed you a couple of weeks ago regarding my sister. Well we are in Reno and she is undergoing her treatment. Her doctor is Dr Forsythe he has written several books on cancer, he is a homeopathic oncologist and he says diet is VERY IMPORTANT! My sister cannot eat any shellfish in fact the only fish she can eat is wild salmon and halibut. She can only have small amount of dairy, but the biggest thing is NO SUGAR. The first thing she had done was a hair analysis for heavy metals and a Chemo sensitivity test which can only be done in Greece or Germany. Then those results told her the best Chemo and vitamin supplements she should be on, she has Chemo twice a week and vitamin infusions three times a week. When she gets home after these three weeks she will take her Chemo in pill form for three months. If you would have seen her in March you would have thought she only had weeks left. This week when she got her blood test results the Dr told her to look at her blood test you would never know she had Multiple Myeloma
July 20th, 2012 at 6:36 pm
Great to hear from you, Annette! Glad you and your father are taking all of this so seriously. BUT, majority of myeloma specialists (hematologists) do not agree with your approach. They feel diet has very little to do with myeloma, other than to help keep one’s body strong to withstand constant treatment. This view is slowly changing. And even if they are right, nothing wrong with eating well! Now don’t argue with me – I’m just the messenger! I lean more toward the “good nutrition can help” side of the argument. Good luck and I love the way you and others are working so hard to take care of your sister!
July 21st, 2012 at 6:59 am
Hi Pat, I remember the report a few months ago that smokers (or was it drinkers?) had a lower incidence of myeloma than those who refrained. Going to have to take this report with a grain of salt—organic, of course!
July 22nd, 2012 at 12:36 am
I believe it was either smoking, drinking or both!