Can Excess Fat Cause Cancer

It is well known that obesity increases risk of diabetes, hypertension and ischemic heart disease. But did you know that obesity can also significantly increase cancer risk.  Recently there was a meta-analysis study completed of hundreds of cancer studies showing that 14 to 20 per cent of cancer deaths were related to obesity !

What they found was that among men, those with a Body Mass Index five points above the normal had an increased colon cancer risk of over 55 per cent. Women with a similar increase in BMI have a more than 50 per cent increased risk of developing uterus or breast cancer. Being overweight increases the risk of cancer of the oesophagus, kidney, gall bladder and pancreas. It can also increase the risk of various types of leukaemias.

What exactly is the link between fat and cancer?

Fat cells produce chemicals that cause inflammation; and can increase an inflammatory response.  This may turn into a cancerous response.  Fatty tissue seems to produce chemicals that can affect the balance of your immune system whose role it is to control cell multiplication, cell differentiation and cell death.

Another factor that researchers at the National Cancer Institute at Bethesda have found that their is an immune impairment amongst the obese.  This can all lead to an increase risk for cancer. 

So where do you go from here?

Well, if you are for the most part spared of any major disease up to this point consider yourself lucky and take advantage of the opportunity you have been given.  If you are already starting to experience symptoms and problems related to being overweight then it is even more important for you to start on a sold weight loss program to get your weight down and to start improving your health parameters. 

I know you can do it!

Yours in health

Jayson Hunter RD, CSCS
Author of the Dress Size Reduction Diet

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