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Prevent Your Own Cancer
Posted by Elvin Adams on
Nearly 50% of all cancer deaths can be prevented. It is reliably estimated that lifestyle and environmental factors are responsible for 42% of the cancers in the United Kingdom. What is true in the UK is likely to be true in much of the industrialized world.
The research looked at the contribution to cancer made by tobacco, unhealthful foods in the diet, obesity, alcohol, lack of exercise, industrial exposures, radiation and several other factors that make a small contribution to cancer.
Of the 314,000 cases of cancer in the UK in 2010, 134,000 were preventable. Tobacco caused 60,000 premature cancer deaths.There were 29,000 cancers caused by eating red meat or a lack of fruits and vegetables in the diet. Obesity was responsible for another 17,000 premature cancer deaths. Alcohol drinking caused 12,000 premature deaths.
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Diabetes and Red Meat Consumption
Posted by Fred Hardinge on
Just one serving of red meat daily increases type II diabetes risk by almost 20%.
In the largest study of its kind (204,157 participants followed for 20+ years), Harvard University researchers have found that using whole grains, nuts or low-fat dairy such as yogurt to replace one daily serving of red meat can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by 16-35%. Eating only 4 ounces of red meat per day raised the risk by 19%. Using processed meats like hot dog or sausage increased the risk by 51%.
PositiveTip: Sugary sweets and sodas are not the only thing that increases the risk of diabetes--limit your red meat consumption to lower your risk.
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Red Meat Raised Risk of Stroke in Swedish Women
Posted by Fred Hardinge on
Women eating the most red meat had highest risk of stroke.
The connection between eating red meat and the risk of ischemic stroke was assessed in a study of more than 34,000 Swedish women. After an average followup time of 10.4 years, the women who consumed 3.6 ounces (102 g) or more daily had 42% higher risk for stroke compared to those who ate 0.9 ounces (25 g) or less daily.
Women who had never smoked and did not have diabetes but ate the most red meat still had a 68% higher risk. These results are also consistent with findings from the Nurses' Health Study.
PositiveTip: Cutting back or eliminating red meat intake appears to reduce the risk of stroke in women.
Red Meat and Strokes in Women
Posted by Elvin Adams on
About 80 percent of strokes are caused when the brain loses blood supply because arteries are blocked. While eating red meat is linked to a higher risk of heart disease, several types of cancer, and high blood pressure, the connection between red meat in the diet and stroke has been less certain until now.
In December 2010, the journal Stroke published a study examining the link between eating red meat and stroke in 34,670 Swedish women from 39-73 years of age. All were free of cancer and cardiovascular disease in 1997 at the beginning of the study. Over the 10 year study, there were 1,680 strokes in the group.
Cure High Blood Pressure with Diet and Exercise
Posted by Elvin Adams on
I like really big population studies. The conclusions reached are valid and extremely accurate. Small studies with few participants are subject to many types of bias. The results of small studies are often debatable and not dependable.
The second Nurses’ Health Study enrolled 83,882 adult women 27-44 years of age. At the beginning of the study in 1991, all these women had normal blood pressure, (systolic 120 or less and diastolic 80 or less), and no diabetes, heart disease or cancer. These women were followed for 14 years through 2005. During the study, 12, 319 women developed high blood pressure and the rest didn’t.
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Meat Lover's Death Rates are Higher
Posted by Fred Hardinge on
That hamburger could be shortening your life!
A new National Cancer Institute study of over one-half million people reports those who eat the most red or processed meats have a higher death rate than those who eat the least.
if everyone ate like the one-fifth eating the least red and processed meat men would experience 11% less premature death, and women would experience 16% less!
Positive Tip: Those who ate the least red and processed meat consumed less than 5 oz. per week. They ate more fruits and vegetables, also.