Well, I’ll go straight to the point: if you have cancer you should absolutely avoid any kind of animal protein. For starters, meat and dairy products are high in fat and have no fiber. Study after study continue to show that animal-based diets stimulate and nurture certain types of cancers whereas plant-based diets provide cancer protection.
You should know by now that it is not necessary to depend on animal sources for your protein needs. Plant sources are equivalent in quality to animal sources, minus the contaminated elements of saturated fat, hormones, excess cholesterol, bacteria, viruses, pesticides, and numerous other harmful substances.
While fats and carbohydrates often suffer from bad press, protein has no such problems. In the public mind, protein is still the most important macro nutrient. In reality, protein must share the spotlight with fats and carbohydrates. Neither macro nutrient is more important than any other.
Like carbohydrates and lipids, proteins are made up of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms, but they differ with them in that they also contain nitrogen atoms. Proteins are made up of chains of amino acids. When a protein enters the digestive tract, it cannot be absorbed until it has been broken down into its amino acid components. So when you ingest animal protein, your body has to break it down first, and then recompose the amino acids into proteins your body can use. You are, in fact, overwhelming your digestive system.
On top of it, some of the proteins we eat slip into our bloodstream from the intestine without being fully broken down into their amino acid parts. The remnants of these undigested proteins are treated as foreign invaders by our immune system, which sets into motion an autoimmune process that becomes self-destructive. Animal protein impairs your body’s immune system. You are, in fact, overwhelming your immune system.
The saturated fat in animal-based diets will alter the types of fatty acids available to tumor cells in a direction that increases their growth.
Animal protein causes the body to produce more IGF-1, a growth hormone, which in turn throws cell growth and removal systems out of whack, stimulating cancer development. Animal protein suppresses the production of essential vitamin D, an extremely powerful anticancer vitamin. Excessive calcium, as found in dairy products, also suppresses the production of vitamin D. Vitamin D is responsible for creating a wide variety of health benefits in the body. Low levels of vitamin D create an inviting environment for different cancers and other autoimmune diseases.
The ingestion of animal protein results in an increase in activity of liver microsomal mixed function oxidase enzymes, which increase tumor cell growth. It also increases estrogen levels, which affect the growth of hormone-related cancers.
Animal protein also affects the lack of digestive enzymes. Cancer cells are covered with a protein layer that makes them invisible to the immune system. The enzymes trypsin and chymotripsin are produced by the pancreas in order to digest animal protein. In addition to digesting animal protein, only these enzymes can dissolve the protein coating around cancer cells, which makes them visible to the immune system so they can be destroyed. Eating animal protein requires a large amount of pancreatic enzymes for digestion, which in turn creates a shortage that directly affects the capability of our bodies to fight cancer. Without enough pancreatic enzymes, cancer cells end up keeping their protein coat, remaining invisible, and starting to multiply. In contrast, pancreatic enzymes are not necessary to digest vegetable protein, making available to control cancer growth more effectively.
But maybe the strongest case has to do with the metabolic byproducts of digesting animal protein. The digestion of animal protein produces deoxycholic acid, a strong carcinogenic substance. Deoxycholic acid is converted by clostridia bacteria in our intestines into powerful carcinogens. Also, cooked meats carry polynuclear compounds such as benzopyrene, which is a known carcinogen. On top of it, many meats carry viruses that might be a cause for the development of certain cancers.
There is no other kind of protein source that has a more direct effect on cancer development than animal protein. And that includes all kinds of animal protein sources. There is little help to find a best animal protein among all, because they all contain fat, they are all void from fiber, ans they all contribute to cancer development. There is no distinction. Animal protein is the most carcinogenic substance we consume.
According to T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., a Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University and author of the book The China Study, in addition to animal protein causing cancer, it also fuels cancer that exists. So you can have a carcinogen in your body, but it doesn’t get “turned on” until you ingest animal flesh. Animal protein causes the carcinogen to grow and spread.
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May 14, 2009 at 1:22 am
Food habits is one of the main way to reduce the spread of cancer cells in your body. 1 thing that has to be completely taken care of is, Sugar. Try reducing Sugar intake & if possible avoid taking sugar which is a best Alternative to fight cancer.