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Conservative estimates suggest that healthy diet and lifestyle factors could reduce the colon cancer burden by 70 percent. But what does that healthy diet look like? What would Burkitt, the famed Fibre Man, have to say about America's diet today?
Read more: nutritionstudies.org/dr-denis-burkitt-a-wide-angle-view-of-the-proverbial-elephant
References
1. McDougall J. Denis Burkitt, MD opened McDougall’s eyes to diet and disease. The McDougall Newsletter: Volume 12, Issue 01. January 2013. Accessed online September 9, 2024.
2. Cummings JH, Engineer A. Denis Burkitt and the origins of the dietary fibre hypothesis. Nutr Res Rev. 2018;31(1):1-15. doi:10.1017/S0954422417000117
3. Burkitt DP. Epidemiology of cancer of the colon and rectum. Cancer. 1971;28(1):3-13. doi:10.1002/1097-0142(197107)28:1(3::aid-cncr2820280104)3.0.co;2-n
Burkitt DP. Western diseases and their emergence related to diet. S Afr Med J. 1982;61(26):1013-1015.
4. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG). Chronic constipation linked to increased risk of colorectal cancer, ScienceDaily (2012). sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121022081228.htm
5. American Cancer Society. Cancer facts & figures 2019. cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/annual-cancer-facts-and-figures/2019/cancer-facts-and-figures-2019.pdf
6. Willett, W. C. Diet and Cancer. JAMA 293(2), 233–234 (2005). doi.org/10.1001/jama.293.2.233
7. Hagga, F. A., & Boushey, R. P. Colorectal cancer epidemiology: incidence, mortality, survival, and risk factors. Clinics in colon and rectal surgery 22(4), 191–197 (2009). doi.org/10.1055/s-0029-1242458
Conservative estimates suggest that healthy diet and lifestyle factors could reduce the colon cancer burden by 70 percent. But what does that healthy diet look like? What would Burkitt, the famed Fibre Man, have to say about America's diet today?
Read more: nutritionstudies.org/dr-denis-burkitt-a-wide-angle-view-of-the-proverbial-elephant
References
1. McDougall J. Denis Burkitt, MD opened McDougall’s eyes to diet and disease. The McDougall Newsletter: Volume 12, Issue 01. January 2013. Accessed online September 9, 2024.
2. Cummings JH, Engineer A. Denis Burkitt and the origins of the dietary fibre hypothesis. Nutr Res Rev. 2018;31(1):1-15. doi:10.1017/S0954422417000117
3. Burkitt DP. Epidemiology of cancer of the colon and rectum. Cancer. 1971;28(1):3-13. doi:10.1002/1097-0142(197107)28:1(3::aid-cncr2820280104)3.0.co;2-n
Burkitt DP. Western diseases and their emergence related to diet. S Afr Med J. 1982;61(26):1013-1015.
4. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG). Chronic constipation linked to increased risk of colorectal cancer, ScienceDaily (2012). sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121022081228.htm
5. American Cancer Society. Cancer facts & figures 2019. cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/annual-cancer-facts-and-figures/2019/cancer-facts-and-figures-2019.pdf
6. Willett, W. C. Diet and Cancer. JAMA 293(2), 233–234 (2005). doi.org/10.1001/jama.293.2.233
7. Hagga, F. A., & Boushey, R. P. Colorectal cancer epidemiology: incidence, mortality, survival, and risk factors. Clinics in colon and rectal surgery 22(4), 191–197 (2009). doi.org/10.1055/s-0029-1242458
