Letters from the January 28, 2006, issue of Science News
By Science News
Oil-for-food exchange
Several decades ago, I heard of the anecdotal correlation between the rise of hydrogenated oils in our foods and the rise of colon cancer. The Swedish study that correlated high dairy-fat intake with lower risk of colon cancer (“Dairy fats cut colon cancer risk,” SN: 11/19/05, p. 333) might be reexamined to see if it reveals a correlation between intake of hydrogenated oils and risk of colon cancer. People apt to favor dairy fats might also be apt to avoid heavily processed foods.