Modern Forager

Fievel is protecting his prostate.
Here are a few valuable articles that I didn’t think warranted a full write-up. Enjoy!
More girls than boys benefit from breastfeeding
For the study, investigators tracked responses to a first infection after birth and found that breast-fed girls were the least likely to be hospitalized with an acute respiratory disease. Only [...]

Tags: BMI, body fat, breastfeeding, broccoli, cancer, cruciferous, pregnancy, prostate, sexual health, weight loss, Weight Watchers

Today, we’re going to discuss some of the commonly known allergenic compounds in dairy products, along with some other ways the Moo Juice may not do a body good.
Allergenic Components
Several components in milk give it allergenic properties. The obvious is lactose, which some 25% of the (U.S.) population as a whole cannot digest, resulting [...]

Tags: acne, autoimmune, cancer, casein, dairy, immunity, lactose intolerance, whey

More confusion for the cup o’ joe issue. Coffee May Protect Against Breast Cancer, Study Shows - “Depending on which variant of a certain gene a woman has, a coffee consumption rate of at least two-three cups a day can either reduce the total risk of developing breast cancer or delay the onset of [...]

Tags: breast, caffeine, cancer, chiropractor, coffee, sun, vitamin D

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Breasts: two great reasons to avoid trans fats. Trans-fats may hike breast cancer risk (Abstract)- “Writing in the American Journal of Epidemiology, Veronique Chajes from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) reports that high blood levels of trans fatty acids, but not cis fatty acids, was associated with a [...]

Tags: breast, cancer, fake foods, Fergus Drennan, foraging, hunter-gatherer, Mexican, pregnancy, traditional diet, trans fat

Amber Waves of Grain
Miguel Carrera posted a link to an interesting article in the comments of my recent post on whole grains. Published in BioMed Central, it is titled Agrarian diet and diseases of affluence - Do evolutionary novel dietary lectins cause leptin resistance? I found it to be a very interesting and informative [...]

Tags: cancer, civilization, diabetes, evolution, grain, lectin, leptin, obesity

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Here are two articles I’ve had for awhile regarding the mechanisms of cancer and cancer defense:
Why don’t we get cancer all the time?
Having the neighboring cell just split into two identical daughter cells would seem to be the simplest way to keep bodies from falling apart. However that would be [...]

Tags: autophagy, cancer, Paleo, phagocytosis, Western disease

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Looks like we’re following the wrong “circadian” rhythm. Early to bed early to rise … depends on the TV schedule in your time zone - “authors Daniel S. Hamermesh, Caitlin Knowles Myers, and Mark L. Pocock look at the brief fight between American’s natural timing cues—the circadian rhythms determined by the [...]

Tags: ALA, alphalinolenic acid, bladder, broccoli, broccoli sprouts, cancer, circadian rhythm, diabetes, L-arginine, omega 3, sleep, tumor

Grandma was right about eating your broccoli. Broccoli Protects Skin From Sun Damage - “Add sunscreen to the list of broccoli’s health benefits. A new study suggests the potent vegetable may help protect the skin from sun damage. … Researchers say the broccoli extract did not physically absorb the UV rays, but it appeared [...]

Tags: Big Bang, breast, broccoli, cancer, Cool Whip, fat, saturated fat, skin, sleep, tumor

Looks like the prevailing wisdom is still wrong: Animal foods linked with reduced risk of breast cancer, while starch found to be associated with enhanced risk - “Women in the high starch group were found to be at a 34 per cent and 85 per cent increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer respectively.” [...]

Tags: Alzheimer's, breast, cancer, carbohydrate, diabetes, fruit, obesity, Paleo

No Traditional Diets post today. I’m still running behind due to things. Fear not friends, it will be rekindled in the near future though. In the meantime, enjoy some other reading.
Do National Dietary Guidelines Do More Harm Than Good? What?!? No way that a dictum from the government to eat [...]

Tags: appetite suppression, broccoli, caffeine, cancer, coffee, ghrelin, heart disease, low fat, meat, olive oil, pregnancy, protein