Dr. Jay Gordon: No one needs meat for health. How to stuff a human. Chicken Consumption and the Feminization of Male Genitalia. Sexual selection may have also played a role in penis size. According to the best available science, three quarters of women find both penile length and girth, somewhat or very important.
What does this have to do with diet? Pthalates. “Phthalates are [chemical] compounds that are used in a wide range of consumer products, [including pesticides, paints, and PVC plastic]. However, the contribution of dietary intake to phthalate exposure has not been well defined.” What the problem with phthalate exposure? We’ve known phthalates affect the genital development of lab rats, but for the first time ever, human data has been published. Simple study. In other words, the more phthalates pregnant women are exposed to, the increased likelihood of testicular maldescent, a small and indistinct scrotum, and smaller penis size.”
So what foods should pregnant women stay away from to avoid the phthalate-related syndrome of incomplete virilization? Red meat raises red flags. Is Eating Red Meat Deadly? Harvard School of Public Health researchers have found red meat consumption is associated with an increase in the risk of death.
It also raises the risk of death from heart disease and from cancer. “Our study adds more evidence to the health risks of eating high amounts of red meat, which has been associated with type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, and certain cancers in other studies,” explained lead author An Pan, research fellow in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard. (Source: Harvard Gazette) The researchers studied data from 37,698 men in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study for up to 22 years and 83,644 women in the Nurses’ Health Study for up to 28 years.
Why Not Eat Meat - The Evidence Is Mounting. Low Meat or No Meat? Does Eating Obesity Cause Obesity? When Nitrites Go Bad. Nitrites in processed meat form nitrosamines, a class of potent carcinogens found in cigarette smoke, which may explain why hot dog consumption has been associated with the two leading pediatric cancers, brain tumors and childhood leukemia.
Topics Supplementary Info Sources Cited Koppang N. A survey of feeding N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) to domestic animals over an 18 year period. Huncharek M, Kupelnick B. Avoiding a Sugary Grave. Now that we know the major source of glycotoxins is our diet, the remaining question is which foods do we need to avoid.
The major barrier to progress in this field has been the lack of a large reference database of these toxins in various foods, until now. For the first time ever, 549 foods tested for AGE content. Meat and Weight Gain in the PANACEA Study. “Mainly because of its high energy density and fat content, meat consumption has been considered a determinant of weight gain.”
Yeah, but we just looked at nuts, which are dense in calories and fat and they didn’t appear to contribute to weight gain at all. So let’s not presume. “Meat consumption and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA study.” How Tumors Use Meat to Grow. Certain cancers—like breast cancer—can be thought of in part as an autoimmune disease.
When people get heart or kidney transplants, they must be given immunosuppressive drugs to prevent rejection of the new organ. What do you suppose happens to cancer rates in those individuals who have their immune systems suppressed? Well, for some types of cancer, like skin cancer, the risk goes up. This supports the so-called immune surveillance theory—the idea that our immune system acts as a natural defense system for keeping cancer under control (see a cool video of immune cells taking on a cancer cell here).
This could explain why, as we age and our immune function declines, our risk of cancer goes up. The problem with the immune surveillance concept is that for some cancers, suppressing immune function decreases risk. Obesity-Causing Chicken Virus. Are viral infections contributing to the obesity epidemic?
Topics Supplementary Info Sources Cited. Cute shrimp. None of Us Should Eat Extra Estrogen. Los Angeles Times, March 24, 1997 Instead of forcing Europe to open its markets to U.S. beef, why not just quit implanting hormones in American cattle?
When U.S. and Canadian beef cattle go to feedlots, hormone pellets are implanted under the ear skin, a process that is repeated at the midpoint of their 100-day fattening period. The hormones increase the weight of the cattle, adding to profits by about $80 per animal. The most common hormone in current use is estradiol, a potent cancer-causing and gene-damaging estrogen. The FDA maintains that residues of estradiol and other hormones in meat are within "normal" levels, and has waived any requirements for monitoring and chemical testing. Europe, however, has rightly eyed U.S. claims with great skepticism and since 1989 the European Union has forbidden the sale of beef from hormone-treated cattle. In real life, the situation may be much worse.
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