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Well, hold on a minute there, Buster. It's an interesting result, but it could also be that whatever it is that physiologically pre-disposes people to choose to be vegetarian also means they are less susceptible to cancer in the first place.

After all, more women than men choose vegetarianism. Some have suggested that this is because women tend towards having more nerve receptors generally and so have more sensitive palettes that show greater appreciation for the subtle flavours of veggies or they are overwhelmed by the strong flavours in red meat cookery (whichever). Now there could be something that whatever it is that stunts the growth of male nerve physiology also makes men more prone to cancer.

But that hasn't been tested. They have highlighted an interesting correlation that deserves investigation. It does, however, not show that meat eating is cancerous.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 11:41:20 AM EST
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All this has been taken into account.. this is why this is the first serious "scientific project".

This project doe not have the standard tones of problem of other research.

No gender role biased, no "other inclinations" biased.
this is the first serious stuff.

Ont he other hand I have never read anything like the division you say.. there are cultures where woman take all meat.

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 11:56:05 AM EST
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Vegetarians less likely to develop cancer than meat eaters, says study | Science | The Guardian
I met a doctor recently who was conducting a study on rates of recovery from childhood leukemia. They were lowest in England, highest in Japan and very high in Korea and Venezuela, where he was from. Common dietary factor in the places where rates of recovery were high: seaweed.

i'd bet most of the healthy ingredients of fish are found in sea veggies, and kelp -kombu- grows fast.

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 01:09:43 PM EST
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Nonsense.  Clearly this is proof that it's time to tax the shit out of meat.

Someone tell Michael Bloomberg, too.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 12:06:10 PM EST
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