A NEWLY found ink between fatty diet and tumour spread could lead to new treatments for the deadliest forms of cancer, a study part-funded in Scotland has found.
The research which was described as "ground-breaking" by the St Andrews-based Worldwide Cancer Research charity, has discovered that cancer spread is increased by a high fat diet.
Researchers led by Professor Salvador Benitah, from the Institute for Research in Barcelona, Spain, have identified a fat-sensitive cancer protein called CD36 that appeared to play a vital role in tumours upping anchor and travelling around the body.
Advanced cancers usually prove fatal once they spread, or metastasise, to vital organs such as the liver and brain.
Tests showed CD36 is stimulated by dietary fats including palmatic acid, the key ingredient in palm oil which is widely used in snack foods.
Palm oil is found in hundreds of food products, including chocolate, biscuits, bread, sweets, ice cream, crackers, pastries, cakes, granola bars and margarine. It is also added to soaps, cosmetics and toothpaste.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14952216.Scots_charity_at_centre_of__ground_breaking__discovery_linking_cancer_spread_to_a_fatty_diet/
Title should be High Crap not High Fat
The research which was described as "ground-breaking" by the St Andrews-based Worldwide Cancer Research charity, has discovered that cancer spread is increased by a high fat diet.
Researchers led by Professor Salvador Benitah, from the Institute for Research in Barcelona, Spain, have identified a fat-sensitive cancer protein called CD36 that appeared to play a vital role in tumours upping anchor and travelling around the body.
Advanced cancers usually prove fatal once they spread, or metastasise, to vital organs such as the liver and brain.
Tests showed CD36 is stimulated by dietary fats including palmatic acid, the key ingredient in palm oil which is widely used in snack foods.
Palm oil is found in hundreds of food products, including chocolate, biscuits, bread, sweets, ice cream, crackers, pastries, cakes, granola bars and margarine. It is also added to soaps, cosmetics and toothpaste.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14952216.Scots_charity_at_centre_of__ground_breaking__discovery_linking_cancer_spread_to_a_fatty_diet/
Title should be High Crap not High Fat