Fats and Meats are Not the Cause of Prostate Cancer

re: Fats and Meats are Not the Cause of Prostate Cancer

r.hirschhorn — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:07:10 GMT

Dr. Mercola is a fabulous researcher but his statement about flax seed oil increasing the risk of prostate cancer is of concern to me. He may not be aware of the research of the Nobel prize nominated biochemist, Dr. Budwig, who spent 30 years researching the health benefits of combining flax seed oil with cottage cheese ( a sulfur-based protein). Dr. Budwig supplemented her patients' diets with 2 tablespoons of flaxseed oil combined with 1/4 cup of cottage cheese. Dr. Budwig found that a yellowish green substance in their blood was replaced with a healthy red pigment, hemoglobin. She also found that the tumors receded and disappeared, anemia was alleviated, and vital energy was regained.

I would like to respectfully suggest that Dr. Mercola review her literature and reconsider his comments about flax seed oil, as this may be an important food for his followers to eat.

re: Fats and Meats are Not the Cause of Prostate Cancer

Hjalmar3 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:36:56 GMT

This is my 1st two cents worth.. my dad passed away @ 84yo from prostate cancer.. he was a retired farmer but had stopped using pesticides for many years.. I read awhile back that diesel exhaust fumes might be a suspect in causing prostate cancer as many farmers and truck drivers fall victim to it.

Organic gardener

re: Fats and Meats are Not the Cause of Prostate Cancer

dan_e — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:40:58 GMT

According to recent info on the Weston Price site, high intake of cod liver oil is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer (study carried out in Norway). I've cut down on taking the CLO and get my winter allotment of D mostly from supplements with an occasional teaspoon of CLO.

re: Fats and Meats are Not the Cause of Prostate Cancer

RN Mendez — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:14:18 GMT

This is what I can comment on it:

-- First, this is a National Cancer Institute funded study which deals EXCLUSIVELY with the relationship between fats, meats and prostate cancer. It could well be that consumption of fats or meats is not the MAIN cause of THIS TYPE of cancer. Perhaps prostate cancer is MAINLY caused by other causes.

-- Second, in the available "Abstract" there are no details or specifications as to the amounts of fats consumed by patients monitored or what is meant by either the term fat or "meat" -- is it processed meat? Does it also include chicken and fish or is it just from ordinary, hormone-laden cattle?

-- Third, the study "Abstract" available online is not clear and appears to contradict itself, at least in part. Take a look at this quote:

"Intake of different types of fat (total, saturated, mono unsaturated or polyunsaturated), n-6 fatty acid, cholesterol, various meats, and fats from meat showed no association with overall prostate cancer risk or with non localized or high-grade prostate cancer.

"Furthermore, we found little evidence of any relation of fat and meat intake with prostate cancer risk within any of the 4 racial/ethnic groups (African Americans, Japanese Americans, Latinos and Whites).

"There was a suggestion of a protective effect of n-3 fatty acid intake that was limited to Latinos and Whites."

Did you catch it? The first phrase says "no association". Yet the second says "little evidence" (which means they did find SOME evidence, thus contradicting the previous "no association" conclusion. And the third phrase says there IS a "protective effect" of the n-3 fatty acid. I presume n-3 means omega-3 -- if so, how can they say there is "no association" at the same time they acknowledge a "protective effect" of n-3?

Typical conventional med and big pharma double talk...!

RN Mendez

re: Fats and Meats are Not the Cause of Prostate Cancer

Real Chi — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:50:57 GMT

you're all on the right track, but still missing the point, just like most of the "alternative" health world. you have to take the idea of "emotional blockages" a step further.

prostate cancer is mostly due to a lack of sensuality in the pelvic region.

you know who is least likely to get prostate cancer? gay men and dancers. (pleasure in the hips)

most likely? priests and soldiers. (fear in the hips)

in order for the prostate to function properly , it must be massaged daily by the other organs that surround it. and in order for this to happen, there must be enough mind/awareness/pleasure in the area.

if you want to fix or prevent the problem, get on a massage table, or take a dance or yoga class with someone who knows how to take you into the depths of your core. find your bliss and then follow it where it leads you. that is the answer to cancer.

and by the way, your nutrition ideas will not work either, until there is sufficient mind in the cells to absorb the nutrients.

-bodyworker chris

re: Fats and Meats are Not the Cause of Prostate Cancer

curious7 — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:43:29 GMT

Some studies have shown men carrying large "beer bellies" which is to say belly fat has some connection to the likelihood of developement of Prostate Cancer. Men who consume a diet which is greatly lacking in nutrition. And let us not forget good ol'sunshine, a lack thereof. From the research I have read, both here an elsewhere, there are many causes of prostate cancer. We are all made up differently, which is to say not every effect has the same roots.

At the same tim I remain convinced man was not created to subsist on flesh foods. We are indeed healthier when our diets are plant based.

re: Fats and Meats are Not the Cause of Prostate Cancer

healing water online — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:34:49 GMT

I like the redwine thing.

Love and light Torben

re: Fats and Meats are Not the Cause of Prostate Cancer

Aaltrude — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:19:09 GMT

http://tinyurl.com/3dvxoq

This website indicates a possible link between pesticides and prostate cancer. It says "farming is the most consistent occupational risk factor for prostate cancer". My step father came from a long lived family, for instance his mother was in her 90's when she died yet he succumbed to prostate cancer in his 70's. He had been a Market Gardener and hence would have used a lot of pesticides.

re: Fats and Meats are Not the Cause of Prostate Cancer

mmc88121 — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:38:14 GMT

There is much more to cancer than fats and meats. It also has a lot to do with your emotions.

Mary

re: Fats and Meats are Not the Cause of Prostate Cancer

david — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:37:13 GMT

Far more likely to be sedentary life styles than meat and animal fats, wrong lipids,sugar/processd carbs overload and enviromental toxins......same as many other cancers, I suspect.

re: Fats and Meats are Not the Cause of Prostate Cancer

KAC — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:24:06 GMT

The article indicates:
Dr. Laurence N. Kolonel and first author Song-Yi Park of the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, said: "Although diet is likely to influence prostate cancer risk, the intake of total and saturated fat do not appear to be important contributors. However, because high intake of fat can lead to obesity as well as other cancers, the consumption of high fat foods should be limited."

What high fat foods should be limited? Eating the proper fats from meats where the animals are pastured-fed does not lead to obesity. Our body needs fat and a low-fat diet is not the answer.