On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:07:10 -0400, mark wilson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:


>
> The authors of the China study you linked to above
> also said,
>
> "The findings? “People who ate the most animal-based
> foods got the most chronic disease … People who ate
> the most plant-based foods were the healthiest and
> tended to avoid chronic disease".
>
> Do you consider them a reliable source of information?
>  They appear to be taking a vegetarian stance in
> regards to diet, and are trashing animal sources of
> protein, which include foods most of us here commonly
> eat.  Are they right about the dairy, and wrong about
> the beef, chicken, pork and eggs?
>

Hi Mark;


No I don't think it's reliable for information, but some of the raw data  
is useable, specifically the comments on incidence of cancer in dairy  
consumers. I'm assuming that Chinese dairy is processed like what's  
commonly available in North America.


My perspective is that Chinese traditionally cook proteins in a wok, high  
heat during quick cooking results according to Mercola in chemicals that  
are bad for us. Mixed during cooking with sugar, ginger, garlic, seed oil  
(it's all rancid) and some kind of starch, the result is tasty but who  
knows what the product is? IIRC high incidence of colon cancer has been  
reported from there.

AFAIK Chinese eat not much raw, so have less to counter the cancer-causing  
effects of their cooking style than we who eat salads, raw sauerkraut &/or  
meat etc.

William