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Physical activity increases insulin sensitivity and may affect insulin growth factor-1 IGF-1 bioactivity, which influences cell proliferation, migration and angiogenesis — the formation of new blood vessels — and can lead to cancer progression.
Exercise may improve odds against prostate cancer death 2011
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Physical activity increases insulin sensitivity and may affect insulin growth factor-1 IGF-1 bioactivity, which influences cell proliferation, migration and angiogenesis — the formation of new blood vessels — and can lead to cancer progression.
Exercise may improve odds against prostate cancer death 2011
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• It reduced levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I), a molecule related to the growth hormone that promotes cancer growth.
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Research shows that higher intakes of both calcium and dairy products may increase a man's risk of prostate cancer by 30 to 50 percent. (iii) Plus, dairy consumption increases the body's level of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) -- a known cancer promoter.
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Kennedy's major concern is that the fast-growing, genetically engineered salmon "carry elevated levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), a suspected carcinogen."
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Research shows that higher intakes of both calcium and dairy products may increase a man's risk of prostate cancer by 30 to 50 percent. (iii) Plus, dairy consumption increases the body's level of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) -- a known cancer promoter.
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More importantly, the abnormalities in rBGH milk also include excess levels of the natural insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in rBGH milk, with increases ranging up to 20-fold.
Samuel S. Epstein: The Dangers of Genetically Engineered Milk 2010
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• It reduced levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I), a molecule related to the growth hormone that promotes cancer growth.
Mark Hyman, MD: Resveratrol -- Eat Whatever and Live to 120? 2010
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More importantly, the abnormalities in rBGH milk also include excess levels of the natural insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in rBGH milk, with increases ranging up to 20-fold.
Samuel S. Epstein: The Dangers of Genetically Engineered Milk 2010
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Digger won't go into detail here about how insulin-like growth factor-1 and type III procollagen are such useful biomarkers, but the journal Clinical Endocrinology assures us the science is sound.
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