Fw: Breaking Medical News: Meat-Based Diets Increase Bladder Cancer Risk

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This just came in today - always good to know that we're doing the right thing

not only for the animals but for our own health too by NOT eating meat.

 

Best, Pat

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drpatsant

Fri, May 7, 2010 3:45:59 PM

Breaking Medical News: Meat-Based Diets Increase Bladder Cancer Risk

 

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)

 

 

Meat-Based Diets Increase Bladder Cancer Risk

Meat consumption increases the risk of bladder cancer, according to a new study

presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s annual meeting.

Researchers studied the diets of 884 participants with bladder cancer and 878

controls and found that those who ate the most meat were up to 58 percent more

likely to develop bladder cancer. Eating well-done meat was linked to an almost

twofold increased risk of bladder cancer. Cooking meat at high temperatures

produces carcinogens called heterocyclic amines. Study participants who consumed

the most bacon, pork chops, fried chicken, and fried fish also had a higher

risk.

Lin J, Wang JM, Grossman BH, et al. Red meat and heterocyclic amine intake,

metabolic pathway genes, and bladder cancer risk. Report presented at: American

Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting; April 17, 2010: Washington

DC.

 

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