Eating more whole grain and fibre-rich food may lower the risk of pancreatic cancer by about 40 per cent, study findings suggest.
Dr June M. Chan, of the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues identified this reduced risk among adults who ate two or more servings of whole grains each day compared with those who ate less than one serving a day.
They also noted about a 35 per cent reduction in risk among individuals who ate the highest amount of fibre (26.5 grams per day or more) compared with those who ate the least (15.6 grams per day or less).
"There is a possibility that diet can affect one's risk of pancreatic, as well as other cancers," Chan said, "and that eating a diet rich in a wide variety of grains is likely to not only help in the prevention of diabetes and heart disease, but also this very deadly cancer."
