Diets high in red meat and saturated fat decrease the incidence of pancreatic cancer

This study was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology 2003 Jun 15;157(12):1115-25

Study title and authors:

Dietary meat, dairy products, fat, and cholesterol and pancreatic cancer risk in a prospective study.

Michaud DS, Giovannucci E, Willett WC, Colditz GA, Fuchs CS.

Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA. michaudd@mail.nih.gov

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12796048

This study, of 4 years, examined the relationship of diet and the risk of pancreatic cancer in 88,802 women.

The study found:

(a) Women who ate the most saturated fat had a 5% decreased risk of pancreatic cancer compared to women who ate the least saturated fat.

(b) Women who ate the most butter had an 11% decreased risk of pancreatic cancer compared to women who ate the least butter.

(c) Women who ate the most meat had a 6% decreased risk of pancreatic cancer compared to women who ate the least meat.

(d) Women who ate the most red meat had a 13% decreased risk of pancreatic cancer compared to women who ate the least red meat.

This results of the study show that red meat and saturated fat offer protection from pancreatic cancer.

High margarine consumption is associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer

This study was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology 1986 Dec;124(6):894-902

Study title and authors:

Diet and pancreatic cancer: a case-control study.

Norell SE, Ahlbom A, Erwald R, Jacobson G, Lindberg-Navier I, Olin R, Törnberg B, Wiechel KL.

Department of Epidemiology, The National Institute of Environmental Medicine Box 60208, S-104 01 Stockholm, Sweden

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3776972

The study examined the association of pancreatic cancer with margarine and butter. The trial contained 99 people with pancreatic cancer and 301 people from the general population who were cancer free.

The study found:
(a) For every 15 grams of margarine on a slice of bread the risk of pancreatic cancer increased 10 fold.
(b) For every 15 grams of butter on a slice of bread there was no increased risk of pancreatic cancer.

The study reveals that a high consumption of margarine is associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer.

Butter does NOT cause heart disease

This post features a chart showing butter consumption since 1926

The chart below plots butter consumption trends versus the incidence of cancer and heart disease. Since 1926, consumption of butter has dropped precipitously, at the same time cancer and heart disease has soared. Many factors may be involved as to what causes cancer and heart disease but for sure it’s not the consumption of butter because these trends are going in the opposite direction.

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