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CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, January 10 - January 16, 1997 - 27
Cancer Watch
Cancer research says vitamins are best if from foods
People relying on taking vitamins may not
adhere to maintaining a well balanced diet
Can supplemental vitamins,
fiber and natural fruit and veg-
etable compounds called "phyto-
chemicals" in pill form work as
well as foods to fight off cancer?
At a recent symposium present-
ed by the American Institute for
Cancer Research, leading diet and
cancer researchers said supple-
ments are not a substitute for eat-
ing plenty of plant-based foods.
When our bodies absorb phyto-
chemicals, vitamins and fiber
from plant-based foods, they work
in different ways to protect our
health, by shielding cell mem-
branes from damage to affecting
rates of the cell division that is
key to the cancer process.
According to Gary G. Mead-
ows, Professor of Pharmacology,
Washington State Univers!ty,
"Researchers still have not dis-
covered answers to questions
about dosage and combined ef-
fects of these plant food elements.
"Studies that find benefits from
food substances use amounts that
are far greater than in normal di-
ets, and the toxic effect of large
amounts of some vitamins and
phytochemicals, and combina-
tions of them, are still not
known."
That's one reason why taking
large doses of vitamin and phyto-
chemical supplement pills is not
advisable, the researchers pointed
out. "Many people believe that if
a little is good, more must be bet-
Chemically dependent
meetings scheduled
A Chemically Dependent
Anonymous (CDA) group meets
each Monday and Friday from 8 to
9 p.m. in Beebe Medical Center's
cafeteria. For more information,
call 645-3311. A CDA group also
meets at Dry Dock in Angola at 8
p.m. on Fridays.
DID YOU START YOUR
POST-HOLIDAY DIET. 9
No YO-YOs! Dieting causes the
body's metabolism to slow as a
starvation response to conserve fu-
el. Yo-yo dieters gain weight back
more quickly and lose it more slow-
ly next time.
Also, continually losing and re-
gaining weight appears to increase
the levels of fat in the blood and
thereby heart disease risks.
Submitted by the YMCA
For more information, call
227-8018
ter," Meadows commented. "In
fact, overdoing any one thing of-
ten has negative effects.
When people rely too much on
supplement pills, they tend to for-
get about eating a balanced diet."
Other uncertainties, Meadows
said, are the lack of standardiza-
tion in the manufacture and label-
ing of complex phytochemical
supplements, and not knowing
how early in life or how long con-
sumers have to take them to get
beneficial effects.
For example, people may take
suppl.ements pills that claim to
isolate the phytochemicals such as
beta-carotene or sulphur com-
pounds found in broccoli, garlic
and other vegetables.
However, in reality there may
be so much processing in making
supplements that the chemical
composition of the compounds
may be altered and ultimately
yield few health benefits for the
consumer, noted John D. Potter,
head of the Cancer Prevention Re-
search Program at the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center, professor of epidemiology
at the University of Washington,
Seattle, and co-chair of the World
Cancer Research Fund expert
panel on diet and cancer.
"Deodorized garlic, for exam-
SAVE 20-50%
pie, has wiped out at least half of
the sulphur compounds that are
beneficial in garlic. "And to re-
lease a number of compounds in a
vegetable such as garlic, you need
to chew it, crush it or cook it.
"But if you don't like the odor
of garlic, you can eat a number of
other foods and perhaps get the
same benefit from different com-
pounds with overlapping effects,
and that's the point of eating a va-
riety of vegetables and fruits."
As for the familiar refrain of
"no time to cook," the researchers
advised Americans to put health
before convenience by making
time to prepare and cook more
healthy foods like vegetables,
even if it means giving up some
"IV watching time.
"We're a pill-taking society,"
Meadows pointed out. "Instead of
changing our eating habits, we'd
like to eat potato chips and take a
pill to counteract the negative ef-
fects. But that's not very realis-
tic." Meadows advises looking at
what we can do to eat for better
health. The food industry is ex-
pected to manufacture more foods
fortified with phytochemicals and
other health protectors, following
the current trend of foods now
available with extra calcium, such
as orange juice and breakfast cere-
als.
For now, the researchers
agreed, the best way to fortify our
health and eat for lower cancer
risk is by using salad bars, pack-
aged salads, frozen vegetables and
the wide variety of fresh fruit and
vegetables that are more available
than ever before.
Beebe Doctors Close to Home
It's important to know that there are qualified doctors and nurse practi-
tioners close to your home. At Beebe Medical Center in Georgetown,
Dr. Roberlltogan, an internist who also specializes in oncology,
nurse practitioner Bonnie Hofstetter, and Dr. DomingoAviado,
a primary care physician, will .diagnose and treat
your health problems with skill and care. They are
I[1t
committed to caring for you and your good health.
Beebe
Call 856-3596 for an appointment with Beebe Medical
Center
doctors clos e to your home.
301 N. DuPont Hwy.
Georgetown, DE