Cancer and High Protein Diets

On the Fox TV Network the other night, one of the big stories was about high protein diets. A new study has shown a link between the over consumption of animal protein and how it can stimulate the growth of cancer cells.

It seems we all have cancer cells but they don’t normally grow, unless we consume too much animal fat, dairy or fats from processed foods.

Before I continue I want to explain about the link to cancer. After all, Man has been eating red meat for millions of years, right. That's true but todays red meat is not the same. Most red meat that we buy in the supermarket comes from Steers that have been raised in feed lots on a grain diet that is full of hormones and other chemicals that shorten the growing time and put more fat on the animal. These hormones and other chemicals stay in the meat and what you're buying will contain the chemicals that the animal ate. Normally a grass feed Steer that lives on the range in big herds will take 18 to 20 months to grow to full size. But in feed lots they can cut that time in half by using hormones and other chemicals in the feed. Organic beef is better and does have less or no hormones. It's hard to say about chemicals because the pasture is seeded and fertilities every year and we can only hope they don't use a chemical fertilizer.

Older adults between the ages of 50 to 65 years of age are in that age bracket where cancer cells will grow at their fastest rate. But interestingly enough, after 65 it seems like the body needs animal protein and larger percentages don’t affect the growth of the cancer cells.

Older adults and those with a family history of cancer who are under 65 should reduce the amounts of animal protein to a daily amount less than 10% of total protein intake. Dairy products are animal protein and poultry, beef, and pork. I don’t count fish or other seafood. The best sources are vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans and lentils.

So how much protein is too much. Well, depending on the size of your frame, and your weight you divide your body weight in half and that’s the amount of grams of protein you should have everyday. For example I’m 170 pounds so I need 85 grams of protein a day. A 3 1/2 ounce steak has 85 grams of protein. That’s all the protein you need for and entire day. If you are doing a normal to extreme workout, you’ll need to supplement your protein with a powered supplement like WHEY.

Now, remember what I said about animal protein, in my case I should be consuming less than 10 grams a day of animal protein and consume the rest from plants or fish. Vegetables have protein along with beans and lentils plus fish. The good news is that you won’t go hungry, plant protein and other nutrients from vegetables plus fruit and nuts is a good healthy diet that will reduce your body fat, give you plenty of energy and you won’t have to count calories and weight yourself everyday to lose weight, stay healthy and lower your risk for cancer.

Now why do we have so much Cancer in North America? Well, it’s because the average adult consumes more than 20% of their diet in animal protein. That feed the cancer cells and makes them grow until you develop a tumor.

To reduce your risk of cancer no matter what you weight or how much body fat you have, change your diet, eat healthy, no processed foods and reduce amounts of animal fat and eat more plant protein. A simple all natural diet and don’t worry about your weight, your body fat will disappear.

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