Groenten, fruit en beta-caroteen verlagen nierkanker

Research Question:
Lowers eating vegetables, fruit or carotenoids the chance of getting kidney cancer?

Study Design:
This overview article contained 13 prospective cohort studies with a follow-up duration of 7-20 years, 1478 niercelkankergevallen (709 women and 769 men) under 774952 participants.

Validated were used FAHIM and random effects model. There was no question of heterogeneity between studies (p = 0.86).

Voedingsvezels

  • Dietary fiber, also called "ballast substances", is a collection of substances not be digested in the small intestine. They come so unchanged in the colon where they exert positive effects on the body.  
  • Dietary fiber or fibers are chemically carbohydrates that give firmness to plants.
  • Dietary fiber do not occur in animal products.