A Delicate Balance: The Truth Page #2

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it will fill you up.

The ideal diet is to eat

a variety of vegetables,

beans, lentils, grains, nuts,

seeds and fruits in combination,

just as do the largest

animals in the world.

This way, nature ensures that

people and animals get to consume

a wider variety of the other nutrients

found in plants to optimize health.

Let's see what researchers

at Harvard have to say.

Professor Walter Willet

is the chairman and head

of the Department of Nutrition at

Harvard School of Public Health.

What we're trying is set

up three large studies

that include about 300,000

men and women across the US

and we've repeatedly been collecting

dietary data from these individuals.

Over now has gone almost 30 years

and evaluating how that relates

to their risk of cancer, heart

disease and other conditions.

And through that we've learned a

lot about the influence of diet.

We've learned that diet is

important in ways that we've never

really dreamed of it at

the beginning of the study.

And what I think, the general

conclusion is our dietary choices

have an enormous impact on our

long-term health and well-being.

One of the most comprehensive

studies ever conducted

in the history of medicine

took place in China.

It started in 1983 and

involved 6,500 people.

It compared what they ate

with the appearance of disease.

Doctor T. Colin Campbell from

Cornell University was one

of the principal researchers who

participated in this China study.

Animal protein, either

directly or indirectly,

it contributes to increases in the

risk for a wide variety of diseases.

Most notably cancer, heart

disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's,

a number of auto-immune

diseases and so forth.

The basis for this lies in

the chemistry of the effects

which animal proteins and fats

have on the individual cells

as well as the whole body interactions.

First and most importantly, cancer

causing chemicals are produced

whenever any animal, bird

or fish tissues are cooked.

One of the most worsen

aspects of a meaty diet...

and when I say that I mean

not only beef and pork,

but also chicken and fish,

is that when you cook it,

cancer causing chemicals form

on the surface of that meat

and they're called

heterocyclic amins, or HCA.

And they're not in

the meat at the store.

They form when you put it in your

oven, in your fry pan, on your grill,

and between the temperature and the

amount of time that it takes to cook

these carcinogens form. The higher

the temperature, the more they form.

Now, well, should we just

eat meat raw? Obviously not.

(?) Because you have

salmonella and ??? back there

and the other infectious bacteria that

the cooking is there and knock out.

So, the meat is obviously

not safe if you under cook it.

It is also very risky

if you over cook it.

And the best thing

to do is set it aside.

These heterocycle amins and

some other carcinogens too

are very often found in meat products

and I'm encouraging people to recognize

that some of the cases of cancer

that we're seeing: breast cancer,

colon cancer and other

forms are known to be linked

to these chemicals that we

get when we're eating meat.

There are also other

cancer causing chemicals

found in meat processed products

which are used as preservatives.

We have quite a few epidemiologic

studies that have looked

at the relationship between

consumption of beef and cancer risk.

The one side where the

relationship is seen most consistent

is for colon rectal cancer.

And in this case, there seems to be

an overall association with red meat,

but that relationship is particulary

stron for processed meat, meaning

sausage, bologna and hot

dogs and those kinds of foods.

According to professor Willet,

the optimum amount of red meat

we should consume is zero.

Vegetables do not form heterocycle amins

or any other carcinogens during cooking.

Formation for heterocycle amins

is a unique feature of animals,

including fish and bird meats

such as chickens and eggs.

Fresh fruits and vegetables

are mostly made of fiber.

Fiber gives food its bulk

and helps to move it faster

through the digestivetrack.

Fiber actually absorbs

and helps to remove toxins

introduced into our body

as a result of cooking animal tissues.

People in the west dread cancer

more than any other disease.

Why?

Because cancer slowly and often

painfully takes over the human body

over months or years,

depending on how quickly

it spreads through the various organs.

There is now overwhelming evidence

from research and direct observation

over many years of

what happens in people

that demonstrates the exact

role of animal based protein

in the initiation, promotion

and final spread of cancer.

Animal protein tends

to increase cancer risk

(?) and there are multiple, multiple

mechanisms, so to speak, ??? to this effect.

Chemicals play a crucial

role in carcer formation.

They have become an everyday

part of our modern day world.

Chemicals are present in pesticides,

pollution and all kinds

of industrial waste.

Our body has a natural defense

mechanism that is able to inactivate

all these chemicals

and make them harmless.

This defense takes place inside cells

by an enzime called

mixed function oxidase.

When plant-based protein is eaten,

even if chemicals

enter at the same time,

this enzime is able to inactivate

them so they become harmless.

However, when animal based

protein is eaten,

this defense mechanism turns against us

and converts these

chemicals into carcinogens.

These new dangerous substances then

damage the genetic content of ourselves.

When this damaged DNA is replicated,

which occurs when cells divide,

cancer cell formation is

the actual final result.

It is the actual protein

contained in flesh from animals

that causes our defense

system to turn against us.

The antibiotics, pesticides, hormones

and all the other multitude of chemicals

and toxins we give farm animals

to eat are an additional problem.

Pure animal protein itself

causes our body to rebel

in the form of our

defense system failing.

The bottom line:
low animal protein diet

represses cancer formation and promotion.

In cancer progression, the cancer cells

that have grown locally, continue to grow

and eventually spread to the other

organs and throughout the body.

The body cannot continue to

survive this final damage.

The same push and pull effect

applies in cancer progression.

Animal based diet accelerates

and promotes cancer progression.

Whereas a plant based diet slows

down or reverses cancer progression.

How Much Animal Protein Is

Needed To Promote Cancer Growth?

Research has shown

that even small changes

in the amount of animal

based protein in the diet,

such as increase from 4% to 10%, will

increase cancer growth and spread.

Increasing animal protein beyond 10%

results in a dramatic

increase in cancer growth.

The average western diet contains

15 to 16% of animal protein.

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