How Tumors Use Meat to Grow: Xeno-Autoantibodies
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2012-12-14

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DESCRIPTION: Cancer may use a molecule found in animal products to trick our immune system into feeding it with inflammation. Make sure you see the "prequels" to this video Cancer as an Autoimmune Disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cancer-as-an-autoimmune-disease/) and yesterday's NutritionFacts.org video-of-the-day The Inflammatory Meat Molecule Neu5Gc (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-inflammatory-meat-molecule-neu5gc/). Why else might those eating plant-based diets have lower risk of all cancers combined (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/epic-findings-on-lymphoma/)? It could be the lack of IGF-1 (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-answer-to-the-pritikin-puzzle/), heme iron (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/risk-associated-with-iron-supplements/), inflammation (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-leaky-gut-theory-of-why-animal-products-cause-inflammation/), viruses (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/carcinogenic-retrovirus-found-in-eggs/), antibiotics (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/chicken-dioxins-viruses-or-antibiotics/), saturated fat (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-survival-butterfat-and-chicken/), nitrosamines (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/when-nitrites-go-bad/), and arachidonic acid (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/inflammatory-remarks-about-arachidonic-acid/) associated with animal product consumption. Or it could be the DNA repair (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/kiwifruit-and-dna-repair/), cellular stress defenses (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-based-diets-and-cellular-stress-defenses/), anti-inflammatory properties (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/anti-inflammatory-antioxidants/), soy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-survival-and-soy/), lignans (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-survival-and-lignan-intake/), phytonutrients (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/broccoli-versus-breast-cancer-stem-cells/), and fiber (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/relieving-yourself-of-excess-estrogen/) associated with healthy plant food consumption.

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