Data from the EPIC study (52) suggest that MD represents the best food model for cancer prevention and is associated with a reduced risk of gastrointestinal cancers, and data from the MOLI-SANI study (54) found that the MD model reduced levels of inflammatory markers such as C-reactive protein (CRP), white blood cells, platelet count and granulocyte/lymphocyte ratio, the latter being associated with poorer cancer prognosis and is an independent predictor of tumour growth, progression and metastatic processes (55). This evidence concerns the gene CRP and Menkes disease.