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Between the holiday parties and Grandma’s home cooking, many people start the new year with a couple more pounds than they had before. With more than 66 percent of Americans overweight or obese, it’s no surprise that dieting is one of the country’s most popular New Year’s resolutions. A new report from the American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research Fund found that no amount of red or processed meat is completely safe to consume. In addition, those foods can play a part in overweight and obesity, another contributor to cancer risk. A new study in the British Medical Journal, which examined the effect of body mass index (BMI) on cancer incidence and death among 1.2 million women from the Million Women Study, confirms this link. An increasing BMI was associated with a significant increase in risk for 10 out of 17 specific types of cancer. Risk for death also increased with BMI for most types of cancer. Unlike fad diets or quick-fix weight-loss schemes, vegetarian diets are safe and effective for weight loss—and easy to maintain. For lots of healthy and delicious recipes to help keep you slim in the new year, visit www.CancerProject.org/recipes. Be sure to sign up for The Cancer Project’s Recipe of the Week e-mail. The Cancer Project News, Winter 2008
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Luckily, the foods that can help you lose weight are the same foods that can help you prevent cancer. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes are all low-fat, high-fiber foods, two key components to a cancer prevention diet. Because fiber moves food more quickly through the intestines, it helps to eliminate carcinogens and reduces diseases of the digestive tract.