Meat does increase Cancer risk - Fruit/veggies don't decrease the risk

[papau]

I do like Eugenia Calle's ( senior author of the paper and director of analytic epidemiology at the American Cancer Society ) work - but some of us can't eat nuts and some beans due to gout!

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-food12jan12,1,3643830.story
THE NATION
Cancer Study Re-Indicts Red, Processed Meats
Colorectal malignancies rose by up to 50% among a high-consumption group. Benefits of fruits, vegetables downgraded.
By Rosie Mestel
Times Staff Writer

January 12, 2005

Adding weight to earlier findings, a study of nearly 150,000 adults has found that eating too many red and processed meats raises a person's risk for colorectal cancer by up to 50%.

Meanwhile, another study of 285,526 European women has found that eating lots of fruits and vegetables does not lower a woman's risk for breast cancer, refuting some earlier studies.

Experts said that both studies were large and carefully conducted and thus important in better defining the often murky relationship between cancer and people's eating habits — with implications for consumers.

The study on meat and cancer, published today in the Journal of the American Medical Assn., was conducted by Ann Chao of the American Cancer Society and colleagues using data from 148,610 men and women aged 50 to 74 in 21 states.

The scientists found that the group that ate the most red meat over the long term (defined as an average of at least three ounces daily for men and two ounces for women) had a 30% to 40% increased risk of rectal cancer or cancer of the distal colon (the portion of the colon nearest the rectum) compared to those whose consumption was lowest (less than 1.5 ounces daily for men, and one ounce for women.)

[trotsky]

1. So it's just red meat?

Poultry and pork OK?

[NJCher]

2. no, I think it includes poultry

I just heard a program on it on our local public radio and the spokesperson said there are carcinogens that come about when poultry is cooked.


Cher

[cliss]

3. This is very iimportant information,

which should get more exposure. I read a while back that the American Cancer Society knows full well that eating meat is linked with cancer. They've known about it for years, but they're afraid of coming out and saying it, because of the Cattle Industry.

Politics again trumps safety concerns. Well, I'm glad they're finally coming out and saying it.

It's also the reason why I don't eat meat. Said good-bye to it about 10 years ago.....will never go back.

I just read about the Mad Cow issues now, but it doesn't affect me the way it used to.

[Dear Maggie]

4. Thanks for sharing

It was also on the news this morning on TV

I find the LA times is a very good source.

They were one of the few that wrote about the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup workers. Turns out 2-butoxyethanol, in my opinion was more hazardous than the oil for many people then and now

This is there article on that 11-7-01, if you're interested (emphasis mine)
It is considered a classic 'benchmark' article

This chemical exosure can cause heart attacks, too, but it isn't blamed for them.