High Meat/Dairy diet Linked to Stomach/Esophagal Cancer/crosspost

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Now, this is SCARY. Definately something to be aware of for the future,

particularly for us 'longer term' DSers (those who are in the 20's and 30's

and will be post-ops for statistically longer than those who have the surgery

in later years, although I'm sure this applies to everyone).

NOw, stomach cancer is pretty damn lethal and the signs of it kind of 'mimic'

problems one *might* encounter with the DS.... So, armed with this

information, I want to perhaps ensure that I get some kind of

stomach/esophagal cancer screening regularly. If it's detected early, I

think that it is curable. The problem is getting to it early. I'm not

really as concerned about it now -- but what about after 20-30 years as a

post-op on my high protein diet????

I'm also going to write Dr. Gagner and ask his advice on this. I also want

to know what kind of timeline he recommends for cancer screening (most likely

one of those damn endoscopies and a biopsy?). I'll let you know what he

recommends.

It certainly begs to answer the question of whether we should get the bulk of

our protein from 'supplements' or meat/dairy... hmmmmmmmmmmm... I had always

thought that high protein wasn't a problem per se because we don't actually

absorb all the protein (i.e. - we wouldn't necessarily suffer from a higher

incidence of heart disease or stroke, etc. because of high protein/high fat

consumption). This research does open my eyes to other possible long term

risks that we must be aware of and DEMANd proper aftercare and screening for

such cancers.

all the best,

Noverr-Chin

co-moderator, duodenalswitch

lap ds with gallbladder removal

January 25, 2001

Dr. Gagner/Mt. Sinai/NYC

10 months post-op and still feelin' fabu

preop: 307 lbs/bmi 45

now: 194 lbs/bmi 28/size sweet 16 but squeezin' into a 14

(emphasis is my own and added)

Meat linked with cancer in U.S. study

WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (Reuters) - People who eat a meat-laden diet have more

than triple the average risk of esophageal cancer and double the risk of

stomach cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

The report adds to several studies that link eating meat, especially " red "

meat such as beef, with certain cancers. Colon cancer has been the most

strongly linked with a high-meat diet.

The study of people living in Nebraska found that those who ate the most meat

had 3.6 times the risk of esophageal cancer and double the risk of stomach

cancer when compared to people eating what the researchers considered a

healthy diet.

People who ate a lot of dairy products, who tended also to eat a lot of meat,

had double the risk of both cancers, the researchers report in the January

issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Ward, Honglei Chen and colleagues at the National Cancer Institute,

Tufts University in Boston and elsewhere surveyed 124 people with stomach

cancer, 124 people with esophageal cancer and 449 people who did not have

cancer.

They asked detailed questions about their eating habits, then characterized

their diets as being " healthy, " " high meat, " " high milk, " high in salty

snacks, heavy on desserts and heavy on white bread.

The so-called healthy diet had the highest amounts of fruits, vegetables and

whole grains and generally matched the government recommendations that people

eat at least five servings of fruit and vegetables a day, up to 10 servings

of grains, breads and pasta and just two to three small servings of meat.

The healthy eating group -- 21 percent of those surveyed -- also generally

ate the fewest calories.

" In contrast with this healthy dietary pattern, the high-meat dietary pattern

included much higher intakes of meats and much lower intakes of fruits, bread

and cereals, " the researchers wrote in their report.

They said 33 percent of stomach cancer patients and 35 percent of esophageal

cancer patients ate either the high-meat or high-milk diets.

03:24 12-20-01

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