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After months of hardball between the ruling and opposition blocs, Diet deliberations on the crucial bond-issuance bill kicked off Thursday, paving the way for its passage.

The move came a day after the Liberal Democratic Party caved in, apparently judging it would anger the public if it continued to oppose acting on the bill, which is needed to fund about 40 percent of this year's budget.

The bill is currently the priority of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's administration, but with its passage now almost assured, he has been pushed one step closer to dissolving the Lower House for a snap election.

Noda promised leaders of the LDP and New Komeito in August that he would dissolve the Lower House "soon" after the bond bill is passed and progress is made on lessening the vote-value disparity and addressing social security reform.

During Thursday's plenary session, Noda stressed that financial resources for the fiscal 2012 budget will run out by month's end without the legislation.

"No matter which party is in power, nobody can manage national finances without the bond bill," he said.

When an LDP member demanded that Noda immediately dissolve the Lower House, he replied that the conditions he has set must first be met.

"I will make my own decision firmly" when these issues are resolved, he said.

As a condition for starting the deliberations, the LDP had demanded that the Democratic Party of Japan agree to hold a session of the Lower House Budget Committee first, to grill the prime minister.

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Arian Fosters diet drew a lot of attention in the preseason when he announced he was a vegan. ( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle )

Arian Fosters diet drew a lot of attention in the preseason when he announced he was a vegan.

While Foster avoids meat mostly, he gives himself breaks.

Im not in a cult, Foster said. Nothings going to happen to me. I just wanted a piece of chicken. It wasnt like temptation. I felt like I could use one.

The discussion of his diet resurfaced Thursday in regard to the high number of carries hes had this year. Foster leads the NFL with 192 carries this season. While his carries have increased, Fosters catches have decreased.

He said comparing how his body feels this year to how it felt in years past is difficult because of different variables.

Ive been dabbling back and forth, Foster said on his diet. I just like to eat healthy. The whole vegan thing, a lot of people are really interested in my food. Ive had meat since I said I dont eat meat anymore, but I like to stay with the plant-based foods, but every now and then, Ill eat something.

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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Adding to evidence that lifestyle affects disease progression, new research suggests that late-stage colon cancer patients face a higher risk of cancer recurrence or death if they consume a diet rich in carbohydrates.

The same seems to be true of patients whose diet is generally at the higher end of so-called glycemic load intake levels, which includes high consumption of items such as breads, potatoes and baked goods, the researchers said.

Both findings build on previous studies that observed that obesity and sedentary behavior may increase the risk of cancer recurrence and death. Those investigations noted that excess weight and insufficient exercise have a negative impact on insulin levels, which in turn increases the risk for hyperinsulinemia (a condition in which patients have too much insulin in their blood) among patients who have survived an initial bout of colon cancer.

What's more, the authors of the new study, led by Dr. Jeffrey Meyerhardt, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, suggested that their findings may strongly reflect such concerns about obesity and lack of exercise, given that those who eat excessive carbs and high-glycemic diets are more likely to carry excess weight.

Meyerhardt's team reported their findings in the Nov. 7 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

"Given that patients who consume high glycemic loads or carbohydrates after cancer diagnosis may have consumed a similar diet before diagnosis, we cannot exclude the possibility that individuals with these dietary exposures acquire tumors that are biologically more aggressive," Meyerhardt said in a journal news release.

To explore the potential connection between diet and colon cancer survival, the investigators analyzed data from more than 1,000 stage 3 colon cancer patients.

All of the patients had provided detailed information regarding their diet over a six-month period during enrollment in a chemotherapy treatment study, as well as for another six months after that study was completed.

After assessing the impact of carbohydrates, fructose (a type of sugar) and glycemic loads and indexes on colon cancer development, Meyerhardt's team concluded that there was a cancer connection with carbohydrates and glycemic load.

An accompanying journal editorial by Dr. Neal Meropol and Dr. Nathan Berger -- both from the division of hematology and oncology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland -- pointed out that Meyerhardt's findings are in line with the well-known notion that cancer cells are actually avid sugar consumers.

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