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>Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 12:53:05 -0700
>From: mark wilson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Fat and cancer
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>--- Keith Thomas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Just anecdotal, but nevertheless instructive:
>> Before I went paleo in
>> January this year I was also vegetarian and was
>> taking Zantac almost
>> nightly to prevent GERD. The chyme would come up
>my
>> oesophagus from a
>> weak valve at the entry to my stomach while I was
>> lying down asleep and
>> irritatate a small lesion near my voice box. The
>> nightly irritation of
>> this lesion over some years was a cancer risk.
>> Within a week, I gave up
>> using Zantac and have needed them only twice
>since
>> then.
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>Ditto for me although I was using Prevacid instead of
>Zantac. I strongly feel that the rise in esophageal
>cancer is due to the SAD diet (emphasis on grains).
>It's been demonstrated that acid reflux & GERD
>(hyper acid reflux) are responsible for most lesions
>of the esophageous. Ever notice how often you see
>Rolaid, Tums, Maylox, Peptol Bismol, Zantc etc...
>commercials on TV. Somethings going on.
Me three. This effect (lack of heartburn and the accompanying reflux)
was one of the first things I noticed when I started eating paleo.
Fear of heartburn/reflux returning is one of the factors that KEEPS me
eating paleo!
Janice in GA
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