Obesity and the Development of Cancer:
I receive pertinent medical information from a dozen reliable sources. I wish to bring a recent dispatch from MD Anderson to your attention. MD Anderson, without a doubt, rates continuously as the best place to get cancer treatment in the world. I just received the following from them.
They say: “The link between obesity and cancer risk is clear. Research shows that excess body fat increases your risk for several cancers, including colorectal, post-menopausal breast, endometrial, esophageal, kidney and pancreatic cancers. (Actually, there are over a dozen cancers that are doubled to quadrupled in the obese).
What’s less clear is exactly how being obese increases that risk. Experts believe it’s largely due to the inflammation caused by visceral fat – the fat that surrounds your vital organs.
“The problem with excessive visceral fat is that it affects certain processes in your body. This includes how your body manages hormones, like insulin and estrogen,” says Adriana Coletta, Ph.D. RD, a postdoctoral fellow in cancer prevention.
“All of this can lead to an increased cancer risk by affecting how and when cells divide and die,” she says.”
Furthermore, obesity (BMI >30) should be avoided like the plague! You can calculate your BMI at Aim For a Healthy Weight. Goodness!! Just Do It.
Under a microscope, fat cells look like clear balloons because fat is transparent. You don’t grow more fat cells as you gain weight; the cells, really little warehouses, simply get bigger. At the microscopic level oxygen diffuses into the tissues. if the cells get too big they don’t get enough oxygen and your body senses they are in danger, producing harmful substances. You don’t want THAT! Check out of the obesity club; it’s not the place you want to be.
