The traditional diet of Greece and cancer.

[R.B.]

Thank you for your comment. All debate is good. I have not looked at the Lyon study in detail

http://www.americanheart.org/present...dentifier=4655

but there is a huge amount of evidence that diet has potential impact on risk factors for disease. At the most basic levels diet influences gene expression which is a fundamental mechanism in regulating body function.

If you get time you mike like to look at some of the links provided which in turn open out into a plethora of further trials. If you search on NCBI and dietary factors of interesrt and cancer you will find a huge number of trials.

Here is a view from the Mayo Clinic



http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fis...atient-fishoil

"There is evidence from multiple large-scale population (epidemiologic) studies and randomized controlled trials that intake of recommended amounts of DHA and EPA in the form of dietary fish or fish oil supplements lowers triglycerides, reduces the risk of death, heart attack, dangerous abnormal heart rhythms, and strokes in people with known cardiovascular disease, slows the buildup of atherosclerotic plaques ("hardening of the arteries"), and lowers blood pressure slightly. However, high doses may have harmful effects, such as an increased risk of bleeding. Although similar benefits are proposed for alpha-linolenic acid, scientific evidence is less compelling, and beneficial effects may be less pronounced."

RB