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An Italian study found that people who ate five or more slices of bread a day, or 35 per week, were twice as likely to develop Renal Cell Carcinoma, a leading cause of kidney cancer, as those who ate bread only half as often, or less. The scientists behind the study felt that an increase in blood glucose levels might be a factor in the increased cancer risk. High GI foods are usually things that are highly processed with a lot of sugar or contain a lot of refined white flour. Some sources are saying that the study linked eating white bread with cancer because of this GI link, but "the study did not specify what type of bread [participants] ate," so statements of that sort are just speculation. The study did not actually "establish exactly what in bread may be to blame."
Besides, it seems that a significant portion of the food-related media tries to convince us that in Italy everyone only eats the best bread from their local bakeries, not processed white bread. If the results of the study turned out to be a result of eating three loaves of Wonder Bread each week it might make sense, but baguettes?
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10-25-2006 @10:09AM Bryant said... As a "famous" comedian once said, it will not be long before scientific research "discovers' that saliva causes cancer.
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10-25-2006 @10:12AM Dave said... Oh My God!!! I ate bread this morning!!! I better call my next of kin!! LOL
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10-25-2006 @10:18AM dafomz68@aol.com said... my grandpa smoke, drank, and ate crap for 80 years he died at 88 in great shape, but was in a car accident, healty but died because he lost blood and old, stop blaming things we buy and enjoy, every week its something new to scare us. didnt they say about 4 years ago how good white bread was for us, come on! when its your time to go its your time.
JK
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10-25-2006 @10:19AM Scuder said... What on earth will it be next? Pretty soon we will be reduced to water and crackers! Oh wait, no crackers, too much salt and flour!! And, the water is tainted...forget about it, eat what you want!!! We all have to go from something, right?
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10-25-2006 @2:04PM john said... "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride"
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10-25-2006 @7:44PM robbster said... The French eat lots of bread, daily. The incidents
of Renal Disease is not even close to being an issue for them.
Rememeber when eggs and milk were bad for you, then they were bad again then good.
Doctors graduate and then learn EVERYTHING from drug reps for the remainder for their careers. In other words they are prescription writers, or gate keepers to you getting something you usually already know you need.
RESEARCH Doctors, are the ONLY ones you can trust and they all work for the Pham companies. So, you can't get an appointment with them.
Eat a balanced diet and live a long life. Doing this will enable you to see you PRESCRIPTION WRITER less.
Robb - West Linn, OR
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10-25-2006 @10:31AM tabby said... This seems like an opinion more than facts! Here's my opinion:eat what u want, be happy with it, live life to the fullest!!!
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10-25-2006 @10:29AM EJ said... Remember late 40's and early 50's...we kept bread and other products for a couple weeks..since they added all the preservatives, etc., they now mold in a week. I think it is all the additives that are killing us. Take out the preservatives and let me worry about my food going bad.
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10-25-2006 @10:32AM Kathy L. Ficek said... I'VE RESEARCHED ALLOXAN (SPELLING?), THE PRODUCT USED TO BLEACH FLOUR, RICE AND ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT TO MAKE LOOK PRETTY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR TOXICITY, AND I'D LOOK THERE, FIRST. THIS PRODUCT IS A BLEACH AND SO YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT COULD DO. LOOK AT HIGH FUCTOSE CORN SYRUP - THE RISE IN DIABETES ALIGNS WITH IT'S POPULARITY. GROWTH HORMONES IN MEAT WITH OBESITY. REMEMBER WHEN THE FDA TOOK ASPARTAME OFF THE MARKET IN THE 80'S? RUMSFELD HEADED THAT COMPANY AND THEN IT STARTED SHOWING UP AGAIN WHEN RUMSFELD DID! WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE CAUSES, THE WHO AND WHAT, THAT ARE POISONING THE PLANET, THROW THEM IN JAIL AND TAKE THEIR PROFITS TO USE TOWARD FINDING CURES AND SUPPORTING THOSE STRICKING WITH HEALTH ISSUES FROM INNOCENTLY CONSUMING THEM.
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10-25-2006 @12:00PM Ramona said... I think that everyone is reading the article incorrectly - you don't have to give up bread, you have to change the type and quantity. Also tthe article is talking about bread that is processed, has High Fructose Corn Surup (HFCS - a preservative that your body cannot break down, like elestra), bleached and enriched with nutrients - wheat is not it's orginal state. This also includes most cracker that are sold in grocery stores, bagels esp. frozen. Try a natural food store for help.
As a brain cancer survivor this bread change has been a pivotal change that I have had to make - switching to whole grain bread, never white, never HFSC. Oh and switching made me immediatly loose about 5 lbs.
The break information was given to me via a nutritionish is Utah who you can hire to help you with your cancer treatment - so far, so good 3 years and counting. -rrs
http://www.nutritional-solutions.net/
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10-25-2006 @10:36AM Kristen said... Anyone ever heard of wheat bread?? This article is really only attacking white bread, and for good reason. White bread = sugar! It's really not good for you at all, even aside from the cancer risk.
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10-25-2006 @10:37AM jyl said... my guess would be more like all of the preservatives added to white bread to keep it tasting and feeling fresh. No one likes stale bread. Any one who eats more than 5 slices of bread a day needs help anyway! Everything in moderation!!!
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10-25-2006 @10:41AM cindy said... They are not saying all BREAD...They said White bread.Eat Wheat bread it just makes more sense that its healthier for you.
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10-25-2006 @10:42AM Barbara said... If it is the flour or gluten, then the same thing would be true for pasta!!!!!!!!!
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10-25-2006 @11:08AM mark said... Bread may indeed lead to cancer but it certainly makes you FAT. Try a no flour, no sugar diet. Eat as much of anything else you want, including potatoes. You'd be surpised how much better you'll feel and you'll lose weight too. You're cholesteral will mostly go down too. What is lacking in the white variety of bread is the fiber. Do you really kneed bread anyway?
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10-25-2006 @10:44AM Jack said... 1) I think these stupid studies are done just so someone can get their name in a book or keep some government funding their paychecks.
2) Preservatives is in all food today, if it is so bad for you, why is the age that most people die going up instead of going down
Live your life to the fullest, you only have one.
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10-25-2006 @10:57AM Cindy Stephens said... Many of us grew up on white bread because we were poor and our parents handed us peanut butter on that bread. Perhaps we discovered "brown" (aka wheat) bread later in life. It took some getting used to liking. We didn't know we could not like that stuff that had kept us alive. Hopefully we learned to eat a little of the right stuff (including some vegetables), leave a little on our plates, and realize we will all die of something, even the scientists who keep changing the rules on what to eat. Except for those such as children and those mentally challenged who need assistance with their diets, we all know to eat a little, not ridiculous amounts unless we want the ridiculous amounts to be our clothing size. Oh yeah...I don't recall anyone getting out of this world alive. Death comes to all of us if we wait long enough. We WILL eat something, and my wager is there will be bread in those daily meals, of some color and type. Just don't eat the entire loaf.
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10-25-2006 @10:57AM foodie said... Its not the bread, its the chemicals in the bread. I agree, people have been eating bread for centuries and cancer has risen dramatically in the last 30 years. The only difference i see is the fillers and chemicals they use instead of the good, quality ingredients. Unless you have a health condition or allergy, every whole food is good in moderation.
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10-25-2006 @10:57AM Sandee said... White bread hmmm.....well white bread is enriched and bleached......well now lets see bleached is done by none other than bleach? Do you think that a carcinogen like bleach will not cause cancer...they bleach it take out everything good and then enriched it with vitamins.........duh...whole wheat bread and the less you mess with the natural the better.......if you shop on the outside walls of the grocery store there you will find the best foods for you....thus being fruits ,vegies, meats, and dairy.....just about the rest of the store is filled with stuff you can't even pronouce........so basics are the best!! And not that you asked for it this is my opinion thank you! And by the way butter is better! Do the research!.I am not putting plastics in my veins with margarine thanks but no thanks!
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10-25-2006 @4:12PM emily said... shucks folks, i'm gonna have some toasted white bread, with butter and strawberry jam on it. been having it for 70 years now with my coffee, enjoy life, be good to yourself.....emily
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