Tag: diet
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Why Are More Young People Getting Colon Cancer?

Early-onset colorectal cancer is rising in adults younger than 50. The causes are probably mixed: diet, metabolism, gut bacteria, alcohol, sedentary life, early-life exposures, and delayed recognition of symptoms.
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Green Tea and Cancer: What EGCG Does Inside the Cell

EGCG in green tea affects cancer-related pathways in the lab, but human prevention evidence remains limited and inconsistent. Brewed tea is not the same as high-dose extract pills.
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Your Lifestyle Is Writing Your Genome: Epigenetics and Cancer

Epigenetics explains how cells read DNA differently over time. Lifestyle can influence some of these gene-control marks, but the science is more nuanced than simple on-off claims.
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What You’re Drinking With Your Meal: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Cancer Risk

Sugary drinks do not directly cause cancer in a simple one-drink way. The stronger concern is long-term metabolic stress: weight gain, insulin resistance, fatty liver, and inflammation.
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Obesity and Cancer: The Evidence Behind 13 Cancer Types

Excess body fat is linked to higher risk for at least 13 cancer types. The biology involves insulin signaling, estrogen, inflammation, adipokines, and changes in the gut environment.
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Coffee and Cancer: A More Complicated Story Than You Think

Coffee is most consistently linked with lower liver and endometrial cancer risk, but the evidence is not a license to drink unlimited coffee. Temperature, caffeine sensitivity, pregnancy, sleep, anxiety, reflux, and heart symptoms still matter.
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The Sugar and Cancer Myth: What the Science Actually Says

Sugar does not selectively feed cancer in the way social media often claims. The real concern is long-term metabolic stress from added sugars, sugary drinks, obesity, insulin resistance, and inflammation.
