So heres an interesting story that may convince you to sway your eating habits towards a high majority plant-based diet. The interesting thing about this finding with red meat consumption is that SUGAR is once again the culprit! Its been a pretty common understanding that excess red meat consumption has been linked to cancer but the theories about why that was the case were incomplete or incorrect. In this case, scientists discovered a sugar molecule at the center of activity. Red meat may be linked with cancer because it contains a chemical that is unnatural to the human body, scientists say. Previous studies have linked red-meat consumption to a number of cancers, especially colorectal, breast, prostate, ovarian and lung cancers. Now, U.S. researchers believe the culprit is a sugar molecule called Neu5Gc, found in beef, pork and lamb. When eaten, the body sees it as a foreign substance - and the immune system attacks it.This leads to inflammation in the body, which over time is known to promote the formation of tumours. As Neu5Gc naturally occurs in most mammals but not humans, this also explains why humans are more at risk cancer while other carnivores are not.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 15:35:36 +0000
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