Goofing off after our trip to Peru
Vegans are less likely to get cancer than dedicated
carnivores like myself who eat as much red meat as they can afford. Does this mean that vegetables somehow help
ward off cancer, or that red meat invites it in – or both? Maybe not.
It is well established that obesity is a no-no, where cancer prevention is
concerned. It is hard to get fat on beans and rice, but
easy enough on rib-eye steak. And, in the debate over diet and cancer preemption,
there are many such confounding factors.
Thus says an article in the NY Times, brought to my attention by Dick
Ingwall. I am busy getting ready to head
out (annual reverse migration , Borrego Springs to Bellingham.) So read it yourself.
So, as the article says – it’s okay to eat fat, but it’s
not okay to be fat. (Maybe)
Okay, here is a follow-up on the nutrition vs. cancer debate. Stay thin and eat whatever you want.
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More gunpowder for the nutrition wars. Me: I’m having steak tonight.
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Antioxidants are good for us, right? Blueberries, green tea, whatever. Well, report of a clinical trial just published in Nature seems to show that antioxidants actually speed up the spread of metastatic cancer. In fact, the trial was terminated because so many of the people getting the "good stuff" were dying. .Seems that the antioxidants are good for our healthy cells, but even BETTER for cancer cells.
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http://www.newsweek.com/antioxidants-may-lead-cancer-spread-study-says-384528
More on the effects of obesity. http://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/ovarian-cancer/obesity-contributes-to-metastasis-in-ovarian-cancer-patients/article/460896/
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