Posted on 10/10/2011 10:09:45 AM PDT by truthnomatterwhat
In the October, 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Australian researchers report the outcome of a study which suggests site-specific protective effects of various fruits and vegetables against the risk of colorectal cancer. The finding may help explain inconsistent results from other studies which sought to examine the effects of plant foods against the cancer disease.
Lin Fritschi, PhD and colleagues at the University of Western Australia compared 918 colorectal cancer patients to 1,021 controls who had no history of the disease. Questionnaires completed by the participants were analyzed for the frequency of consumption of 38 different vegetables and fruits.
Total fruit, vegetable, or fruit and vegetable intake were not associated with the risk of proximal colon cancer or rectal cancer, however, the researchers found a protective effect for increased intake of brassica vegetables, including broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and Brussels sprouts, against cancer of the proximal colon. Total fruit and vegetable intake, total vegetable intake, and the consumption of dark yellow vegetables and apples were associated with a reduction in distal colon cancer risk. While apple consumption was protective against rectal cancer, consuming a high amount of fruit juice was associated with a greater risk of the disease.
The authors note that....
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Health Alakaline?
Is that like the iPhone spell-check version of Health Online?
That end doesn’t eat.
Don’t tell my wife. She has been bringing parts of her garden inside because of early cold temperatures. There are bell peppers growing in the living room.
The best proof that we humans will do best on more vegetables & fruit in our diet is study our bowels & teeth. Every carnivore has prominent canine teeth to facilitate tearing of flesh. Human teeth resemble herbivores, with no prominent canines.
Also, every carnivore have short small intestines. Herbivores have long small intestines. This is universal! The reason nature gave us longer bowels is because to extract nutrients out of vegetarian material is more difficult than from meat & other animal parts.
However our ancestors were occasionally successful in killing animals and feasted on it when they could. But most of the time it was berries and roots. So it makes eminent sense that too much meat and too little fruits/vegetable is unnatural and can’t be good for us.
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Another day, another turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa).
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