FOOD AND CANCER.
DANISH DOCTOR’S INQUIRIES. LONDON, November 28. Dr M. Ilindhede, of Copenhagen, an authority on dietetics, concludes from his investigations of cancer that the disease has some connection with overfeeding. In the “Acta Medica Scandinavia” (quoted bv the “British Medical Journal ”) he *savs that the death rate from cancer is higher in Denmark than in any other countries and is incieasing rapidly. During the time of the warrationing cancer fell. A comparison of different’ classes of the population nidicates high feedings as a cause. English statistics, Dr Himlhede says, indicate a higher incidence of cancer among those who indulge in abundant food and alcohol. He concludes that among the main causes of cancer is irritation of the alimentary canal by decayed. strongly salted and spiced foods, the use 'of alcohol and tobacco, and over nourishment by savoury foods. A cancer specialist said to a reporter that we need not he troubled with regard to our food until some more convincing evidence is produced. Many vegeterian animals, such as cows and horses, suffer from cancer.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1926, Page 1
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