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Negative in High-Protein Diets
"Because
a high daily consumption of 'carbohydrate]-containing food is assessed
to decrease the risk of cancer of 'the intestinal system,] different
types of carbohydrates were investigated for their antimutagenic
activity...", observe Dr.-scientists Hensel and Meier*.
Note that generally, high-protein diets discourage eating carbohydrate
(starchy) foods. Since these foods reduce mutagenic 'pre-cancerous]
activity, high protein diets may INCREASE the risk of cancer of the digestive
tract.
In their investigations incidentally, they found that pectin, which is
in apples, are the most protective of the substances tested.
*From the European journal Planta Med., vol. 65, l999. The doctors are
at the Institut fur Botanik und Pharmazeutische Biologie Erlangen,
Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat, Erlangen, Germany.
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