Hi All,

Here's an interesting article (and the link to it) that I noted on
Health Scout.  It has some applications to our Paleo Way of Life.

Yvonne

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=97&e=3&cid=97&u=/hsn/20021115/hl_hsn/red_meat_increases_risk_of_colorectal_cancer

>Health - HealthScoutNews
>
>Red Meat Increases Risk of Colorectal Cancer
>
>FRIDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthScoutNews) -- An increase in colorectal
>cancer among Chinese
>people living in Singapore can be linked to a diet high in red meat
>and low in vegetables.
>That's the claim of a study in the Dec. 1 issue of Cancer, which is
>available online  today.
>The study also suggests colorectal cancer risk is slightly reduced
>when a high red meat
>diet also includes a diet high in vegetables. A diet low in
>vegetables by itself raises the
>risk of colorectal cancer. The risk of colorectal cancer was not
>significantly affected by other meats like pork or chicken or by
>seafood, the study says. The study included 121 Chinese people with
>a history of colorectal cancer and 222 healthy Chinese control
>subjects. Researchers used questionnaires to collect data on food
>intake over the previous three years, including how often and how
>much the people ate of common food groups such as meats, fruits and
>vegetables. After adjusting for age, smoking, gender and family
>history, the study found people with a high intake of red meat had
>2.2 times the risk of colorectal cancer. Since 1968, colorectal
>cancer rates in Singapore have doubled and are now the highest in
>Asia. Chinese people represent 77 per cent of the Singapore
>population and account for 91 per cent of colorectal cancer cases in
>the country. Over the years, the diet of many Chinese people in
>Singapore has shifted from eating many vegetables and moderate
>amounts of meat to eating more red meat and fewer vegetables.