Red meat causes cancer

[BCI]

Hi,

bad conscience alert... what science tells us, what everyone should know: not stress or pestices on food cause cancer, in many cases the cause is red meat. In laymans terms. Check your diet...

 

[P0sitr0nic]

Red Meat is Ambrosia. Food of the Gods. And so shall it be forever. =)

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Oxygen also causes cancer -- but I ain't giving it up either.

 

[BCI]

No opinions please, and no hyperbole.

 

[broberfett]

Everything causes cancer. Your computer causes cancer. Evil EM fields are penetrating your body right now. Don't grab your cell phone to call for help-that too is giving you cancer. The sun can give you cancer. Even the air you breath has some cancer causing pollutant. There is the HPV virus that can give a woman cancer after sex. The list is endless.

 

[broberfett]

P0sitr0nic said:
Red Meat is Ambrosia. Food of the Gods. And so shall it be forever. =)

You are wise.

 

[TedShatner10]

Cancer happens because of DNA and is a inevitable process of DNA splitting up and expanding constantly, except that some factors make that occur sooner than others.

I think one of the bigger reasons cancer seems more common is that a increasing number of people are reaching old age, since in the supposed good ole' days many more people would've instead died younger from other things...

 

[BCI]

broberfett said:
Everything causes cancer.

No opinions please, and no hyperbole.

 

[Spider]

If you feed enough of anything to a lab rat it'll die of something, probably cancer. The answer to all of this, and its always been the answer, is moderation in all things.

Having red meat once or twice a week is OK, just balance it out with yummy chicken full of growth hormones and fish full of mercury and you'll be just fine. And don’t forget those greens with the pesticides.

 

[broberfett]

Splatter said:
If you feed enough of anything to a lab rat it'll die of something, probably cancer. The answer to all of this, and its always been the answer, is moderation in all things.

Having red meat once or twice a week is OK, just balance it out with yummy chicken full of growth hormones and fish full of mercury and you'll be just fine. And don’t forget those greens with the pesticides.

Don't forget organic vegetables-mmmm, E.Coli. Those natural fertilizers from Mexico. It won't give you cancer, but you'll just die of kidney and liver failure shitting yourself to death.

 

[Spider]

The problem with anyone making flat statements about dietary needs is that each individual is different. We all have different body chemistries and allergies and inherited genes that predispose us to certain disease risks. For instance, myself. I’m a type 2 diabetic, but I can control it without drugs by watching my diet. This means, of course, a fairly low carbohydrate diet. Almost all of what I eat is just meat and vegetables with some fruit and berries. No rice, pasta, potatoes, cereal, or lots of stuff that’s good. But, it works for me.

Red meat doesn't concern my doctor at all. But again, thats just for me.

 

[JustAFriend]

I've personally known 2 vegetarians who have died from cancer.

Ergo, the premise is FALSE.

 

[General_Phoenix]

Meh who wants to live forever anyway. Added to the fact that just about everything seems to cause cancer, I say just have fun and do whatever.

 

[scottydog]

It's all about probabilities. Anecdotes are meaningless in the face of indisputable facts and baseline statistics. A red-meat diet is no more going to guarantee you cancer than a non-red-meat diet is going to guarantee you a cancer-less existence. However, probabilistically speaking, a red meat might increase you chances, slightly, of getting chancer.

 

[M'Sharak]

Giant and Orange said:
No opinions please, and no hyperbole.

Yet you single out red meat and say that it (and imply: only it) causes cancer.

Righty-O.

 

[Mallory]

^ Beat me to it. Hell, this is an internet BBS. It only exists for opinions and hyperbole.

Most of what they recommended is in line with what health experts, including governments and the World Health Organization, have long been advising -- that diets based on fruits, vegetables and whole grains and that go easy on red meats, dairy products and fats protect against heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Why not just claim that milk causes cancer?

 

[BCI]

M´Sharak said:

Giant and Orange said:
No opinions please, and no hyperbole.

Yet you single out red meat and say that it (and imply: only it) causes cancer.

Righty-O.

The link I provided had additional information and talked about other causes. Being tall is another cause, for example. You did read the measly two pages, right?

JustAFriend said:
I've personally known 2 vegetarians who have died from cancer.

Ergo, the premise is FALSE.

You do know how real, hard science works? Anything below a few thousand people says nothing.

 

[ITL]

Giant and Orange said:
No opinions please, and no hyperbole.

I have read your post and acknowledge that you posted it.

*silence*

 

[anti-matter]

Well except for ham about twice a year all the meat I eat is cooked well done and browned ... so red meat is no big threat to us.

 

[BCI]

ITHell said:

Giant and Orange said:
No opinions please, and no hyperbole.

I have read your post and acknowledge that you posted it.

*silence*

Again, what you write is not science.

A diet rich in red meat is a major cause of cancer. The evalutation of 7000 individual studies has shown that.