First high vitamin, then low fat, then low carb, now low protein (diet, cancer)
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The China Study has been met with lots of criticism, including a former vegan/vegetarian, doesn't work for the meat industry, and is now a raw foodist - primarily vegetarian with eggs and fish (both raw) included.
This woman breaks down the Study point by point, and she includes points that she agrees with and explains why.
The title of the video in the post above mine "Animal Protein "Turns On" Cancer Genes" is about as hyperbolic as it gets.
If it takes animal proteins to turn cancer genes on, it must mean that cancer genes are turned off, if there are no animal proteins introduced. However -
1. We are, by definition, animals, and our bodies are made, in part, of protein. There is no way to eliminate protein from our bodies. To do so, would be to cease to be human.
2. Barring the whole "we ARE protein, doh" argument - if one were to go by the intention of the point, rather than the semantics of the point - introducing proteins from OTHER animals into our bodies - would need to be the only way we can get cancer, since the cancer genes are turned off until other animal proteins are introduced. This would mean ...
drumroll...
vegans are not capable of getting cancer.
Since this isn't true...
the title of the video is a bald, flat out lie. If the author is willing to lie about the entire point of his video, this makes the content of the video dubious. It is for that reason alone that I wouldn't waste my time watching it.
...edited to point out - sperm is nearly all animal protein. So those vegans would need to not come into contact with any sperm from other humans, in order to qualify as "people who are never exposed to "other" animal proteins".
To your point about vegans and vegetarians still getting cancer, there's a guy with a post on youtube about why this may ne and how to prevent it.
I think the upshot of it is to keep your Omega3:Omega6 ratio high, as in 1:4 or even as high as 1:2 if possible. I think vitamins B12 and K got brought up. It's a complicated affair nontheless.
I'm personally working on a low carb high fat or LCHF diet. So far so good.
Those are all healthy except Low-carb. That's why people "working on" low-carb are "weeks" into the diet. They don't last.
Low protein is yet another healthy/natural thing that fits in with my controversial diet: Fruit-based, plant diet (or the "crazy" sounding: Raw-Vegan Fruitarian)
"Anon" attacks again - The 'debunker' he's referring to is that "Post-teen, lit-major, blogger" - Bhahahahah. She wrote an impressive critique......but that's been debunked thoroughly (even Campbell responded).
The science: The body can only use 40 grams of protein a day. More than that gets in the body's way. And animal protein is even harder to break down. You can avoid all that. Vegan diets work. We see it in people like Bode Miller(Best American skier):http://youtu.be/4wjU4EB7GI4
Edit: anon - ....not if you don't swallow Protein activating cancer may be from so much going thru the digestive system. ie we HAVE bones, but eating them is a different thing.
And the claim that Protein turns on cancer genes doesn't say OTHER things don't. Many things cause cancer.
The science: The body can only use 40 grams of protein a day. More than that gets in the body's way.
Men (ages 20-70) need 56 grams just to avoid deficiency. The recommended intake for the average male is 0.8g per kg (80g for a 100kg male) or roughly the same amount in a 350g (12 oz.) steak or 450g (16 oz.) of cheese. A vegan option would be about 2 lbs. of rice and beans (before hydration).
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And animal protein is even harder to break down.
Given the fact that it is a complete protein, it obviously requires a different digestive process (proteolysis). However, it is not "hard" to break down. It simply requires a different enzyme set which every human being can produce.
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You can avoid all that. Vegan diets work.
If, and only if, they are rigidly managed and, of course, supplemented as many vegans are D2, D3, iron, B12 and, of course, protein deficient. Vitamins D3 and B12 cannot be obtained from plant sources. Complete proteins require a minimum of 2 different plant sources at once in order for the body to form a complete protein.
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We see it in people like Bode Miller(Best American skier)
And, for every Bode Miller, there are 1000 non-vegetarian athletes of the same or better caliber. The truth is that most athletes do not thrive on vegan diets. As it is, downhill skiing is more a game of balance and coordination than it is about strength and endurance which is, of course, what most athletes complain of not having when attempting even a vegetarian diet.
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And the claim that Protein turns on cancer genes doesn't say OTHER things don't. Many things cause cancer.
But, moderate consumption of animal protein isn't one of them. If it was really true, nearly everyone would die of cancer prematurely, especially the Inuit (yet, their rate of cancer is very,very low despite 90+% of their diet coming from animal sources). This study is just another agenda pushing scare tactic... but, then again, aren't they all?
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Those are all healthy except Low-carb. That's why people "working on" low-carb are "weeks" into the diet. They don't last.
Low protein is yet another healthy/natural thing that fits in with my controversial diet: Fruit-based, plant diet (or the "crazy" sounding: Raw-Vegan Fruitarian).....
Quite the opposite. All-fruit diets make most people ravenously hungry (including me and everyone I've heard of who has tried it). On the other hand, it's easier for most people to stay on a very low carb diet, for a couple of reasons, even though it might not be healthiest. One reason is that fats and proteins have a high satiation index - they make one feel satisfied with a meal sooner and longer than carbs. Another reason is that after a few days one's metabolism becomes ketotic, and that is an appetite suppressant of it's own.
All-fruit diets make most people ravenously hungry
No one's eating an All-fruit diet. On high-fruit, people "get" hungrier because the body is finally getting what it's designed for. And vise-versa for high-fat diets: the body shuts down it's appetite because it needs mostly carbs. Too much fat and protein is a burden to convert into glucose.
It's difficult to adjust to high-fruit, such as eating enough(fruit is bulkier). I took it slow, and whaalaa!!!
And contrary to the erroneous post(2 up), I'm way beyond vegan(5 years raw-high-fruit; 20 years vegan) and I have NO deficiencies. No supplements, 45 grams of protein a day for 5 years, I'm stronger now. I look healthier(at 45). I'm about to put up a video with my pic of 20 years ago. I haven't "aged".
The Food ind-taught society has been confused. Nature has it right
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..... Nature has it right
The natural diet of humans practically everywhere has included meat and fish.
There are few centenarian vegans, let alone fruitarians. I've known plenty of vegans in Massachusetts and California ..... they just get a slightly different set of illnesses.
People in high-animal food cultures such as Europe are about as healthy and long-lived as cultures where those foods are minimal.
I keep seeing conflicting, contradictory studies and anecdotes about the different possible diets. Diet to me doesn't appear to affect health and longevity in any kind of significant way. However public health and wealth of a country seems to have a much bigger effect (eg vegetarian India which has poor health and low life expectancy).
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Protein activating cancer may be from so much going thru the digestive system. ie we HAVE bones, but eating them is a different thing.
