how does eating alot of meat cause lung cancer?
im doing a project and i cant find a good website that explains if you eat alot of meat you will get lung cancer. but im sure that if you eat alot of meat you could get lung cancer!
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Dr. Oz states that red meat causes alot of problems including cancer. Look at the book "You- on a diet" or any of the "YOU" books. He's great!
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And how pray have you come to this extremely interesting conclusion? You should hasten to send your paper to The New England Journal of Medicine and we shall all read it with utmost interest. You dont find web sites because eating meat doesn't get you lung cancer. It gets you gout and a lot of rheumatic disorders apart from the fact that it sends your cholesterol count skyrocketing. Do some serious research next time. You certainly wouldn't make my team.
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Ask anyone on Myspace on my friends list~www.myspace.com/andie9923. Lots of vegans and vegetarians~Dolly Doolittle (or Vegan Valentine)would be your best bet.... Only thing I know is you can get carcinogens from cooking meat on coal, or eating very well done meat, etc.... And don't pay any attention to Albert Heger. I'm sure if he worked for the New England Journal of Medicine or whatever it is he says he does, he wouldn't be handing out advice on Yahoo Answers......puhleeeeeeeeeze Al.....
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It doesn't. That's why you can't find a website. The only thing that has been linked to lung cancer is smoking. There is no scientific evidence to prove that meat is connected to any cancer at all, let alone lung cancer. I say this as a vegan (that means no animal products at all, so no meat at all) who has had cancer. If it is a school project you will get a very low grade if you pursue this line of argument, as you will certainly not be able to find any credible sources.
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Nothing has been proven that links meat to cancer. However, the proposed link isnt really the meat itself. Its the constant stream of hormones and prophalactic anit-everything meds that our livestock are being fed in todays world of 'factory farming'. The proposed link isnt only to cancer, but to a lot of other health ailments including the ever growing list of resistant viruses and bacteria (mrsa for example). Now, most of that has not been scientifically linked and a lot of people have a lot of controversy on it, but you will likely find more info if you know what to actually look for.
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I believe it's the carcinogens from cooking the meat. A recent study found that red meat raises your risk of several different types of cancers, most notably breast cancer and colon cancer. I'll provide any links I can dig up. Shame on you all telling her that it doesn't, it does...you just don't want to believe it does. I don't think you'll find too many documents linking it directly to lung cancer, I don't think they are sure of it yet. Carcinogens raise your chances for any cancer you may be genetically susceptible to. I'm a vegetarian as well who has had cancer. just because you're a vegan and you got cancer does not negate the fact that meat causes cancer The largest study of Western diets and colon cancer ever done has found that the more red meat and animal fat that people eat, the more likely they are to develop this common and deadly cancer. Researchers said the study offered strong evidence confirming a long-held hypothesis that diet was an important factor in determining who got colon cancer. Earlier studies had shown that when people moved from countries like Japan, where they ate little meat or fat, to countries like the United States, where meat and fat consumption was high, they were more likely to develop colon cancer. But the earlier studies had not conclusively shown that red meat and animal fat by themselves, rather than other dietary or environmental factors, led to the cancer. The Surgeon General, the American Cancer Society and other groups have advised Americans to eat less meat, but Dr. Walter Willett, a researcher at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston who directed the study, concluded, "If you step back and look at the data, the optimum amount of red meat you eat should be zero." A spokeswoman for the meat industry, however, said the study did not prove cause and effect. The cancer society said 110,000 new cases of colon cancer would be diagnosed this year and that 60,900 Americans had colon or rectal cancer, an incidence second only to lung cancer in the United States. In the study, being published today in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers asked 88,751 women from 34 to 59 years old to fill out questionnaires describing their diet and medical history. The women, all nurses, were followed for six years, and 150 of them developed colon cancer. The more animal fat the women ate, the more likely they were to get colon cancer. Those eating the most animal fat were nearly twice as likely to develop colon cancer as those eating the least animal fat. The researchers also found that the women who ate red meat as a main course every day were two and a half times more likely to have had colon cancer than the women who ate meat sparingly or not at all. The amount of chicken and fish the women ate did not contribute to their risk of developing colon cancer. This may reflect the fact that there is much less fat in chicken and fish, the researchers said, adding that the cancer rate might be related to the total amount of animal fat consumed. But they said they could not rule out the possibility that red meat itself contained cancer-causing chemicals. Cancer-Causing Mechanism It is not yet known how fat could lead to colon cancer, but researchers have speculated that it could induce the cancer by increasing the secretion of bile acids into the colon. Bacteria that live in the colon can digest bile acids and spew out chemicals that transform normal colon cells into cancerous ones. "I was very impressed with the paper," said Dr. David Eddy, a professor at Duke University who has studied cancer risks for the American Cancer Society. The results "go a long way toward confirming" the dietary hypothesis, he added. "It's a good study," said Dr. Peter Greenwald, the director of cancer prevention and control at the National Cancer Institute. "It adds to the evidence on fat as a risk factor for colon cancer." P.S who ever down voted me read what I posted there is a ton of information regarding meat consumption and cancer. what's even more sad about this, is you're probably a cancer patient/survivor who down voted this. Did you even read the information, or just hate me for not agreeing with your notions. I challenge who ever down voted to present any evidence that meat DOESN'T cause cancer...that's the information you will never find from a credible publication.
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