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High-protein diet ‘as bad for health as smoking’ (USC study)
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10:00PM GMT 04 Mar 2014 | Sarah Knapton

Posted on 03/04/2014 10:40:22 PM PST by Olog-hai

Eating too much protein could be as dangerous as smoking for middle-aged people, a scientific study has found.

Research which tracked thousands of adults for nearly 20 years found that people who eat a diet rich in animal protein are four times more likely to die of cancer than someone with a low protein diet.

The risk is nearly as high as the danger of developing cancer by smoking 20 cigarettes each day. […]

The US study found that people with a high protein diet were 74 percent more likely to die of any cause within the study period than their low-protein counterparts. They were also several times more likely to die of diabetes. But this trend appeared to reverse for those aged over 65, researchers found. …

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: atkinsdiet; cancer; diet; highproteindiet; paleodiet; usc
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To: TigersEye

Don’t worry, they will help us by eating meat so that we don’t have to. More Soylent Green?


41 posted on 03/05/2014 6:06:55 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Gene Eric

Is B12 an issue for you?

Nope, I take B-12 pill everyday


42 posted on 03/05/2014 7:29:59 AM PST by GraceG
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To: Olog-hai

What BS!


43 posted on 03/05/2014 8:15:20 AM PST by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: Nonsense Unlimited

Thanks. I’ll check it out.


44 posted on 03/05/2014 10:03:49 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: raybbr

Yeah, the pain can be excruciating. Can you reach behind your back and touch the opposing shoulder blade?


45 posted on 03/05/2014 10:07:14 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SatinDoll

bookmark


46 posted on 03/05/2014 10:33:11 AM PST by GOP Poet
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To: Olog-hai

Biggest buch of BS I ever heard. Gotta go thaw out that steak for dinner tonight. :-)


47 posted on 03/05/2014 11:00:24 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Olog-hai

Hmmm...this seems to go along with the research that I ran across. It seems life has a 100% mortality rate.

I am so bloody sick with all these ‘health experts’ telling us what we can and can’t eat! That “Center for Science in the Public Interest” is the worst! Their motto seems to be, “If it tastes good, you can’t have it!”

Rant over.


48 posted on 03/05/2014 11:08:36 AM PST by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: hoagy62

The very name “Center for Science in the Public Interest” screams cradle-to-grave socialism.


49 posted on 03/05/2014 11:48:27 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Gene Eric

“Yeah, the pain can be excruciating. Can you reach behind your back and touch the opposing shoulder blade?”

Not without pain.


50 posted on 03/05/2014 1:00:02 PM PST by raybbr (Obamacare needs a death panel.)
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