Eat Poultry Meat and Fish to Avoid Liver Cancer: Study

Eat chicken and fish to prevent development of cancer in the liver, according to a study.

Earlier researches advise people to eat poultry meat instead of red meat because of the presence of toxic compounds and unhealthy fat that increase risk for cancer and other health ailments like hypertension and stroke. A recent study found that white meat like chicken, turkey and duck curbs the risk of liver cancer or Hepatocellular carcinoma by 22 to 31 percent. These finding were drawn after a thorough analysis of published studies between the years 1956 and 2013.

However, the experts could not confirm the repercussions of eating red meat on liver health. But, they suspect high levels of fat and iron in meat can surely have detrimental effects on liver. In addition the result revealed the regular poultry eaters had 21 percent lesser chances of being diagnosed with liver cancer while the risk rate was 22 percent in those who frequently consumed fish.

"Our results suggest that red meat and saturated fat may be associated with increased [liver cancer] risk, whereas white meat [and fish] may be associated with reduced risk," write the authors in the study, reports the New Max Health.

According to the data by the American Cancer Society, nearly 33,190 people will be diagnosed with liver cancer this year and over 23,000 will succumb to the disease. Liver cancers like Hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic bile duct cancer account for more than 600, 000 deaths worldwide every year.

"Dietary interventions and lifestyle changes may be a promising approach for preventing liver cancer," they add, reports the IANS.

More information is available online in the journal Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.