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Re: Japanese stomach cancer

Postby patty » Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:22 pm

Skip wrote:Thanks, patty, for that interesting reference. Taking this information into account, could we say that for stomach cancer, genetics loads the gun and pulls the trigger (that is, diet is not a factor)? Or another way of asking would be, do migrant Japanese people have the same stomach cancer rates and non-migrant Japanese? I'm not sure if your reference really answers that question.

Perhaps the gastroenterologist I had the conversation is correct when it comes to stomach cancer. That is, that the main cause of stomach cancer is genetic and diet is not as big of a factor?


This was just prior to the above section quoted from "The Enzyme Factor":

As Japan in the 1960s and approached the period of rapid growth that country learned to catch up and surpass American many things. Beginning about 1961 when milk was introduced in school lunches in Japan, people begin eating dairy products such as cheese and yogurt on a daily basis at the same time vegetables and fish which used to be the center of Japanese meals began to be replaced by animal proteins gradually transforming the Japanese diet into a high-protein, high fat diet centered on hamburgers, steaks, and fried chicken. This trend has continued to this day.

In contrast after publication of the 1977 McGovern report many Americans began focusing on improving their diet. These differences are evident in the intestinal characteristics of the people and both the US and Japan.

Steadily declining now because of changes in the dietary habits, the once clean healthy intestines of the Japanese people now closely resemble the intestines of Americans who eat a diet centered on meat. On the other hand many Americans who seriously thought about their health and reformed their high-protein high fat diet markedly improved their intestinal characteristics. As a result since 1990 the rate of colonic polyps and cancers in America has been declining clear evidence that you can promote intestinal health by improving your dietary habits.


Looking at the Okinawan Lifestyle/diet I would say genetics loads the gun and diet pulls the trigger. YouTube's Increase Your Life Expectancy with the Okinawan Diet - The Morning Show Gosia Desmond shares the difference between Okinawan and Japanese health numbers.

I have known two local middle age Japanese who died from stomach cancer.

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Re: Japanese stomach cancer

Postby Marcella » Sun Nov 29, 2015 4:35 pm

I believe that Jeff Novick has often discussed that there is a higher rate of stomach cancer in Japan and that there is a strong link between high sodium consumption, which is common in the traditional Japanese diet, and prevalence of stomach cancer. Perhaps the following article will shed some light on this matter:

http://www.worldactiononsalt.com/salthe ... s/stomach/

This particular paragraph in the above article was quite interesting:

"An earlier study looking at deaths from stomach cancer among 39 populations from 24 countries found a significant and direct association between salt intake and stomach cancer deaths (Fig 2).(13) Countries that have a high salt intake tend to have higher numbers of people dying from stomach cancer, posing a major public health problem for countries with have high salt intakes such as Northern China, Japan and Korea. In Japan, where cancer of the stomach is the most common cancer, a positive correlation between salt intake and stomach cancer incidence in different geographical regions has been found.(8) A higher risk of stomach cancer has been found in people who have a preference for salty food including salt-preserved meat and fish.(14)"

- See more at: http://www.worldactiononsalt.com/salthe ... CV1nM.dpuf

It appears that diet, in particular sodium consumption, does play a large role in the prevalence of stomach cancer.
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Re: Japanese stomach cancer

Postby healthyvegan » Sun Nov 29, 2015 4:51 pm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5098957

Talc-treated rice and Japanese stomach cancer.
Merliss RR.
Abstract
The Japanese prefer talc-dusted rice in their diet. The incidence of stomach cancer in Japan is unusually high. Most talc has some asbestos contaminants. Epidemiologic evidence is presented that the asbestos-contaminated talc on rice in the diet is the carcinogen or cocarcinogen responsible for the high incidence of Japanese stomach cancer.
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Re: Japanese stomach cancer

Postby colonyofcells » Sun Nov 29, 2015 5:08 pm

In China, salted fish and fermented fish sauce is also linked to esophagus cancer.
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