Is animal protein a powerful cancer promoter?
Answer by Nancy C
There are hundreds of studies done that show that animal products cause cancer. Just google key words & you'll be able to access many. There are also many books & publications on it.
Since we will all die, avoiding animal products will only extend our life span by a couple of decades. So if we were to die at 80 having developed cancer, we might make it to 100 & die of "old age."
Answer by stevie-g
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3149062.stm
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Eating_Lots_of_Red_Meat_Linked_to_Colon_Cancer.asp
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jun/15/processed-meat-bacon-bowel-cancer
Fox News and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association disagree with the science, but doesn't the smoking industry do the same thing about its product?
Answer by Free Thinker
Jesus ate meat, fish & the bible recommends goats milk. The basic reason for cancer inducing animal proteins is basically because it is hormone and artificially grown thus perverted. I wish I could produce more sources but really the bible is the best one and the folks you are dealing with would adamantly refute any source that doesn't agree with their own.
Answer by lo_mcg
Well, I guess I'm my own reputable source. I have been a vegetarian most of my life (I'm 56); I became vegan (no animal products at all) almost 14 years ago. Five and a half years ago I was diagnosed with an advanced, aggressive cancer.
Through cancer support networks I have met three other vegans with cancer - one of them a lifelong vegan - and dozens of vegetarians with cancer.
There is no food that has been proven to cause cancer (or to prevent or cure it either); meat doesn't cause cancer, nor does veganism or vegetarianism protect against cancer. There are some studies which link certain diets and cancer or lack of cancer, but studies are not proof, and other studies have different findings. The cancer/ meat links that are actually known or suspected are these:
A diet high in meat, particularly red and processed meats, is known to contribute to the development of some colorectal cancers. A diet high in meat and fat *may* increase the risk of pancreatic cancer. A diet high in red and processed meats is thought to possibly increase the risk of stomach cancer (as is a diet high in salt).
A diet high in dairy is thought to be a possible risk factor in prostate cancer, and a diet high in fat may be a risk factor for some other cancers.
All these are risk factors, some of them not even conclusively known risk factors. A risk factor is not a cause.
That really is about it for any known connection between meat and the 200+ diseases that come under the umbrella title of cancer.
It's actually thought that fish could reduce the risk of colon cancer, although, like all the cancer/diet connections it's not been conclusively shown. But the evidence is strong enough for Cancer Research UK to include it in their information on cancer and diet
Answer by Peter M
While I hesitate to call it ridiculous, it at least borders on junk science. Junk science takes a grain of truth and expands it into a thesis and lots of PHDs on the big money making lecture circuit are famous for it. The only credentials I care to offer anyone is my long life of not being a mark for scammers. I've also found that arguing negatives are not a worthwhile endeavor and people will continue to believe what they want to. Meanwhile, I'll continue to dig into steak and fish and respect the diets of folks who don't.
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