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High Insulin increases the chances of pancreatic cancer

"Diet and Health News" at Low Carb Diet Support: "Yet another benefit of a controlled carb diet: reducing the chances of developing pancreatic cancer (a particularly nasty cancer). from: Medpage: High Insulin/Pancreatic Cancer Study Report Review: ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 13 - Men with higher ...."

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Old 01-12-2006, 09:52 PM
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Yet another benefit of a controlled carb diet: reducing the chances of developing pancreatic cancer (a particularly nasty cancer).

from: Medpage: High Insulin/Pancreatic Cancer Study Report
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Review: ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 13 - Men with higher insulin levels and insulin resistance are at an increased risk for pancreatic cancer, according to researchers here.
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One implication is that lifestyle changes that modify insulin levels or insulin resistance might have an impact of the development of pancreatic cancer, they concluded.

Primary source: Journal of the American Medical Association
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Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ et al. Insulin, Glucose, Insulin Resistance, and Pancreatic Cancer in Male Smokers. JAMA. 2005;294:2872-2878.
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That's quite persuasive, Teel. Kind of hits home to me since my mother died of pancreatic cancer.
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