>
> Oh, by the way, animal products -- meat, fat, cholesterol -- have
> never been
> shown to cause either heart disease or cancers or, as far as I am
> aware, any
> other disease (except from infected produce or man-made chemical
> pollution).
> Only processed plant material has.

>
> Barry Groves
> http://www.second-opinions.co.uk


Hi Barry

what do you think about the correlation drawn by several studies,
between a diet high in saturated fat and increased  beta-glucuronidase
activity, which leads to the (re)absorption of hormones and toxins in
the bile, which in turn, is a caustive factor for disease, e.g. breast
cancer?  This is an oft cited reason to decrease dietary fat and
increase fiber.  I know this isn't a fair question because most
research doesn't look at a high fat diet per se, only fat and fiber in
greater or lesser volumes.

1: Goldin BR, Adlercreutz H, Gorbach SL, Warram JH, Dwyer JT, Swenson
L, Woods MN. Estrogen excretion patterns and plasma levels in
vegetarian and omnivorous women. N Engl J Med. 1982 Dec
16;307(25):1542-7. PMID: 7144835 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2: Domellof L, Darby L, Hanson D, Mathews L, Simi B, Reddy BS. Fecal
sterols and bacterial beta-glucuronidase activity: a preliminary
metabolic epidemiology study of healthy volunteers from Umea, Sweden,
and metropolitan New York. Nutr Cancer. 1982;4(2):120-7. PMID: 6298751
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

3: Indira M, Vijayammal PL, Menon PV, Kurup PA. Effect of dietary fiber
on intestinal bacterial beta-glucuronidase activity in chicks fed a
cholesterol-containing diet. Cancer. 1980 Dec 1;46(11):2430-2. PMID:
6254631 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

4: Reddy BS, Hanson D, Mangat S, Mathews L, Sbaschnig M, Sharma C, Simi
B. Effect of high-fat, high-beef diet and of mode of cooking of beef in
the diet on fecal bacterial enzymes and fecal bile acids and neutral
sterols. J Nutr. 1980 Sep;110(9):1880-7. PMID: 7411244 [PubMed -
indexed for MEDLINE]

5: Reddy BS, Hedges AR, Laakso K, Wynder EL. Metabolic epidemiology of
large bowel cancer: fecal bulk and constituents of high-risk North
American and low-risk Finnish population. Cancer. 1978
Dec;42(6):2832-8. PMID: 728877 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

6: Hambly RJ, Rumney CJ, Fletcher JM, Rijken PJ, Rowland IR. Effects of
high- and low-risk diets on gut microflora-associated biomarkers of
colon cancer in human flora-associated rats. Nutr Cancer.
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Todd Caldecott, Cl.H., AHG
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