Study Links High-Protein Diet To Cancer

Researchers studying links between diet and cancer say consumption of
large amounts of protein may increase the risk of developing the
disease.

Writing in the December issue of the American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, they say consuming a lean diet may be a good way to protect
yourself from malignant tumors.

The study focuses on a substance in the body called insulin-like growth
factor 1, or IGF-1. This and other hormones have been linked to a
higher cancer risk, including premenopausal breast cancer, prostate
cancer and certain types of colon cancer. The preliminary results of
the study show that people who get a lot of exercise, or who consume a
low-protein diet, have lower levels of IGF-1.

Dr. Luigi Fontana, an assistant professor of medicine at Washington
University in St. Louis and the lead author of the study, says the
presence of a high level of IGF-1 in the body seems to increase the
likelihood that there's an elevated risk that mutating cells will turn
into cancer cells. It can be controlled to a great degree, he added,
through diet.

What's on the good list and what's on the bad list?

No surprises here. Fontana and his fellow researchers suggest a diet
that includes fruits and vegetables, along with generous helpings of
beans and whole grains. He recommends more fish and less meat high in
animal fat.

An added benefit, the study notes, is a diet low in protein is likely
to be lower in calories too, making it easier to control your weight.
Of course, the reverse is also true, which is one reason Fontana
believes consumers in Western nations are battling obesity.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...in_cancer.html

This study is pure bull****.

First of all it is a tiny study done over a very short period of time.
That shows that it is crap right off the bat.


Then they measure two indirect supposed markers, "levels of plasma
growth factors and
certain hormones linked to cancer risk". Markers that were apparently
identified in other crappy studies.


So here we have a tiny sample for a very short period of time and they
"appear" to negatively affect two possible completely indirect and
unproven "markers" that may increase cancer risk, maybe.


Absolute bull**** science.


TC



wrote:
Researchers studying links between diet and cancer say consumption of
large amounts of protein may increase the risk of developing the
disease.

Writing in the December issue of the American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, they say consuming a lean diet may be a good way to protect
yourself from malignant tumors.

The study focuses on a substance in the body called insulin-like growth
factor 1, or IGF-1. This and other hormones have been linked to a
higher cancer risk, including premenopausal breast cancer, prostate
cancer and certain types of colon cancer. The preliminary results of
the study show that people who get a lot of exercise, or who consume a
low-protein diet, have lower levels of IGF-1.

Dr. Luigi Fontana, an assistant professor of medicine at Washington
University in St. Louis and the lead author of the study, says the
presence of a high level of IGF-1 in the body seems to increase the
likelihood that there's an elevated risk that mutating cells will turn
into cancer cells. It can be controlled to a great degree, he added,
through diet.

What's on the good list and what's on the bad list?

No surprises here. Fontana and his fellow researchers suggest a diet
that includes fruits and vegetables, along with generous helpings of
beans and whole grains. He recommends more fish and less meat high in
animal fat.

An added benefit, the study notes, is a diet low in protein is likely
to be lower in calories too, making it easier to control your weight.
Of course, the reverse is also true, which is one reason Fontana
believes consumers in Western nations are battling obesity.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...in_cancer.html