HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1984-03-28, Page 25Research supports diet link to colo -rectal cancer
Colo -rectal cancer is second only to lung
cancer in men and breast cancer in women
intermsof lifetimeincidence and mortality
in Canada. The =Canadian Cancer Society
believes -that research bas now produced
sufficient=evidence to—support- the..
recommending of a prudent diet for
Canadians as au approach to the prevention
of colo -rectal cancer.
In Canada in 1984, it has been estimated
that 5,060 men and 5,260 women will develop
colo -rectal cancer, and that there would be
2.770 and 2,700 deaths respectively from this
disease.
The recommended diet includes the
following components:
1) Eat less fat (fat should comprise no
more than 30 per cent of the caloric content
of the diet; it currently comprises
approximately 35-40 per cent at all ages).
For example, eat less fatty meat, choose
lean cuts and trim away surplus fat,
consume less whole milk products.
2) Eat more fibre -containing foods; for
example, bran (in nieffins,, cereals or as
bran supplements), food made with whole
grains such as whole wleatbtead, etc.
3): Eat adequate amounts- of 'green
vegetables and fresh fruit daily.
4) Maintain total caloric intake at the
level necessary to maintain ideal weight for
height.
5) Ensure that the diet is varied, interesting
and balanced.
e).Alcohol, if used at all, should be. used in.
moderation.
There is evidence for an association.
between colo -rectal cancer and high intake
of fat on the one hand and low intake of
dietary fibre and brassica vegetables on the
other.
Three types of possible protective dietary
factors have been identified: fibre (found in
Cancer volunteer ...
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but someone who's been through it," sink
explained
CANSURMOUNT
Joy is among a group of 12 volunteers of
diverse ages who have joined a new
Canadian Cancer Society program that
began last week.
Under the program, called CanSurmount,
people who have, or have had, cancer will
visit on request local people of all ages who
are now trying to come to terms with the
disease.
The program is based on the belief that no
one can understand the problems, fears, and
anxieties of cancer patients as well as,
people who bave gone throughthe same.
experiences. •
The problems and anxieties involve not
only the disease but also its treatment.
"Chemotherapy is something nobody else
knows about unless they're sick too," said
Joy, who took 12 treatments in about six
months after her diagnosis.
"1 couldn't even talk about it for a year
after," she recalled. "Anytime somebody
mentioned it, I'd have to leave the room
because it made me so upset."
She remembers how she could feel the
injections rising to her head and how the
smell and taste of the chemicals would fill
her nose and mouth.
"They would just flush the chemicals
through me. You'd sit there and just get
sicker and sicker," she said.
"You'd get hot and then you'd get cold and
then you'd get hot again and you'd feel like
you were going to faint."
She would vomit after each session and it
would usually take her three days to regain
the strength to walk without assistance.
During this period, friends she met at the
Metropolitan Hospital Cancer Clinic died. So
did her uncle.
"My uncle was diagnosed at the same
time "I was and he died- and 3 ended up
living," she said. "It was hard."
But with the support of her family, which
convinced her that cancer was not
synonymous with death, Joy pulled through.
APPRECIATES LIFE
After the experience "you appreciate
everything about life more", she said.
Joy Robinson...
in remission two years
"Christmas is more emotional. You treat
life differently. You're more thankful for
it."
Joy, who wants to become a radiotherapy
technologist, feels fine today but realizes
she still has three more years to go to reach
five years of remission, generally known as
the safety point from which the disease will
not return.
"Every little pain I get I get nervous
about," she said, "but I just take one day at
a time. If something happens, I'll just have
to deal with -it when it comes:"
At a day -long training session for
CanSurmount volunteers, Joy realized her
feelings during her struggle with cancer had
not been unusual.
As part of the training, the visiting
volunteers recounted their own experiences
with cancer.
bran, whole wheat and fruit), brassica
vegetables (cabbage, brussel sprouts .and
cauliflower) antcertain vitamins (Vitamin
Cand 'Vitamin E=toeopherv1):
-Evidence ins icat diet -in -relation to colo-
rectal cancer haft been accumulating as a
result of a number of recent studies. These
include a study in Canada, which showed
increased risk for those with a high intake of
fat, and particularly saturated fat, for colo-
rectal cancer in both sexes; and a study in
Australia, with similar findings. A study in
Hawaiian Japaneses showed increased risk
for those who eat Western as distinct from
Japanese type meals, and especially those
with excessive intake of beef.
In a number of experimental studies in
animals, the importance of high fat in
increasing colo -rectal cancer has been
confirmed." The mechanism appears to be
associated with the effect of fat intake on
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bile acid and bile salt excretion, with the
production, possibly by bacterial action, of
carcinogens in the intestine.
According -. to Dr. Robert- A. Macbeth
Executive -Vice -President; CanadlanCancer°
Society -National Cancer Institute of
Canada, sucha diet,. if widely adopted, not
only holds promise of reducing colo -rectal
cancer but also other cancers suspected of
being associated with high fat intake. These
include cancers of the breast, body of the
uterus, and ovary in women; prostate
cancer in men; and pancreatic and renal
cancer in both sexes.
Therefore, this can be regarded as an
important approach to reducing those
cancers in which diet is implica t
which constitute approximately 40 per cent
of the cancers in men and 60 per cent in
women. -(from the Progress Against.
Cancer national newsletter).
Cancer patient sends poem
Editor's Note: This poem was written in the
hospital by a woman (formerly of Goderich)
who underwent cancer surgery earlier this.
year.
PROMISES
The world is beautiful tonight
With snow so bright and flecks of white
From my broad window, above the street
I stop to wonder and appreciate
The people-
As they hurry, scurry - .
Wearing their mantles of soft delight
Picking footsteps with care and fear
Each step bringing them ever near
To someone close, one they hold so dear
'Then i sense through the wintry haze .
The apprehension and despair
Written in the lines of the faces there
Surely, on this night of peace
God's beautiful and enduring grace
W_ill.nevercease_ _._.---
To cleanse away the pain and sorrow
Of a grave tomorrow
And bring the promise of a .brand new
season
Gently warming us with hope and reason
Then may He in His time and wisdom
Find a place for me in His great dominion
That I may share yet another day •
-
Yet another year
With loved ones, too, that I hold dear
That I may stare again with awe and wonder
At twinkling lights and falling snow
To trust and grow, sad drearq, and knew ...:
Thai ilii. is how He'd have it so.
Huron Unit is made up
of dedicated volunteers
The Huron County Unit of the Canadian
Cancer Society is made up of dedicated
volunteers divided into five branches
located in each of the county's five towns:
Goderich, Exeter, Clinton, Wingham and
Seaforth.
The Unit's responsibility is to bring help
and comfort to cancer patients in the county
while also contributing funds toward the
search for a cancer cure. A major fund-
raising campaign is held every April with a
door-to-door canvass in each town and also
includes such activities as bike-a-thons,
daffodil teas, the selling of daffodils and a
fashion show.
The Unit office is located at 20 Isaac Street
in Clinton. This office is - manned by
secretary Wendy Tremeer and the phone
number is 482-7832. Inquiries should be
directed to this number.
Officers of file 1=luronCountyUnitiorT98
84 are as follows: past president -Ross
McDaniel of Goderich; president -Mel
Farnsworth of Goderich; vice -president -
George Michie of Belgrave; secretary -
Wendy Tremeer of Clinton; treasurer -Steve
Biskup of campaign chairman -Jim
Remington of Clinton.,oderich; campaign vice-
chairman -Murray Hunter of WM�ham;
commemoration chairman -Marg of
Bayfield; medical advisor -Dr. Bruce
Thomson of Goderich; patient services
chairman -Marg Allan of Clinton; planning,
development and nominating --George
Michie; publicity chairman -Ross Hamilton
of Wingham; mastectomy visiting
chairman -Phyllis . Pitblado of R.R. 5
Goderich; mastectomy visiting vice-
chairman -Mary .Lou Aubin of Goderich;
and transportation -Russell Jervis of
Clinton.
Branch presidents are: Goderich-Angus
MacLennan; Clinton -Freda Slade;
Seaforth-Ina Scoins; Exeter -Leone Brock
and Wingham-Barry Reid.
Smokers more likely
to get rung cancer
Lung cancer kills at least 6,500 Canadians
every year and smokers are 20 times more
likely to get lung cancer than non-smokers.
Smoking is the number one preventable
cause of cancer.
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