Posted on 4/21/2005, 3:48:21 PM by Asphalt
High consumption of processed meats, like sausages and those used in hot dogs, might lead to a 70 per cent higher risk of pancreatic cancer, a study has found. In addition, those who showed high intake of red meats and pork, 70 grams or more per day, also faced a 50 per cent higher risk of pancreatic cancer.
“The results suggest that carcinogenic substances related to meat preparation, rather than their inherent fat or cholesterol content, might be responsible for the association,” said Ute Nöthlings, the lead author of the study. However, high intake of other non-vegetarian items like fish, dairy products, eggs and white meats did not pose a similar risk.
“An analysis of fat and saturated fat intakes showed a significant increase in risk for fats from meat, but not from dairy products, indicating that fat and saturated fat are not likely to contribute to the underlying carcinogenic mechanism,” said Nöthlings.
The multiethnic study took into account the diet of 190,545 men and women of various ethnicities like African-American, Caucasian, Japanese-American, Native Hawaiian and Latino. After seven years, 482 cases of pancreatic cancer were reported. Researchers from the Cancer Research Center and USC found that those who took more than 40 grams of processed meats per day were 70 per cent more susceptible to pancreatic cancer than those with lower intake.
“Our study is the largest of its kind to demonstrate a link between high consumption of processed meats over long periods of time and pancreatic cancer. The sample size allowed us to obtain statistically significant risk-estimates that support this hypothesis,” said Nöthlings, adding that the study did not take account different kinds of cooking methods.
The study was presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.
But the lives of those who don't eat meat aren't worth living.
SO9
Anyone want to do the actual math on this stuff?
Who paid for this study???
What's fishy is the use of statistics. If you double the risk of something you have a low risk for, how much should you worry about it? The current incidence of pancreatic cancer is on the order of 10 cases per 100,000.
Nearly 200,000 men, over 7 years, and less than 500 of them get this cancer, could this not be just standard cancer rates for the selected demographics?
Amen! They don't live longer, it just seems longer.
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(Apparently a true story)
Scene:Snooty dinner party:
Lady Ermengarde Bluestocking-Veggie* (looking in disgust and contempt at the great slab of roast beef on Mr. Churchill's plate.): If you eat that, Sir Winston, you will go to Hell.
Mr. Churchill (Looking at Lady E.'s plate) : Madame, if that is what they eat in Heaven...I certainly hope so.
(*Or whatever her name was)
You can have my Kielbasa when you pry it from my cold dead hands!
Yawn ...
Good point. So eating all those Polish sausages increases my risk from 10 in 100,000 to 17 in 100,000? (is my math right?). I'll keep eating sausage.
Here's a study someone needs to do:
What's the increased risk of dying in an auto accident when driving one of these versus a full-size SUV:
I'll bet sausage is safer, lol.
So carbs make me obese which will kill me and protein will kill me through pancreatic cancer. D@mned if I do and d@mned if I don't.
Well, as the probability is rediculously low anyway, I think I'll just wantonly continue eating meat. mmmmmm steak/pork/lamb/chicken/fish/shrimp/ et cetera, ad infinitum.
change title to "UNPROCESSED" meat-rich diet hikes... (Grrr)
I meant - processed . (blood boiling)
African-American, Caucasian, Japanese-American, Native Hawaiian and Latino... wonder how many were smokers, worked in factories, lived in inner-cities, drank over treated water, drove Honda's, watched TV's too closely, were obese as Hillary, wore nylons secretly, etc. You can prove anything you want and get it published.
I offset that risk by drinking a fifth of Jack every day.
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