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Be sure to check out our excellent selection of quitting smoking books in our Amazon.com Bookstore : http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/amazon.htm IN THIS ISSUE: ** Foods rich in vitamin E may lower smoker's lung-cancer risk ** ** Study: Lots Of Fruit, Vegetables Improve Breathing ** ===================================================================== QUITSMOKING.COM Be sure you visit http://www.quitsmoking.com Excellent Information and Products to Help Smokers Quit! ===================================================================== Deseret News Foods rich in vitamin E may lower smoker's lung-cancer risk, study says WASHINGTON (AP) ? Smokers who eat a diet rich in vitamin E foods may lower their risk of lung cancer by about 20 percent, a new study says, but experts stress that the best health advice is still to quit smoking. In a report published Wednesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers say a study of more than 29,000 male smokers in Finland shows that those with high blood levels of a form of vitamin E reduced their risk of lung cancer by 19 percent to 23 percent. The benefits were most dramatic, the study found, among men under age 60 and among light smokers who had been using cigarettes for less than 40 years. The reduction in lung cancer risk in these groups was from 40 percent to 50 percent. But despite the encouraging finding, said Dr. Demetrius Albanes of the National Cancer Institute, the most beneficial health action smokers can take is still the same: Stop smoking. "We have to emphasize that not only for lung cancer, but for oral cancer, pancreas cancer, kidney cancer and a bunch of other cancers, stopping smoking is crucial," said Albanes. Although the new study involved only lung cancer, earlier studies have shown that healthy levels of vitamin E give some protection against heart disease, stroke and some other types of cancer. Albanes said the proven benefits came only from a balanced diet that included food rich in vitamin E, he said. The researchers drew no conclusions about the effect of vitamin pills taken by some of the men in the study. In effect, he said the proven benefits of vitamin E come from eating the right foods, not from popping vitamin pills. "We need more studies to compare supplements with natural diet sources of vitamin E," he said, adding that there are still uncertainties about the comparative value of vitamin pills versus nutrients absorbed naturally from foods. For instance, some studies have shown that beta carotene, an antioxidant found in foods such as carrots, can help prevent some forms of cancer. Yet, when beta carotene pills were given to the group of Finnish smokers, the rate of lung cancer actually increased by 16 percent. Albanes said vitamin E-rich foods include soybean oil and other seed oils; nuts, particularly almonds, filberts, hazelnuts and walnuts, sunflower seeds and whole grains, including wheat germ. Copyright Š 1999, Deseret News Publishing Corp. ====================================================================== Study: Lots Of Fruit, Vegetables Improve Breathing LONDON (Reuters) - Eating large amounts of fruit and vegetables not only reduces the risk of some types of cancer and stroke, it can also help you breathe better, researchers said Wednesday. Studies of more than 3,000 men in Finland, the Netherlands and Italy showed that lung function -- or forced expiratory volume (FEV) -- was highest in men who ate lots of fruit and vegetables. "In three European countries a big intake of fruit and vegetables was positively associated with pulmonary (lung) function," said Dr. Cora Tabak of the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment in The Netherlands. In a study published in the monthly journal Thorax, Tabak and Finnish, Dutch and American researchers said high FEV scores in Finland were linked to higher levels of vitamin E found in vegetable oils. In Italy, vitamin C in fruit seemed to be responsible for better breathing while beta-carotene in red and yellow fruit and vegetables worked best to improve lung function in Dutch men. The median daily intake of fruit was 3.5-5.3 ounces per day in the three countries while the average daily consumption of vegetables ranged from 1.5 ounces daily in Italy to 5.8 ounces in The Netherlands. "In all three countries FEV was higher in men with fruit and vegetable intakes above the median compared with those in whom the intake of both foods was below the median after adjustment for smoking, BMI (body mass index) and alcohol intake," Tabak and her colleagues added. The researchers said smoking was inversely associated with lung function in all of the countries. Eating bread also improved breathing which they believe is probably due to the nutrients and antioxidants -- compounds that counteract the damage of free radicals, in whole grains. Free radicals are chemicals in the body that can damage cells. The findings of the study are consistent with nutritional guidelines issued by medical experts to reduce the risk of cancer. Doctors advise people to eat five or six portions of fruit and vegetables each day, to reduce their alcohol intake, cut out smoking, maintain a sensible weight and exercise more. Breast, colon and prostate cancers are the main malignant diseases linked to a high fat Western diet. Thirty percent of tumors are associated with eating habits. ====================================================================== Take care and have a great week! Blair support@quitsmokingsupport.com QuitSmokingSupport.com http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to nosmoke-unsubscribe@listbot.com Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb