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Old 03-25-2004, 10:09 AM   #23
Ignoramus20562
 
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Re: Diet Linked To Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

In article <c3v346$94a$1@kermit.esat.net>, pearl wrote:
> "Ignoramus20562" <ignoramus20562@NOSPAM.20562.invalid> wrote in message news:c3v1po$3fl$a@pita.alt.net...
>> Why correlation is not causation:
>>
>> It is not often when people eat low carb diet that is high in meat and
>> fat and at the same time is high in vegetables (which are obviously
>> good things), and at the same time relatively low in carbs and
>> calories.
>>
>> So, studies studying general populations and their trends, are going
>> to miss that segment of people due to its size, and therefore are not
>> instructive for people like me who follow the diet Idescribed.
>>
>> Like I said, I eat several pounds of vegetables per day, one apple,
>> plenty of meat, some fat, at the same time it is relatively low in
>> calorie. 50% calories from fat, 25% from carbs and 25% from protein.
>>
>> A typical fat person who eats a lot of meat has a diet that could not
>> be farther from what I eat. Why should I be , therefore, influenced by
>> their health problems that have little to do with meat, as such.
>>
>> Carb intake of most other people and their adiposity IS the confouding
>> factor that makes conclusions based on correlation unwarranted.

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> Improperly digested animal protein is associated with endogenous
> production of active oxygen (free radicals), leading to oxidative stress
> (and cancer).


so you are now starting a completely new line of thought, instead of
conceding that I am right.

i

> 'Carnivores have a much higher concentration of hydrochloric acid
> in the stomach for break down of proteins and to kill any dangerous
> bacteria. Their stomach acidity is less than or equal to pH 1 with
> food in the stomach, while humans have a pH 4 to 5.
> http://www.b-naturals.com/win00.htm
>
> ''According to Harper's Biochemistry, the putrefaction bacteria
> in the large intestine convert amino acids from undigested protein
> into toxic amines or ptomaines, such as cadaverine (from lysine),
> agmatine (from arginine), tyramine (from tyroseine), putrescine
> (from orithine) and histamine (from histidine). And these amines
> are "powerful vasopressor substances". Tryptophan undergoes a
> series of reactions to form indole and methylindole (skatole), which
> produces the distinctive putrefying faecal smell of a high protein diet.
> The sulphur-containing amino acids (cysteine and methionine) are
> transformed into mercaptans such as ethyl and methyl mercaptan
> as well as hydrogen sulphide (H2S). All these compounds are very
> poisonous and unpleasant. Phosphatidylcholine, only found in meats,
> breaks down into choline and the related toxic amines such as neurine. ..
>
> .. plant protein is less digestible .. because it is found in the tough
> cellulose walls of plant cells which pass through the gut undigested
> if not sufficiently masticated. These proteins are not available as
> soil for putrefying bacteria in the bowel. Animal protein wastes are
> highly bioavailable to putrefying bowel bacteria since they have no
> cellulose cell wall.'
> http://web.archive.org/web/200304180...mc/protein.htm
>
> 'Because waste products such as hydrogen sulfide, ammonia,
> histamines, phenols and indoles are toxic, the body's defense
> mechanisms try to eliminate them by releasing neutrophils (a
> type of leukocyte, or white corpuscle). These neutrophils
> produce active oxygen, oddball oxygen molecules that are
> capable of scavenging disintegrating tissues by gathering
> electrons from the molecules of toxic cells.
>
> Problems arise, however, when too many of these active oxygen
> molecules, or free radicals, are produced in the body. They are
> extremely reactive and can also attach themselves to normal, healthy
> cells and damage them genetically. These active oxygen radicals steal
> electrons from normal, healthy biological molecules. This electron
> theft by active oxygen oxidizes tissue and can cause disease.
>
> OXODIZED TISSUE LEADS TO:
>
> Liver - Hepatitis, cirrhosis, cancer
>
> Pancreas - Pancreatitis, diabetes, cancer
>
> Kidney - Nephritis, nephrosis, cancer
>
> http://www.thewolfeclinic.com/alkalinewater.html
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