No surprise here, just a further addition to the mounting evidence that animal fats (which generally contain a high percentage of saturated fat, the kind that is solid at room temperature) are something to avoid or, at the very least, keep to a minimum.
From MedPage Today:
“We observed positive associations between pancreatic cancer and intakes of total, saturated, and monounsaturated fat overall, particularly from red meat and dairy food sources,” wrote Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon, PhD, of the agency’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, and colleagues.
”We did not observe any consistent association with polyunsaturated, saturated, or monounsaturated fat from plant food sources. Altogether, these results suggest a role for animal fat in pancreatic carcinogenesis,” they concluded.
