by drstegallio | Sep 5, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Nutrition
What would you say if I told you that a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich with a kosher pickle increases cancer risk dramatically? Would you believe me? Actually, BLT with a kosher pickle is a mnemonic I learned in my medical training to help remember the types of...
by drstegallio | Jul 15, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Nutrition
Research has shown the potential health benefits of bioactive nutrients — those compounds found in foods like fruits, vegetables, tea, and cocoa. And consumers are showing an increased interest in learning more. But can there be too much of a good thing? John...
by drstegallio | Jul 14, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Nutrition
In their recent review published in Frontiers in Nutrition, Italian researchers examined the available literature for the effects of acute and chronic administration of cocoa flavanols on different cognitive domains. In other words: what happens to your brain up to a...
by drstegallio | Jul 13, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Nutrition
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have used animal models to reveal new information about the impact — positive and negative — that soy consumption could have on a common breast cancer treatment. The scientists have uncovered the...
by drstegallio | Jul 12, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Nutrition, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Research
Poor diet is associated with 80% of colorectal cancer cases, but the exact pathways by which diet leads to cancer are not known. In a newly published study, Cleveland Clinic researchers have identified a specific molecular pathway that plays a key role in the link...
by drstegallio | Jul 10, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Nutrition, Cancer Research
Feeding pregnant female mice a diet high in fat derived from common corn oil resulted in genetic changes that substantially increased breast cancer susceptibility in three generations of female offspring, reports a team of researchers led by scientists at Georgetown...
