http://www.wcrf.org/int/blog/articles/2015/10/red-meat-and-b...
> how red and processed meat may cause bowel cancer
> compounds that can cause bowel cancer in people with a genetic predisposition
> nitrites, as well as nitrates and these are thought to cause cancer
> which may play a role in its link to cancer.
I've know about both for a while and switched to only eating meat I've steamed or boiled.
>The mechanism is not known, but heme iron has a catalytic effect on (i) the endogenous formation of carcinogenic N-nitroso compounds and (ii) the formation of cytotoxic and genotoxic aldehydes by lipoperoxidation. A review of evidence supporting these hypotheses suggests that both pathways are involved in heme iron toxicity
The irony is, of course, heme iron is the highest bioavailability form of iron, and is one of the main reasons to consume meat in the first place:
http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/3290310
> Food iron is classified as heme or nonheme. Approximately half of the iron in meat, fish, and poultry is heme iron. Depending on an individual's iron stores, 15% to 35% of heme iron is absorbed. Food contains more nonheme iron and, thus, it makes the larger contribution to the body's iron pool despite its lower absorption rate of 2% to 20%.
I myself switched from drinking soda to OJ. my health declined slowly for a long time until I found out my body doesnt like oranges.
fruit can be healthy but i doubt we are supposed to eat all fruit diets. Astin Kutcher took on Steve Job's all fruit diet and ended up in the hospital with pancreatitis. And we all know what happened to Steve Jobs.
its also worth noting that fruit is sugar water. its 98-99% water + 2% sugar and fiber
Oranges, apples, etc are only 85% water. Grapes 80%. The rest is fiber and is likely why your body tells you to stop eating them. Two and a half apples is a lot less appealing than a can of soda (actual sugar water).
The whole percent water thing is completely meaningless though, human brains are 85% water and babies are 80%.
you can easily drink the equivalent of 12 oranges, in one drink but very very few people can eat 12 oranges in one sitting
there is wisdom in that nature packages sugar with fibre, at times lots and lots of fibre (cane sugar for example)
When it's refined into crystals, is when it does more damage, particularly when consumed to excess.
By some accounts my ancestors have been eating potatoes and roast meat with quite a lot of beer and / or apple cider, for quite some time.