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Yes another study linking nutrients and proteins to health...

Next time anyone says there are no scientific links between disease and

nutrition you can say " so you haven't been reading or learning anything new

recently? " And honestly I don't even think this is " new " as a few of you

pointed out! Oh and PS -just like the essential amino acid Trytophan (yes in

nutriiveda) mentioned in the last study for reducing seizures and the Methionine

(yes in nutriiveda) in this one...there is a difference between taking the

essential amino acid alone vs from whole food sources which naturally makes it

balanced for our body's needs, and getting " all " the essential amino acids in

one serving and combined with other nutrients from whole food sources by medical

experts who know western and eastern medicine like Dr. Deepak Chopra

http://pursuitofresearch.org/advisors.html no wonder it's " working " . This study

once again shows the power of mixing essential amino acids with nutrients from

whole foods (in this case the B-6 or pyridoxine)

Clearly there will be proof of why we are seeing what we are in this group!

Nutrients may be why some smokers avoid cancer

Kate Kelland

LONDON

Tue Jun 15, 2010 4:10pm EDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Smokers who have higher levels of vitamin B6 and certain

essential proteins in their blood have a lower risk of getting lung cancer than

those deficient in these nutrients, according to study by cancer specialists.

Health

Scientists at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said that

although they had not found a causal link, the results may be a clue to why some

smokers never get lung cancer and some non-smokers or former smokers do.

Lung cancer is the most common form of the disease in the world and 90 percent

of all cases are caused by cigarette smoking. It kills 1.2 million people a

year.

About 10 to 15 percent of smokers develop lung cancer -- although they often die

of other smoking-related causes like heart disease, stroke or emphysema. Lung

cancer is also known to kill people who never smoked or who gave up years ago.

The IARC study, which looked at around 900 people with lung cancer, found a link

to low levels of vitamin B6 and an amino acid called methionine, found in

protein like meat, fish and nuts. B6 is also found in meat, nuts, vegetables and

bananas.

" What we have found is that these two things are strong markers of lung cancer

risk, but we have not shown they are causing that rise in risk, " said

Brennan of the Lyon-based IARC, who led the study and published its findings in

the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on Tuesday.

" This indicates that diet may have an important role in lung cancer development,

but it's still a little premature to say simply that if you change your diet and

eat more foods with these vitamins then you'll change your future lung cancer

risk. "

NUTRIENTS KEY TO DNA HEALTH

Brennan's team studied around 900 lung cancer patients, mostly smokers but also

including about 100 who never smoked and 260 who had quit.

Brennan said the change in risk of lung cancer linked to B6 and methionine

levels was the same for all three groups, although of course the overall risk of

getting the disease was much higher in the smokers to start with.

" For the two nutrients together, the risk reduction was about 60 percent, " he

said. " Obviously if you had a very high risk because you smoke, then a 60

percent reduction of that is quite important, although not as important as

quitting smoking. "

Brennan said his findings appeared to reinforce previous research which

suggested deficiencies in B vitamins may increase the probability of DNA damage

and subsequent gene mutations.

A Swedish study in 2005 found that women with high levels of vitamin B6 had a

lower risk of developing colorectal cancer.

" Basically, these B vitamins and nutrients are all involved in the pathway which

is responsible for the creation and maintenance of DNA, " Brennan said. " So

obviously you would want that pathway to work as well as possible. "

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65E5JW20100615

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