Friday, January 18, 2008

Another reason to avoid trans fats: prostate cancer (Ref: H08A18)


Increased intakes of trans-fatty acids may increase the risk of non-aggressive prostate tumours by about 100 per cent, suggests new research from Harvard.

The study followed almost 15,000 men over 13 years and piles further pressure on the fatty acids after significant prostate cancer risk increases were observed for higher intakes of the trans isomers ofoleic and linoleic acids.

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