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Diabetes mellitus associated with processed and unprocessed red meat: an overview
Indulgence in processed meats may lead to the development of diabetes mellitus. This meta-analysis investigated whether the consumption of a meaty diet is strongly linked to the development of diabetes mellitus. Researchers analyze data and evidence...
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Association between meat and saturated fatty acid intake and lung cancer risk: The Japan Public Health Center-based prospective study
Fervent consumption of red and processed meats may prime cells in the lungs to become cancerous in men. This study evaluated the consumption of fatty and meaty diet and its association with the development of lung cancer. Researchers used dietary...
https://www.drcarney.com/science/disease-conditions/cancer/lung-cancer/association-between-meat-and-saturated-fatty-acid-intake-and-lung-cancer-risk-the-japan-public-health-center-based-prospective-study -
Dose-Response Meta-Analysis on Risk of Diabetes in Relation to Red and Processed Meat Consumption - Asian Populations, 2006-2021
Sticking to a meaty diet may result in an upsurge in diabetes risk in men and women. This meta-analysis reviewed the results of previously published studies that examined the relationship between the consumption of a meaty diet and the risk of...
https://www.drcarney.com/science/disease-conditions/diabetes/dose-response-meta-analysis-on-risk-of-diabetes-in-relation-to-red-and-processed-meat-consumption-asian-populations-2006-2021 -
What is Diverticulosis and What Causes it?
Diverticular disease is one of the most prevalent conditions in Western society which involves outpatient visits and hospitalizations . More than 100,000 Americans are hospitalized every year for this preventable condition. In some cases, a patient may...
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How do our Food Choices Promote Autoimmune Conditions?
Autoimmune disease affects more than 23.5 million Americans and is a serious condition in which the body's own immune system attacks healthy cells within the body, believing that they are foreign substances. This condition can affect one or more parts...
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Should a Vegan Diet be Considered Child Neglect?
Occasionally, it happens. Loving parents who've read the research on the advantages of a plant-based diet are accused of neglecting their children by refusing to give them animal products. Currently in Italy, there is proposed legislation that would...
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Eat Fruits and Vegetables to Cut Colorectal Cancer Risk
Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the world, with 1.4 million new cases diagnosed in 2012. Experts at the Continuous Update Project of the World Cancer Research Fund have predicted that the number of new cases will rise to...
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Prostate Cancer Linked to Western Diet
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in US men. 1 out of every 7 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lifetime, and 1 in 39 American men will die from prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the third...
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Decrease Kidney Failure Risk with Whole Plant Foods
The dietary and other lifestyle choices we make have an effect on almost every aspect of our health. Kidney health is no exception. The findings of the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study revealed that Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is the 27th leading...
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Plant Foods = Lower Rates of Disease/Mortality
Everywhere we look, we are confronted with the outcomes of recent studies which tout the benefits of low-carb high-protein diets, saturated animal fats, coconut oil...and the list goes on. Because of this, we thought it would be helpful to start...
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Endocrine Disrupting Hormones Found in Food
As a doctor who specializes in nutritional medicine, I stay up-to-date on the most current scientific literature regarding how our food choices impact our health and wellbeing. For this reason, I'd like to share with you the findings of several medical...
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Global Impacts From Plant-Based Diet
Switching to a whole-food, plant-based diet not only improves our health and prevents disease; we are also changing the world for the better. What we choose to eat no longer has just a local impact on our environment, our choices are seen globally....
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Are You "Dying" to Lose Weight?
High-protein, low-carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins diet, have become very popular, but is it possible to safely lose weight on such a diet without damaging our health? Dr. Joel Fuhrman addresses this concern in his article, The Atkins Cancer...
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Protein Deficiency = Calorie Deficiency
A common question for those of us who eat a whole-food, plant-based diet is "Where do you get your protein from?" This question is based on the fear that animal-free diets won't meet our daily protein recommendations. This fear is based on...
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More Cardiologists Recommending Plant-Based Diet
It's exciting to see more doctors learning how dietary excellence plays a major role in the prevention and reversal of disease! Dr. Kim A. Williams, a cardiologist at Rush University in Chicago (and the next president of the American College of...
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Fiber's Role in Preventing Breast Cancer
What is Fiber and What is its Purpose Besides "Keeping us Regular?" The word "fiber" may bring many thoughts to our minds. Helping us "stay regular" would be the most prominent thought for most of us. This is certainly true; however, fiber plays a much...
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Are all Carbs Bad?
Obesity rates have skyrocketed and has grown to concerning proportions in the last decade. It's estimated that 80% of adults in the U.S. are overweight. In fact, due to rising obesity rates in children, doctors are seeing an alarming number of children...
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Has Eating a Low-Fat, High-Carb Diet Failed us?
Low-carb, high-protein diets have become extremely popular and are especially appealing to dieters, since they offer a quick (yet temporary) reduction in weight. Advocates of low-carb diets speculate that 30-40 years of governmental low-fat, high-carb...
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Linda Carney, MD
Dr. Carney became a vegetarian at nine years of age when a new step-father entered into her life who did not eat meat. The vegetarian philosophy she was raised with included the eating of dairy products, plenty of eggs, processed foods, fake meat...
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Using Diet to Prevent Colon Polyps
Colon cancer, is the second most deadly cancer. Approximately 180,000 new cases are diagnosed each year in the United States and Europe. Dr. John McDougall says that colon cancer "is a disease primarily of people consuming a diet high in meats...
https://www.drcarney.com/articles/using-diet-to-prevent-colon-polyps
