China data expanded

[Guest guest]

The long-term health benefits to Chinese and other Asian people who have

traditionally existed on a primarily

plant-based diet might be lost as more people in Asia switch to a Western-style

diet that is rich in animal-based foods.

 

That conclusion is being drawn by some scientists after reviewing results from

the latest survey of diets, lifestyles,

and disease mortality among Chinese populations - this one comparing current

dietary habits in Taiwan and mainland

China - and measuring them against a time when fewer meat and dairy products

were available in rural China.

 

http://www.lef.org/news/nutrition/2001/08/03/eng-newsrx/eng-newsrx_093017_66_061\

7036861368.html

http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/projects/cecology1989/

 

Both surveys afford an opportunity to investigate the effect of dietary change

from the typical plant-based diet of

rural China to a Western-style diet that includes more animal-based foods, as

consumed in urban China and in Taiwan.

 

Statistically significant correlations from the China studies:

 

* Even small increases in the consumption of animal-based foods was associated

with increased disease risk.

 

* Plasma cholesterol in the 90-170 milligrams per deciliter range is positively

associated with most cancer mortality

rates.

 

* Plasma cholesterol is positively associated with animal protein intake and

inversely associated with plant protein

intake.

 

* Breast cancer is associated with dietary fat (which is associated with animal

protein intake) and inversely with age

at menarche (women who reach puberty at younger ages have a greater risk of

breast cancer).

 

* For those at risk for liver cancer (for example, because of chronic infection

with hepatitis B virus) increasing

intakes of animal-based foods and/or increasing concentrations of plasma

cholesterol are associated with a higher

disease risk.

 

* Cardiovascular diseases are associated with lower intakes of green vegetables

and higher concentrations of apo-B (a

form of low-density lipoprotein blood cholesterol), which is associated with

increasing intakes of animal protein and

decreasing intakes of plant protein.

 

* Colorectal cancers are consistently inversely associated with intakes of 14

different dietary fiber fractions

(although only one is statistically significant).

 

* Stomach cancer is inversely associated with green vegetable intake and plasma

concentrations of beta-carotene and

vitamin C obtained only from plant-based foods.

 

* Western-type diseases, in the aggregate, are highly significantly correlated

with increasing concentrations of plasma

cholesterol, which are associated in turn with increasing intakes of

animal-based foods.

 

Analyses of data from the China studies by his collaborators and others,

Campbell told the epidemiology symposium, is

leading to policy recommendations. He mentioned three:

 

* The greater the variety of plant-based foods in the diet, the greater the

benefit. Variety insures broader coverage of

known and unknown nutrient needs.

 

* Provided there is plant food variety, quality, and quantity, a healthful and

nutritionally complete diet can be

attained without animal-based food.

 

* The closer the food is to its native state - with minimal heating, salting,

and processing - the greater will be the

benefit.

 

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Good Health & Long Life,

Greg Watson,

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~gowatson

gowatson

[Guest guest]

Breast cancer is associated with dietary fat (which is associated with animal protein intake)

>>>I thought this connection was disproved

Alon

 

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Greg Watson

Health CrSociety

Wednesday, August 15, 2001 2:06 AM

China data expanded

The long-term health benefits to Chinese and other Asian people who have traditionally existed on a primarilyplant-based diet might be lost as more people in Asia switch to a Western-style diet that is rich in animal-based foods.That conclusion is being drawn by some scientists after reviewing results from the latest survey of diets, lifestyles,and disease mortality among Chinese populations - this one comparing current dietary habits in Taiwan and mainlandChina - and measuring them against a time when fewer meat and dairy products were available in rural China.http://www.lef.org/news/nutrition/2001/08/03/eng-newsrx/eng-newsrx_093017_66_0617036861368.htmlhttp://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/projects/cecology1989/Both surveys afford an opportunity to investigate the effect of dietary change from the typical plant-based diet ofrural China to a Western-style diet that includes more animal-based foods, as consumed in urban China and in Taiwan.Statistically significant correlations from the China studies:* Even small increases in the consumption of animal-based foods was associated with increased disease risk.* Plasma cholesterol in the 90-170 milligrams per deciliter range is positively associated with most cancer mortalityrates.* Plasma cholesterol is positively associated with animal protein intake and inversely associated with plant proteinintake.* Breast cancer is associated with dietary fat (which is associated with animal protein intake) and inversely with ageat menarche (women who reach puberty at younger ages have a greater risk of breast cancer).* For those at risk for liver cancer (for example, because of chronic infection with hepatitis B virus) increasingintakes of animal-based foods and/or increasing concentrations of plasma cholesterol are associated with a higherdisease risk.* Cardiovascular diseases are associated with lower intakes of green vegetables and higher concentrations of apo-B (aform of low-density lipoprotein blood cholesterol), which is associated with increasing intakes of animal protein anddecreasing intakes of plant protein.* Colorectal cancers are consistently inversely associated with intakes of 14 different dietary fiber fractions(although only one is statistically significant).* Stomach cancer is inversely associated with green vegetable intake and plasma concentrations of beta-carotene andvitamin C obtained only from plant-based foods.* Western-type diseases, in the aggregate, are highly significantly correlated with increasing concentrations of plasmacholesterol, which are associated in turn with increasing intakes of animal-based foods.Analyses of data from the China studies by his collaborators and others, Campbell told the epidemiology symposium, isleading to policy recommendations. He mentioned three:* The greater the variety of plant-based foods in the diet, the greater the benefit. Variety insures broader coverage ofknown and unknown nutrient needs.* Provided there is plant food variety, quality, and quantity, a healthful and nutritionally complete diet can beattained without animal-based food.* The closer the food is to its native state - with minimal heating, salting, and processing - the greater will be thebenefit.========================Good Health & Long Life,Greg Watson, http://www.ozemail.com.au/~gowatson gowatsonThe Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services, including board approved online continuing education.

[Guest guest]

, " Alon Marcus " <alonmarcus@w...> wrote:

> Breast cancer is associated with dietary fat (which is associated with animal

protein intake)

> >>>I thought this connection was disproved

> Alon

 

 

I believe the results of severtl conflicting studies are still being

debated. I always question studies that implicate fat in various

diseases, though. No distinction is made between types of fats in most

studies. So just because people who eat fat mainly from commercial

meat (with high pro infammatory arachidonic acid), margarine, vegetable

shortening and heat polyunsaturated oils exhibit poor health, this says

nothing about those who eat only olive oil (and other monounsaturates)

and fish, game and free range animal foods. In fact, this anomaly has

been well known since the mid sixties when studies showed that

traditional peoples on high fat diets comprised of natural wild foods

exhibited excellent health (including low morbidity and mortality,

normal blood sugar, low cholesterol and no atherosclerosis.