Margarine increases prostate cancer by 30%

This study was published in Cancer Causes and Control 2004 Feb;15(1):11-20

Study title and authors:

Foods, nutrients and prostate cancer.

Hodge AM, English DR, McCredie MR, Severi G, Boyle P, Hopper JL, Giles GG.

Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14970730

This study compared the risk of prostate cancer with margarine consumption in 858 men aged under 70 with prostate cancer and 905 men free from cancer.

The study found that higher margarine consumption was associated with an increase of 30% in prostate cancer.

High margarine consumption is associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer

This study was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology 1986 Dec;124(6):894-902

Study title and authors:

Diet and pancreatic cancer: a case-control study.

Norell SE, Ahlbom A, Erwald R, Jacobson G, Lindberg-Navier I, Olin R, Törnberg B, Wiechel KL.

Department of Epidemiology, The National Institute of Environmental Medicine Box 60208, S-104 01 Stockholm, Sweden

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3776972

The study examined the association of pancreatic cancer with margarine and butter. The trial contained 99 people with pancreatic cancer and 301 people from the general population who were cancer free.

The study found:
(a) For every 15 grams of margarine on a slice of bread the risk of pancreatic cancer increased 10 fold.
(b) For every 15 grams of butter on a slice of bread there was no increased risk of pancreatic cancer.

The study reveals that a high consumption of margarine is associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer.