"Cancer shows scant regard for healthy diet"
[www.theage.com.au]

The popular press article referenced "the study" as being published in
the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, without giving credit to
an author, name of study, issue or date that the groundbreaking research
was published. Referring to it as 'the study', it supposedly obtained
data until 2000... But "the study" conducted by 'European researchers'
apparently "analyzed [exactly] 478,000 people" yet can not be found on
Proquest, Infotrac, Pubmed, Google Scholar or other database searches-
just the majority of studies (new and old) claiming to have detected
more of the same boring stuff: fruit and veg intake inversely related to
cancer (and other diseases)...

Update: Oral Oncol. 2010 Mar 11 [ahead of print]. The Animal products
pattern was positively associated with oral cancer (OR=1.56, 95% CI:
1.13-2.15 for the highest vs. the lowest score quintile), whereas the
Vitamins and fiber pattern (OR=0.47, 95% CI: 0.34-0.65) and Unsaturated
fats pattern (OR=0.63, 95% CI: 0.45-0.86) were inversely associated.
These findings confirm that diets rich in animal origin are positively,
and those rich in fruit and vegetables inversely related to oral and
pharyngeal cancer risk.

The sensationalized article claimed people in "the study" ate 400g of
fruit and veg a day = 14.10 oz or just 0.881849 lb. So what else are the
"people" eating to get such 'modest protection' from cancer?? What
exactly is being studied, if not the scanted fruit intake of the
'people'?

"The eight-year study, by researchers in Europe, analyzed 478,000 people
and found that eating about 400 grams of fruit and vegetables a day
offered only modest protection against developing cancer."

With just 400 grams of fruit and veg/day, culturists may indeed maintain
the rampant (yet largely preventable) 'diseases of affluence', including
the various cancer styles.

But if this is true "The US Dept. Of Agriculture estimates that the
average person in the United States eats .5 lbs of meat, 1.6 lbs of
dairy products, .2 lbs of fats and oils, .8 lbs of fruits, .7 lbs. Of
vegetables, .5 lbs of grains, and .4 lbs of sugars per day for a total
of 4.7 lbs. of food per day. To see the USDA study, follow this link:
[www.usda.gov] as cited at wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_pounds_of_food_does_the_average_person_eat_each_day

And a mere 400 grams of fruit/veg is just a couple apples and a piece of
broccoli..

Then, why would omniconfused 'researchers in Europe' expect anything
other than 'modest protection' while eating below modest amounts of
fruit in conjunction with immodest consumption of cow udder juice,
refined grains, candy, pig tissue and whatever else incorporates the
remaining ~85+% of the mixed diets that correlate with the ongoing
cancer epidemic?

Frugivorously,
Chris

Frugivorously,
Chris

This is another case, possibly tied to the recently released "study results" from the U.K suggesting that organic produce isn't more nutritious than conventional, of throwing the net too wide. If you read the comments below the piece, you see how few people correctly noticed that the conditions of the study are not described and could be wildly variable and the consequent results subjective. This is not science, or at least not legitimate science, and does smack of having a special interest's needs being behind its release as "news." Also, it is terrifying, just terrifying, how ignorant the Australians responding favorably to piece are about human biology: where are they getting the idea that cancer is typically genetic? Are they being taught this in school? Crikey!

[www.diseaseproof.com]

Dr Fuhrman's rebutal to the study.

" So what else are the "people" eating to get such 'modest protection' from cancer?? What exactly is being studied, if not the scanted fruit intake of the 'people'?"

All they studied besides fruit and vegetables were tobacco and alcohol.

"Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Overall Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

Paolo Boffetta, et al

[jnci.oxfordjournals.org]

Talk about confounding factors, people eating 200 grams extra fruits and veggies might also be consuming more processed oil for instance...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/2010 11:49AM by loeve.