Overall diet quality, rather than specific food components, appears to be the primary factor influencing cancer incidence.

“what they found was that at the highest level of meat intake but also that also consumed the highest level of fruit and vegetable intake they had the same risk for cancer as the lowest level of meat intake with with a high level of fruit and vegetable intake”

“what was cool about this was they also compared it with the lowest to highest quartiles of fruit and vegetable intake and what they found was that at the highest level of meat intake but also that also consumed the highest level of fruit and vegetable intake they had the same risk for cancer as the lowest level of meat intake with with a high level of fruit and vegetable intake”

“other words it's a marker for overall diet quality is bingo”

“what they found was that at the highest levels of meat intake but also with the highest levels of fruit and vegetable intake there was no difference in cancer incidence between the lowest level of fruit or the lowest level of meat intake and even with the highest level of fruit and vegetable intake it's not an issue”

“other words it's a marker for overall diet quality is bingo yeah so and I again I don't want to extrapolate too much out of one study even though it was a large study um but what that would seem to suggest is that overall diet quality is the big rock that we're looking at here”