Not exact matches
Likewise, the phytoestrogens in soy have not only been shown to be metabolized differently
than real estrogen (such as that in cows milk), in humans as opposed to
rats, but have shown a wide array of anti-cancer effects, including
cancers instigated by sex hormones such as estrogen!
Blind mole -
rats (genus Spalax) can live more
than 20 years, are resistant to
cancer and tolerate extremely low - oxygen environments.
Barnes and his colleagues showed four years ago that female
rats fed soya bean products and dosed with
cancer - causing chemicals were much less likely to develop breast
cancer than those eating proprietary
rat food.
Some studies have found an increased
cancer risk in mice and
rats who were fed acrylamide, but those studies used doses between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher
than levels that people would be exposed to in food.
Perhaps you've heard the stories about artificial sweeteners causing
cancer in lab
rats, but you also heard those studies used doses much greater
than a normal human would ingest.
In this study, he and his research crew discovered that aflatoxin - exposed
rats fed wheat gluten exhibited less
cancer growth
than rats fed the same amount of casein.
Research on
rats showed a doubling of
cancer cells in mice that were fed with yogurt is more constrained
than mice without the yogurt.
A colleague informed him of a startling trend: liver
cancer was plaguing affluent Filipinos at a much higher rate
than their less - wealthy counterparts — a phenomenon that, despite a slew of other lifestyle differences, Campbell believed was linked to their higher intake of animal protein.1 Bolstering his suspicions, Campbell also learned of a recent study from India showing that a high protein intake spurred liver
cancer in
rats, while a low protein intake seemed to prevent it.2 Intrigued by this gem of little - known research, Campbell decided to investigate the role of nutrition in
cancer growth himself — an endeavor that ended up lasting several decades and producing over one hundred publications (none of which pertained to Fight Club).3