Diet link to lymphoma

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Red meat, cow's milk and low-fiber diets increase risk

of

lymphatic cancer

 

 

Red meat, cow's milk and low-fiber diets increase risk

of lymphatic

cancer JoAnn Guest Apr 06, 2005 15:19 PDT

Red meat, cow's milk and low-fiber diets increase risk

of lymphatic

cancer, says new research

http://www.newstarget.com/000983.html

 

New research published in the American Journal of

Epidemiology shows

that diets high in animal protein (red meat),

saturated fat, eggs and

dairy products (cow's milk) leads to an increased risk

of lymphatic

cancer (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or NHL).

 

Simultaneously, the study concluded that diets high in

plant fiber --

from broccoli, lettuce, tomatoes and other vegetables

-- resulted in a

40% decrease in the risk of lymphatic cancer.

 

It's an interesting study, but here's the real story:

This study brings new scientific support to some of

the dietary

suggestions I've been sharing with readers for quite

some time. Namely,

red meat is bad for you, cow's milk and dairy products

are bad for you,

saturated animal fat is bad for you, and vegetables

and dietary fiber

and good for you.

 

I realize that's an oversimplification of the

research, but it's also a

valid summary of it.

 

Red meat and cow's milk are unhealthy for human

consumption for several

reasons, most notably because cows are raised in an

extremely unhealthy

environment by the ranching industry. They're pumped

full of illegal

hormones, they are actually fed chicken litter and

ground up diseased

animals as part of their daily meals, and they are

raised on feed

that's

typically laced with heavy metals (cadmium and lead)

as well as

pesticide residues. When you eat beef, you're eating

all this,

second-hand style.

The cow ate it first, stored it in its tissues, and

then you ate it.

Many of these chemicals, by the way, tend to

concentrate in animal fat

tissues, so the juicier your hamburger, the more toxic

substances it's

likely to contain.

 

On the dairy side, cow's milk and other dairy products

and bad for

humans for a much simpler reason: cow's milk is food

for baby cows, not

for adult human beings.

 

The substance is simply nutritionally imbalanced for

humans. It lacks

gamma-linolenic acid, it doesn't have much magnesium,

and it is very

high in difficult-to-digest proteins, among other

problems. Baby cows

do

very well with it, but human beings don't.

 

This study is simply highlighting the results of

consuming these

unhealthy animal products on a regular basis. And you

can bet that

lymphatic cancer is just the tip of the iceberg here:

the same foods

probably also contribute to colon cancer, nerve

disorders, irritable

bowel syndrome, and cardiovascular disease.

 

It all adds up to yet one more reason to consider

avoiding red meat

entirely. Even if you don't go vegetarian, you can

replace all your red

meat with chicken or turkey (that's what I do when I

feel the need to

eat meat). Or, at the very least, greatly limit your

consumption of red

meat.

 

For dairy products, I highly recommend you try the

30-day " no dairy

diet, " meaning that you avoid all dairy products for

30 days and see

how

you feel. Most people notice a tremendous difference

in their energy,

their digestion, and they typically see a strong

improvement in sinus

conditions or asthma.

You see, milk tends to aggravate all these problems,

and sadly, many

people haven't lived a single day without consuming

cow's milk. Try 30

days, dairy free, and see how you feel. If you feel

better, quit milk

for good. I wouldn't touch cow's milk, personally.

 

For those of you worried about getting calcium in a

dairy-free diet,

don't believe the milk industry hype. There are far

better choices for

dietary calcium. One cup of cooked quinoa (a

supergrain) has more

calcium than a cup of milk. A cup of broccoli juice

does, too. You can

get calcium from coral calcium supplements or from

superfoods (see

related ebook on superfoods) like chlorella and

spirulina.

 

If you're concerned about not getting enough protein

in your diet

without red meat, just look to the same foods: quinoa

is very high in

protein, and it's a complete protein, too (all eight

amino acids).

Spirulina has twelve times the digestible protein of

beef, ounce per

ounce, making it a far superior source of protein than

cow flesh.

 

Reality check: I'm a strength trainer. I've put on

maybe 10 pounds of

solid muscle mass in the past year without touching a

single piece of

red meat. I get all my protein from spirulina, quinoa

and soy products,

with a piece of chicken or seafood from time to time.

 

You don't need beef to get protein, and you sure don't

need milk to get

calcium. And, of course, if you avoid red meat and

dairy products, you

will also reduce your risk of lymphatic cancer. Be

sure to read the

related article, Milk and dairy products cause heart

disease, diabetes

and osteoporosis -- interview with Robert Cohen.

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