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DESCRIPTION: Phytic acid (phytate), concentrated in food such as beans, whole grains, and nuts, may help explain lower cancer rates among plant-based populations.

This video is the first in a three-part video series describing how phytates may play a role in both cancer prevention and treatment. Stay tuned for Phytates for Rehabilitating Cancer Cells (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/phytates-for-rehabilitating-cancer-cells) and Phytates for the Treatment of Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/phytates-for-the-treatment-of-cancer).

I previously touched on the surprising new science about phytates in my video Phytates for the Prevention of Osteoporosis (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/phytates-for-the-prevention-of-osteoporosis/).

More on colon cancer in Stool Size Matters (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/stool-size-matters/).

Here are a few of my latest videos on the latest wonders of the musical fruit:
• Canned Beans or Cooked Beans? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/canned-beans-or-cooked-beans/) (and my companion blog Do Eden Beans Have Too Much Iodine?, http://nutritionfacts.org/2012/07/05/do-eden-beans-have-too-much-iodine/)
• Increased Lifespan From Beans (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/increased-lifespan-from-beans/)
• Beans and the Second Meal Effect (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/beans-and-the-second-meal-effect/)

What about that music, though? See my blog Beans and Gas: Clearing the air (http://nutritionfacts.org/2011/12/05/beans-and-gas-clearing-the-air/).

What about soybeans and cancer? See Breast Cancer Survival and Soy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-survival-and-soy/) and BRCA Breast Cancer Genes and Soy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/brca-breast-cancer-genes-and-soy/).

Other ways to mediate the effects of meat intake can be found in my video Reducing Cancer Risk in Meateaters (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/reducing-cancer-risk-in-meateaters/).

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/phytates-for-the-prevention-of-cancer/ and he'll try to answer it!

Image Credit: cookbookman17 and vanhookc via flickr.

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