Re: Red Meat NO GOOD, Veggies no protection.... NOW WHAT?

From: pearl (tea_at_signguestbook.ie)
Date: 01/16/05 

Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:09:19 -0000

"pearl" <tea@signguestbook.ie> wrote in message news:...
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> > Dr. Michael Klapper has been running a vegan health research project.
> > He was very serious when he told us that he is seeing a lot of vegans
> > with cardiovascular disease ( b-12 deficiency),
> > neurological issues (b-12), osteoporosis, orthopedic issues, type 2
> > diabetes ( too many flour products and sweets ) and even clinical
> > obesity( flour products, sweets, junkfood ).

 J Nutr. 2003 Nov;133(11):3636-42.
Dietary pattern is associated with homocysteine and B vitamin status
in an urban chinese population.
Gao X, Yao M, McCrory MA, Ma G, Li Y, Roberts SB, Tucker KL.
The Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research
Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA and. Institute of Nutrition
and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention,
Beijing, China.
  To identify existing dietary patterns and examine associations between
these patterns and plasma homocysteine and B vitamin concentrations in
an urban Chinese population living in Beijing (n = 119), dietary information
was collected with a food frequency questionnaire designed for this
population. Plasma homocysteine and B vitamin concentrations were
examined. Food group variables, expressed as percentages of total energy
intake, were entered into cluster analysis to define three distinct dietary
pattern groups. The prevalence of high homocysteine (>11 micro mol/L
for women and 12 micro mol/L for men), was 31.9%; of low folate
(<6.8 nmol/L), 36.2%; of low vitamin B-12 (<221 pmol/L), 36.9%; and
of low vitamin B-6 (<30 nmol/L), 16.0%. The three dietary patterns
derived were defined by relatively greater intake of 1) fruit and milk,
2) red meat and 3) refined cereals. More than 40% of subjects in the
refined cereals group had high plasma homocysteine and low plasma
folate concentrations, and 67% had low plasma vitamin B-12
concentrations. Those following the refined cereals pattern were 4 and
5.2 times more likely to have high homocysteine and low vitamin B-12
concentrations, respectively, relative to the fruit and milk dietary pattern
group (P < 0.01), after adjustment for potential confounders. High intake
of refined cereals was associated with low B vitamin and high homocysteine
concentrations, whereas the pattern high in fruit and milk was associated
with the lowest homocysteine. Dietary patterns appear to play an important
role in the micronutrient and homocysteine status of these Chinese adults.
PMID: 14608087

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