Diet Can Shut Off Cancer Genes

The benefits of eating right and staying active may extend well beyond your physique, all the way down to your genes, Bay Area scientists have found. Men with low-risk prostate cancer were able to change the activity of genes that affect tumor growth with diet and exercise, which could potentially reduce the risk of the cancer progressing. "So often people say, 'It's all in my genes, what can I do?' Well, it turns out we can do a lot, and faster than we thought," said Dean Ornish of UC San Francisco, lead author of the study. Turning certain genes on and off may not only help slow cancer progression, it could help prevent recurrence and perhaps prevent cancer from showing up in healthy people. The team studied patients with low-...