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This does not explain how people in rural China that eat mostly carbs with very little fat and consume 25% calories more per body mass than westerners have noti
by fpoling 11y ago
This does not explain how people in rural China that eat mostly carbs with very little fat and consume 25% calories more per body mass than westerners have noticeably less rates of most cancers. Only their rate for stomach cancer is significantly elevated compared with Western levels.
- MisterBastahrd 11y agoWhat are their exposures to toxins? Are they genetically more or less prone to certain cancers?
- personjerry 11y agoDo you have a citation for this?
- fpoling 11y agoSee http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/food-in-china-variety-and-monotony/ http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/food-in-china-vari... - it discuss results of studies in China from 1980-1990 that showed that regions in China where people consumed pretty much all calories from rice or vegetables or those where people do eat a lot of meat have similar cancer rates making highly problematic any claim that excessive carbo is associated with increased cancer risk.
- noondip 11y agoThe China Study by T. Colin Campbell PhD.
- bcheung 11y agoLots of other factors that are different between urban and rural living. Better air quality, getting more sun, more sleep, less stress, more exercise.
- cellis 11y agoAnd as for the stomach cancer, there is some research about this; I read an article ( can't find the link now, sorry ), but lack of glucose means the stomach is starved for mucous and thus leads to higher incidences of stomach cancers.