Cancer Risk Starts When?

From eNewsletter 4/23/2025

DID YOU KNOW that when it comes to preventing gastrointestinal related cancers, here are two of many lifestyle choices you can optimize?

Mobile Phones

Why have so many people under 50 in affluent countries been developing colorectal cancer in recent decades? De-Kun Li, a senior epidemiologist at Kaiser Permanente, offered a new possibility: carrying a cell phone below the waist. When placed in a pocket below the belt, the phone transmits RF radiation into the abdomen. In his small pilot study, he found that those who carried a phone below the waist were four times more likely to develop colorectal tumors. Solution: Try not carry your mobile phone on your person.

Diet

More than 1 in 5 of new gastrointestinal cancer cases globally were attributable to suboptimal dietary intake, according to a recent study in Gastroenterology. Excessive consumption of processed meats and sugars and insufficient fruit and vegetable intake were the leading dietary risk factors. In addition, the number of diet-related cases doubled from 1990 to 2018. Whereas in a JAMA Network Open study, participants with high adherence to a Mediterranean diet had a lower risk for obesity-related gastric cancers than those with low adherence.

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