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How hot is too hot for a drink?

April 2, 2019 by Tim Crowe 3 Comments

There is a credible link between drinking hot beverages such as tea and coffee and the risk of oesophageal cancer. For the first time, researchers have been able to answer the question of just how hot, is too hot?

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Why antioxidant supplements are best avoided during cancer treatment

February 4, 2019 by Tim Crowe 2 Comments

Women with breast cancer who take antioxidant supplements during their chemotherapy or radiotherapy have been found to have higher rates of mortality and cancer recurrence.

Diet and colorectal cancer

Five ways to cut your risk of bowel cancer

September 18, 2017 by Tim Crowe 5 Comments

Bowel cancer ranks as one of Australia’s most common cancers, especially for people aged over 50. This is one form of cancer where diet and lifestyle choices play a big part in changing a person’s risk of developing it. That makes it a good news story because lifestyle factors are changeable. Here I outline the […]

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Diet clues to surviving cancer

April 4, 2017 by Tim Crowe Leave a Comment

Eating well is an important part of reducing a person’s risk of cancer. When it comes to dietary choices for people who have survived cancer, key themes surface showing that a healthy diet is just as important. Thanks though to earlier detection and improved treatments, more and more people are surviving a cancer diagnosis and […]

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Keep calm and stop hatin’ on bacon

January 14, 2016 by Tim Crowe 7 Comments

In November of 2015, The World Health Organization released a report investigating how likely red meat and processed meats are to cause cancer. The Internet promptly exploded with headlines proclaiming ‘How your steak is giving you cancer’ and ‘Bacon is as bad for you as smoking’. Taking a step back from the attention-grabbing headlines, the […]

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