Body Fat Raises Cancer Risk

Released on = January 20, 2007, 7:31 am

Press Release Author = Dr Laurence Magne

Industry = Healthcare

Press Release Summary = From the desk of Dr Magne, author of Cancer Free For Life.

Press Release Body = New research findings show that extra body fat doesn\'t just
weigh you down. Scientists now have evidence that too many fat cells prompt ongoing
reactions in the body that may increase cancer risk.

A recent study in the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University found
excess fat may alter the body\'s basic functioning in ways that raise risk for cancer
and other diseases.

Research had already shown that obesity boosts levels of hormones such as estrogen,
for example, which increase risk for breast cancer in post-menopausal women. Too
much body fat, especially in the abdomen, also increases insulin resistance, priming
the body for diabetes.

Now, recent findings suggest that fat deposits especially around the waist, may
influence the body\'s inflammatory response so that risk for colon cancer is higher.

Inflammation is the body\'s first response to infection or injury. It\'s essential to
healing, but it can go the other way. Researchers now suspect that chronic low-level
inflammation of body tissues underlies a lot of disease processes. How does this
happen?

There are substances called cytokines that are part of the body\'s inflammation
response to help with fighting infection and healing wounds. Cytokines are made by
white blood cells, but fat cells can make cytokines too.

These substances also help with wound repair by stimulating tissue growth. Research
suggests that when the body has an oversupply of fat cells, those cells release too
many cytokines. This boosts the body\'s inflammatory response and causes damage to
cells and their DNA.\"

Where there is genetic damage plus stimulation for cells to grow, the chance of
cells growing out of control and becoming cancer is increased. We all have cancer in
our body at all times. The role of the immune system is to fight those cancer cells.
However, when the immune system is working overtime dealing with the cleaning out of
the fat in the system, it doesn't have enough resources to fight the cancer cells.

A previous study showed that people who were obese, 30% over their normal body
weight had a higher risk of colon cancer. People who were diabetic had increased
risk.

Some cancers are known to be associated with persistent inflammation that\'s related
to chronic infection. For example, people infected with one of the viruses that
cause hepatitis are more susceptible to liver cancer. People with inflammatory bowel
disease have above-average rates of colon cancer.

The idea that fat cells could be actively involved in promoting inflammation is a
relatively new one. \"There is more to being fat than carrying around excess weight.
People should begin thinking of excess body fat as actively harmful to their
health.\" When you study the human body, even as remotely as the way it is taught in
schools, it stands to reason that excess fat is not a natural condition for the
body. Excess fat will strain all the systems, being digestive, respiratory, the
skeleton, etc.
The good news is that excess weight can be managed. Even walking every day as little
as outside of the house and around the block, is a great starting point to healing,
by sending a message of health to the brain and the body.

To learn more about the power of the mind to heal the body and many stories of
spontaneous healing, visit http://cancer-free-for-life.com to download your ebook
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Web Site = http://cancer-free-for-life.com

Contact Details = So dien thoai
604-671-5957
Dr Laurence Magne
Publisher, Author
Cancer Free For Life
Email : lmagne@yahoo.com

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