November 12, 2007

12:10: The Health Roundup, with Jay, Jamie and Jimmy.

12:20: When assessing overall cardiovascular risk, it’’s important to consider the potential remaining risk after using cholesterol-lowering agents like statins. Data compiled from several large, randomized controlled trials indicates that substantial cardiovascular risk remains despite the proven effectiveness of statins in reducing the so-called ““bad”” cholesterol. Though statins lower cardiovascular risk by about 30 per cent by working on one’’s bad cholesterol - approximately 70 per cent of potential cardiovascular risk still remains.
Guest: Dr. Dominic Ng (Ing), Staff Endocrinologist, University of Toronto.

12:35: Time for our weekly visit with Shalom Village.
Guest: Pat Morden, CEO of Shalom Village.

12:45: DayNight Pharmacy segment.
Guest: Irene.

Poor Diet links to Cancer Risk!

Choose lean and limit meat to cut cancer risk. Many kinds of cancer can be prevented with simple lifestyle choices, says a new study released by the American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer research Fund. The report recommends keeping a lean body weight, limiting red meat consumption and ditching the processed foods like bacon, hot dogs and luncheon meats ( except for the odd occasion) . There was also convincing evidence linking consumption of alcohol to elevated cancer risk ! In light of the evidence it suggest that even a small amount of alcohol raises your risk. The report advises to no more than two drinks a day for men and one drink a day for women. The study aimed its prevention at excess body fat as a prime contributor to numerous forms of malignancies, including cancer of the esophagus, pancreas, colon, kidney and uterus as well as breast cancer in post-menopausal women. By reducing the average weight on a population basis could slash the number of new cancers worldwide by a third. The report suggests to trim red meats, like beef, pork and lamb from your diet to prevent colorectal cancer. The intake should be limited to about 500 grams of cooked meat per week. This report was the most comprehensive ever published on the evidence linking cancer to diet, physical activity and weight. It was a 5 year cumulative effort that involved nine independent teams of scientists from around the world and 21 international expects who reviewed and analyzed more than 7,000 large scale studies. This report is telling us today, that the evidence is more and more convincing on how we live, what we eat and our individual risk to cancer is, and our role as an individual to review our lifestyles.