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The connection between chemicals in your food and cancer isn't new. Back in 2010, President Obama's cancer panel released a report highlighting the importance of eating chemical-free food to avoid cancer. (Read a summary here and the report here.) Yet we regularly meet people who don't make the connection.
Another issue I run up against as a vegetarian is the idea that I don't get enough protein. The inevitable first question upon learning I don't eat meat is "How do you get protein?" According to this article in Forbes Americans eat twice as much protein as they need. Plus, animal protein carries a higher risk of cancer; getting it from plant sources significantly reduces the risk of cancer.
Bottom line if you want to reduce your risk of cancer: eat chemical-free food that is mainly plant based.
2 comments:
The issue of protein is one I have a lot with my finace (yeah, we need to catch up in an e-mail) he is always talking about getting protein and my rebuttal is that Americans get too much protein and then he thinks about all that he has eaten in a day and realizes that he's good in that dept.
Yes indeed, chemicals can cause and/or essentially switch on cancer that we may be pre-disposed to genetically.
Shona - glad your finance (YES do catch me up) has taken the time to consider how much protein he actually consumes in a day. Unless you live in the third world, you're not likely to have a protein shortage. Unfortunately, we have a lot of malnutrition in the US due to the Standard American Diet which offers more calories than we need but not enough actual nutrition.
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