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On that mission to be thin for the first time in your life? What if I told you that could give you lung cancer? Would you still try to drop those last few lbs?
The University of Southern California researchers studied 187 lung cancer patients under 50, most never-smokers, who had healthier diets than average Americans. Now that's not scary at all right?
Lead investigator Dr. Jorge Nieva called the findings "counter intuitive" and said they "raise important questions about an unknown environmental risk factor." Dr. David Carbone emphasized this shows correlation, not causation, stating "this is certainly not proof that eating these things causes lung cancer."
So I know you want that summer body to be on point, but is it worth a mean case of cancer?