New Dietary Clue to Colon Cancer
 (HealthDayNews, 2/3/04)

According to the findings of a Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital study, a diet high in foods that contain concentrated simple carbohydrates, which the body quickly converts into sugars, raises colorectal cancer risk in women. The researchers speculate that foods with high glycemic indices--like white bread and white rice--affect insulin factors or exacerbate inflammatory responses and, thereby, increase the cancer risk.