Information recently released by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) confirms what we've always suspected. In the Second Expert Report, Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective and its companion report, Policy and Action for Cancer Prevention, we learn that there is a "convincing" link between consumption of red and processed meat and an elevated risk of colorectal cancer. The WCRF also found that there is a "likely" link with cancers of the lung, stomach, pancreas, esophagus, prostate and uterus.
Read the WCRF 2007 and the 2009 reports at www.dietandcancerreport.org. The 50- year study was broad: 7,000 diet and health reports were selected sfrom a worldwide pool of 500,000 and included lower, middle and upper income individuals.
While the information contained in the reports is compelling, the real question remains unanswered. Why does eating red meat cause disease?
Science agrees that oxidative stress is a possible, if not probable cause of abnormal cellular activity. The WCRF study has proven this, as have many other studies.
In the case of red and processed meat, the meaning of oxidative stress is simply the inability of the body to achieve complete metabolism of the complex protein and nitrites in meats, thus resulting in cellular degeneration from free radicals. Digestion creates enormous oxygen demand, especially when the digesta is dense, as in the case of red meat.
The overall findings of the WCRF study, we believe, support the concept that chronic oxygen debt is the active and constant cause of cellular failure.
What causes chronic oxygen debt? Simply put, the body's reserve of oxygen is inadequate to metabolize food. Or drink. Or natural chemicals caused by stress. Or impure air and water. Or medications and supplements.
The delivery of oxygen to the cells depends upon many body systems: pulmonary, circulatory, respiratory, digestive and endocrine to name just a few. If all these systems perform perfectly as designed and your breathing is perfect, then you are probably not a candidate for cancer or other oxidative stress- caused disease, which by the way includes aging, obesity, lack of energy, etc.
But if your body systems aren't perfect, join the other 98% of the human race. This is where Chronic Oxygen Debt Syndrome begins. It is proven that supplemental oxygen will reduce oxidative stress. This means that abnormal cellular activity will be reduced and long-term damage to cells will be mitigated.
And possibly, wellness and longevity will be yours.