Study finds link between colon cancer and red meat and processed meat

[Amy SF]

http://articles.health.msn.com/id/100099948/?GT1=5943


A more cautious approach is taken by Dr. Steven H. Zeisel, who is the American Institute of Cancer Research professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

The study findings point to the need for a controlled trial that would assign people to different diets and follow them for years, he said. Since such a trial is not in prospect, he recommends moderation.

"Moderating red meat intake makes sense in terms of reducing the risk of colon cancer," Zeisel said. "But I don't think that anybody says that eating red meat now and then would increase the risk of cancer. There's no need to become a vegan or make drastic changes in diet. I would be moderating my intake a little more than I would have moderated before."
God forbid anybody should become a vegan! :rolleyes:

[Sokara]

Yeah, gods forbid you just cut something like that out of your diet.

[eggplant]

They always have to phrase it that way so as not to piss off the meat industries. Any study like this that comes out, they always say, you're better off not eating any red meat...however, you certainly don't need to cut it out entirely! As if cutting out red meat (not even all meat) is a fate worse than death.

[epski]

Here, too: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-food12jan12,1,3643830.story (requires free subscription until archived)

I'm all in favor of even small reductions in the consumption of red meat, so long as a vast number of people do it. 1 million people eating cow one less meal per week do more than 1 person going vegan, in terms of creating a financial impact on the producers of red meat, who are indeed feeling the pinch right now. This will not come as good news to them.

What worries me is that producers like Tyson are the biggest producers of poultry as well, and I'm hearing on NPR this morning that poultry and fish are being found to have protective health benefits! :o

I have to find this research and see what the heck is going on.

[veggiesrule]

Oh, no we wouldn't want anyone to make a "drastic" change in their diet by becoming a vegan and possibly keeping themselves from getting colon cancer. Please...

I find it interesting to that they state high consumption of red meat as "eating at least three ounces a day for men, or two ounces a day for women." Seems like that would pretty much make all red meat eaters fall in the high consumption category. I thought they ate that much just in one meal, starting with breakfast.

[desolationangel]

The first article I read on this study said to reduce red meat. It then said that diets high in fish and chicken were the healthier option.

Like always, no mention of cutting the digestive poison that is meat out of your diet entirely.