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Diet and Cancer

The complex relationship between diet and cancer risk, including the challenges of epidemiological studies.

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Jan 27, 2026

What dietary or lifestyle interventions have credible evidence for reducing dementia risk, according to peer-reviewed studies?

A growing body of high-quality evidence shows that several lifestyle and ary interventions are associated with lower —most convincingly regular , control of vascular risk factors (blood pressure, diab...

Jan 18, 2026

How do absolute cancer risks from processed meat compare to risks from smoking?

Eating processed meat raises colorectal cancer risk modestly in absolute terms—commonly cited estimates put daily consumption of 50 g at an ≈18% relative increase, which translates for many population...