Geoff - Check out books on the history of human health, like Gary Taubes
recent title (Why we Get Fat(?)) Cancer, apparently, was all but unknown in
traditional cultures. Cancer started to appear in their populations post
contact with modern cultures. -Allan in WV

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 6:55 AM, Geoffrey Purcell
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> I don't remotely view cancer as a disease of civilisation, since it
> sometimes occurs even among wild animals who eat their natural diets. So,
> someone still has a chance of getting cancer no matter how "perfect" their
> diet will be. I will grant that someone on a healthier diet is extremely
> likely to have a much lower risk of cancer. I have already seen quite a
> number of interesting scientific studies directly linking consumption of
> cooking-derived toxins(namely advanced glycation end products, heterocyclic
> amines, nitrosamines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) to much higher
> rates of cancer.
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> Geoff
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