Abstract
SummaryA link between diet and cancer of a number of varied sites has been observed. The link is probably best documented in colorectal cancer; a plausible mechanism has been proposed and has been tested. A group of hormone‐related cancers have been correlated with dietary fat. A group of tobacco‐related cancers have also been related to dietary fat, presumably by a different mechanism. Some cancers have been related to alcohol consumption whilst others have been associated with malnutrition in general.This is not, therefore, a homogeneous picture but shows a varied role of diet in disease. It will have been noted that most of these dietary related cancers are diseases of affluence and are associated with ‘overnutrition’. The same diet, however, is associated with low infant mortality and appears to be protective against the more severe effect of virus infections.It may be, therefore, that we should not be hasty in modifying our diet and should first ensure that the benefits that accrue from our current diet are not lost in the change.
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