5 Food Myths About Cancer

From sugar to red meat, there's misinformation galore about what does (or doesn't) cause cancer.

NOTE: Research on red meat & cancer has shown conflicting findings. See this 2014 article from the International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Medicine for a meta-analysis examining the associations of red processed meat intake with bladder cancer.

SOURCES:

Schoenfeld, J. D., & Ioannidis, J. A. (2013). Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review. American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition, 97(1), 127. doi:10.3945/ajcn.112.040949

5 Myths Debunked. Atlanta, 00046701, May2013, Vol. 53, Issue 1
Touyz, L. G. (2013). Genetically modified foods, cancer, and diet: myths and reality. Current Oncology, 20(2), E59. doi:10.3747/co.20.1283

[howstuffworks]

The sources we used to research this episode have been added to the video description above. Thanks!

[BrainStuffShow]

There's misinformation galore about what does (or doesn't) cause cancer. Let's debunk 5 food myths re: cancer.

[vd]

Thanks for the alternating back grounds and side imagine it helped to keep my mind interested.

[RubberTrampsReviews]

if your body has a high enough ph level, its impossible for the acidic cancer cells to live in your body, so keep your bodes ph level up and no cancer . awesome

[mariomilcha]

i feel safe now, time to go back to stuffing my face with cake!!!

[Dombowerphoto]

oh man this has just discredited soooo much that Freelee the banana girl trys to promote

[ThorRuneHansen]

But the China study shows a extremely strong link between all protein based diets and cancer. So the statement about no link between meat and cancer is false.

[asimpleenigma]

There's totally good reason to think that anit-oxidants prevent cancer.

[jtbedazzle]

what about the huge debate about artificial sweeteners linked to cancer???  that's the biggest topic that should have been prominently discussed.  

[sprksmith]

so are the things she said true or false ?! 

[wtalex]

Oh good, I've gotten my daily dose of propaganda!

[howstuffworks]

From red meat to sugar, there's misinformation galore about what does (or doesn't) cause #cancer. Here are 5 Food Myths About Cancer:

[rubygreta]

She states that cancer cells obviously consume glucose more rapidly than healthy cells. So why not just eliminate glucose form your diet?

[SynthieFlowers]

red meat... safe lol.
I guess you know more than the World health organisation.

[MrMongo]

while ur vids are very informative, the small pip is hilarious!