Posted on 03/29/2016 6:53:47 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
Populations who have had a primarily vegetarian diet for generations carried a genetic mutation which raised risk of cancer and heart disease
Long term vegetarianism can lead to genetic mutations which raise the risk of heart disease and cancer, scientists have found.
Populations who have had a primarily vegetarian diet for generations were found to be far more likely to carry DNA which makes them susceptible to inflammation.
Scientists in the US believe that the mutation occured to make it easier for vegetarians to absorb essential fatty acids from plants.
But it has the knock-on effect of boosting the production of arachidonic acid, which is known to increase inflammatory disease and cancer. When coupled with a diet high in vegetable oils - such as sunflower oil - the mutated gene quickly turns fatty acids into dangerous arachidonic acid.
The finding may help explain previous research which found vegetarian populations are nearly 40 per cent more likely to suffer colorectal cancer than meat eaters, a finding that has puzzled doctors because eating red meat is known to raise the risk.
Researchers from Cornell University in the US compared hundreds of genomes from a primarily vegetarian population in Pune, India to traditional meat-eating people in Kansas and found there was a significant genetic difference.
“Those whose ancestry derives from vegetarians are more likely to carry genetics that more rapidly metabolise plant fatty acids,” said Tom Brenna, Professor of Human Nutrition at Cornell.
“In such individuals, vegetable oils will be converted to the more pro-inflammatory arachidonic acid, increasing the risk for chronic inflammation that is implicated in the development of heart disease, and exacerbates cancer.
“The mutation appeared in the human genome long ago, and has been passed down through the human family.”
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My favorite one is they told us all those years that saturated fat was bad for you, and it turns out there’s not one shred of evidence that it’s true.
All those heart-healthy cooking oils in the grocery store aisle are snake oil.
but she hopes his death will make her mother President
Regardless, olive oil is still the best tasting oil. I use it all the time, for everything.
MEAT!
It is what is for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner!!!
And that’s exactly why you should choose it.
I expected the article to say the exact opposite.
I’ll have to look at it closely later tonight.
ping
Olive Oil is great.
Don’t miss Ghee and coconut oil.
The answer is bacon. Now what is the question?
Lard, bacon grease and beef tallow clean off the stove with a little soap and hot water. that vegetable crap bonds to the finish like a coat of epoxy and requires vigorous scrubbing. I can just imagine that in my system.
Once again, BACON wins!
So vegetable oils can give you cancer. Sounds like for a healthy diet, you need to eat chicken fried steaks cooked in lard.
Yup.
What is natural is designed to work in you.
Animal proteins and fats basically make you healthy because so much structure and chemicals needed to be healthy derive from them. Not that plants dont have essentials, just not as a primary source.
Cspi was the group that went after animal fats. They are a known vegetarian group masquerading as a science group.
A very young co-worker of mine is a third generation vegetarian. She is tiny, weak and has a bad complexion-spends a fortune on supplements and treatments from the chiropractor. Another coworker and I are ready to force feed her some meat. She and her mother have been vegetarians from birth. It just can’t be healthy.
I’m good tonight. Had scampi home made in garlic butter
Bingo! Olive oil for everything except deep frying, coconut oil for that. Ghee is good for that but I use grapeseed oil. Don’t forget macadamia nut oil, walnut and flax seed oil. Get used to a late night cocktail of this: olive oil alone or a mixture of olive oil, finely minced onions and finely minced tomatoes, a splash of balsmaic vinegar, then scooped up with pita or sourdough bread. Add a little walnut oil and a little flax seed oil and you have covered all the bases. Vundabar!
Yummmm.....that late night ‘cocktail’ sounds relish..and so healthy!!
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