Re: Study confirms red meat link with bowel cancer

[Guest guest]

I have no doubt that there is a connection between eating red meat

and colon cancer. However, I was a vegetarian for 16 years; vegan

for at least 10; and never ate red meat of any kind. When I wasn't

vegetarian/vegan, I ate fish and chicken. Drank tons of green iced

tea and lots of fruit and healthy food. No cancer in my family and

yet here I am with metastatic colon cancer. Just lucky I guess.

in California

> > Not really, you just don't like unfair taxation on something

stupid.

> >

> > It makes you wonder what kind of stuff they get away with that we

> > don't know about yet.

> >

> > Stupidity happens! Ooops, that's supposed to be Congress

happens!

> > (Arrrgh! I'm being redundant)

> >

> > Cliff H.

> > P.S., Miracles do happen, but not in congress.

> >

> > P.P.S. Everything is just my humble opinion, your opinion may

vary.

> >

> >

> > > > Hi all,

> > > > Thought I would pass this on. After seeing a news report last

> > > > evening regarding diet and colon cancer from a local TV

station

> > in

> > > > Tampa, I emailed them to request the report and they sent me

> the

> > > > following.

> > > > Ron

> > > >

> > > > Our report for televison was only a few seconds...

> > > > here is more info from Reuters.

> > > > Ana

> > > > (medical producer)

> > > >

> > > > Study confirms red meat link with bowel cancer

> > > > Wed Jun 15, 2005 05:27 AM ET

> > > >

> > > > By Woodman

> > > > LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale) - People who eat more than

> 160

> > > > grams of red or processed meat a day are 35 percent more

likely

> > to

> > > > develop bowel cancer than those who eat less than 20 grams a

> day,

> > > > according to one of the biggest nutrition investigations ever

> > > > carried out.

> > > > The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and

> Nutrition

> > > > EPIC)followed 478,040 men and women aged 35 to 70 from 10

> European

> > > > countries.

> > > > All subjects were free of cancer at enrollment between 1992

and

> > > 1998,

> > > > but after an average follow-up of almost 5 years 1,329

> colorectal

> > > > cancers had been reported.

> > > > The subsequent analysis, published in the Journal of the

> National

> > > > Cancer Institute, confirms the long-held suspicion that high

> > > intakes

> > > > of red meat are associated with increased bowel cancer risk.

> > > > After factoring in age, sex, height, weight, energy intake,

> > > physical

> > > > activity, smoking, dietary fibre, folate, and alcohol

> > consumption,

> > > > the investigators found that bowel cancer was associated with

> > > intake

> > > > of red and processed meat but not chicken.

> > > > Risk of colorectal cancer dropped with increasing intake of

> fish.

> > > > Eating more than 80 grams a day of fish was associated with a

> 31

> > > > percent reduction in risk compared with eating less than 10

> grams

> > > a

> > > > day.

> > > > Subjects with high red meat and low fish intake were at 63

> percent

> > > > higher risk of bowel cancer compared with subjects with low

red

> > > meat

> > > > and high fish intake. In addition, the risk of developing the

> > > > disease was increased for those people who ate a low fibre

diet.

> > > >

> > > > Sheila Bingham, study investigator at the UK's Medical

Research

> > > > Councilnutrition unit, said: " People have suspected for some

> time

> > > > that high levels of red and processed meat increase risk of

> bowel

> > > > cancer, but this is one of the largest studies worldwide and

> the

> > > > first from Europe of this type to show a strong relationship. "

> > > > She added in a statement: " The overall picture is very

> consistent

> > > for

> > > > red and processed meat and fibre across all the European

> > > populations

> > > > studied. "

> > > > Study coordinator, Elio Riboli, of the World Health

> Organization

> > > > International Agency for Research into Cancer, said: " Other

> risk

> > > > factors for bowel cancer include obesity and lack of physical

> > > > activity. Smoking and excess alcohol may also play a role.

> These

> > > > factors were all taken into account in the analysis. "

> > > >

> > > > Professor Tim Key, Deputy Director of Cancer Research UK's

> > > > epidemiology unit, said: " We estimate that more than two

thirds

> > of

> > > > colorectal cancer cases - 25,000 cases in the UK - could be

> > > avoided

> > > > by changes in lifestyle in Western countries. "

> > > >

> > > > SOURCE: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, June 15,

2005.

[Guest guest]

I am not a vegan but I have eaten stuff to prevent colon cancer and

still got it. So while it may be connected is no foolproof remedy to

prevent any kind of cancer.

Like smoking why do some folks get COPD and emphysema and others who

have smoked roll your owns, or non filters for years have no signs of

it. They always told my hubby his lungs were in good shape....

Arrgghhhh... no guarantees at all. LOL Jolene

[Guest guest]

I know it is true for Phil His grandma had uterine cancer his mother had

pancreatic cancer. and now Phil has colon cancer. Granted Phil never has had

enough fiber and veggies in his diet but odds are he would have gotten cancer

anyway.

Diet IS important but Screening is even more so. If colonoscopies were

standard for all adults Phil might have caught his when it was much more

treatable.

Narice

In a message dated 6/28/2005 5:32:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,

jasonsmom285@... writes:

I read that there's a gene that makes you make you susceptible to lung

cancer, maybe it's so with colon cancer too. ~Dianna

Jolene Ehret jehret@...> wrote:I am not a vegan but I have eaten

stuff to prevent colon cancer and

still got it. So while it may be connected is no foolproof remedy to

prevent any kind of cancer.

Like smoking why do some folks get COPD and emphysema and others who

have smoked roll your owns, or non filters for years have no signs of

it. They always told my hubby his lungs were in good shape....

Arrgghhhh... no guarantees at all. LOL Jolene

[Guest guest]

That is altgether possible Dianna

Jolene

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