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> Any ideas +how+ their meat is cooked (charred, grayed, undercooked,
> deep-fried <g>)?
Paul,
I posted something about the cooking practices of the Bushmen on
03/14/98, see
http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?A2=ind9803&L=raw-food&P=R13190
In my opinion, the reasons why hunter-gatherers have low cancer rates
despite eating a lot of cooked meat, include:
-fiber: since they don't eat refined grains or sugar, their get at
the same time more fiber *and* more meat than the average American.
-antioxidants (vitamins A,C,E, etc...)+some factors in plants that
protect against cancer.
-chemical/pollution-free environment
-exercise
-low-stress life.
And reasons why people eating less meat have less cancer (if that's
true), include:
-vegetarians eat more... vegetables, hence fiber, etc. (of course, as
I said above, it is possible to get more fiber AND meat at the same
time).
-vegetarians are more health-conscious. They might eat less junk
food.
-vegetarian diets are often restricted in calories compared to
omnivorous ones.
-placebo effect.
--Jean-Louis Tu <[log in to unmask]>
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