Fruits/veggies reduce risk bladder cancer 4 women

Not to pour water on the parade, but...

Of course it is good to eat lots of fruits and veggies....no one would deny that. However, studies like this are not definitive...and the fact that men did not show the same trend is suspicious. Epidemiological studies have inherent problems....they look and "A" and "B" and, if they find some correlation, they tend to say "cause and effect." Years later someone discovers a "C."

The primary problem is that cancer takes a long time to become noticed. For anyone to get significant benefit in AVOIDING cancer, they would need to maintain such a diet over 30 years or so. While healthy eating NOW is certainly a good idea, it won't prevent cancer in tissues already programmed for it or damaged over years of abuse.

I remember the brouhaha over caffeine and breast cancer. This old saw is still around, although it has been disproven multiple times.

Interesting data, probably with basis in fact, but not likely to save us.

IMHO

Sara Anne

www.foxnews.com/health/2013/08/26/fruits-and-veggies-reduce-risk-bladder-cancer-in-women/?intcmp=obnetwork

Since there are so few articles on bladder cancer on news websites, I was excited to see this.

Anita