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Cancer: Killing Animals Is Killing Us

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Since President Richard Nixon declared a " war on cancer " in 1972, that

" war " has become a losing battle. Every year, billions of dollars are

spent on cancer research, detection, and treatment in the United

States, yet cancer remains one of our nation's top killers.

 

Fortunately, there's something we can do about it. According to the

World Health Organization, up to 40 percent of all cancers are

preventable, and one-third of all cancer deaths in the U.S. can be

attributed to nutritional factors, according the American Cancer

Society (ACS).

 

Vegan diets maximize the foods that help us fight cancer-fiber-packed

grains and beans and phytochemical-packed fruits and vegetables-and

minimize the foods that cause cancer. Combine these two factors,

according to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and

the scientific evidence is clear: " Vegetarians are about 40 percent

less likely to get cancer than nonvegetarians, regardless of other

risks such as smoking, body size, and socioeconomic status. "

 

One study compared cancer rates of vegetarians and meat-eaters in

34,000 Americans. The results showed that those who avoided meat,

fish, and poultry had dramatically lower rates of prostate, ovarian,

and colon cancer compared to meat-eaters.

 

Eating Chickens Can Lead to Bladder Cancer

According to a major 2006 Harvard study of 135,000 people, people who

frequently ate grilled skinless chicken had a 52 percent higher chance

of developing bladder cancer compared to people who didn't.

 

An 11-year-long German study involving more than 800 vegetarian men

found their cancer rates were less than half those of the general

public. The lowest cancer rates were found in those who had avoided

meat for 20 years or more. Studies in Japan and Sweden also have shown

lower risk among vegetarians. It seems that with every bite of meat,

we increase our risk of cancer. Luckily, we can eliminate animal

products from our diets and replace them with vegetable proteins that

can protect our health instead of harm it.

 

Dr. T. Colin Campbell, arguably the foremost epidemiological

researcher alive today, argues that animal proteins are the prime

carcinogen in meat and dairy products. Says Dr. Campbell, " [H]uman

studies also support this carcinogenic effect of animal protein, even

at usual levels of consumption. … No chemical carcinogen is nearly so

important in causing human cancer as animal protein. "

 

But fat is a culprit, too: Higher-fat diets raise estrogen levels,

whereas plant-based diets keep them at a safe level, which doesn't

promote the growth of cancer cells. Luckily, fiber-a nutrient

plentiful in vegetarian diets-helps our bodies eliminate excess

estrogen, thus cutting cancer risk.

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" Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. " Isaac Asimov

 

" I did not use tea, nor coffee, nor butter, nor milk, nor meat, and so

did not have to work to get them... " Henry David Thoreau

in Walden, 1845

 

2006 US budget: $600Billion for the military, $200 million for

abstinence initiatives and only $4Billion for all of Africa..does that

make any sense?!!

 

'We must address the root causes of terrorism to end it for all time.

I believe putting resources into improving the lives of poor people is

a better strategy than spending it on guns.' Bangladeshi economist

Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize

 

" Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said: 'one can't believe

impossible things.' 'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said

the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a

day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible

things before breakfast.' " quote from Alice in Wonderland

 

" War is essentially an evil thing. Its consequences are not confined to the belligerent States alone, but affect the whole world. To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole. " Nuremburg Tribunal, 1946