Most Nutritional Cures For Cancer Eliminate Meat

There is a reason why most of the diets generally looked upon as "nutritional cures for cancer" eliminate cooked meat. The researcher T. Colin Campbell discovered long ago that meat protein could actually sort of "turn on" cancer cells inside the body -- causing them to multiply.

There are other problems associated with consuming meat too. It's a generally unhealthy food product.

From a physiological perspective, the human body isn't made to process cooked meat very well at all. The digestive tract of carnivores is short and smooth. While the human digestive tract is long, winding and full of pockets all throughout. If one looks at things strictly from a physiological standpoint, human beings reflect virtually all of the characteristics of herbivores and virtually no characteristics of carnivores. That should inform us as to what our diet should primarily be.

Virtually all commercially processed meats are filled with chemicals and toxins. These are the result of the animals being primed to both grow quickly and bigger. While I'm not against the fact that meat producers are interested in being efficient, in the way they cultivate their "product" for economic benefit, the public at large doesn't understand that such meat products carry within them a certain level of toxicity that, over time, can create scores of health problems down the road.

At this point. many people ask, "What about protein? Don't I need to eat meat in order to get protein?"

People do not need to eat meat in order to get all of the healthy protein they need. Many vegetables contain more protein - per calorie - than meats. And some vegetables, including broccoli and romaine lettuce, actually contain twice the amount of protein per calorie as most meats. So when you consume lots of vegetables you can get all of the protein needed by the body without the high number of calories that pack on unwanted pounds as one gets older.

Protein is necessary for many things, including building muscle and physical growth. But just think about the fact that some huge creatures, such as elephants, hippos and giraffes, have a plant-based diet. These animals obviously get more than enough protein from the plants they consume to grow very large and strong. So most advocates of diets that seek to bring cancer under control point to this reality in order to answer questions as to whether or not meat is necessary for acquiring protein.

The bottom line is that cooked meat should be avoided by those who are fighting cancer through diet. Plant-based diets are generally at the heart of most nutritional cures for cancer.