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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010More reasons for a CertifiedMeatless diet
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010We at CertifiedMeatless came across this article which we thought would be good to share. It seems that staying away from red meats and such helps you out in a lot of ways. These findings from the American Cancer Society mirror a lot of the findings when choosing a diet such as the Mediterranean Diet. Take a look at some of the excerpts:
Findings from the American Cancer Society:
Many times, colorectal cancer can be prevented. Still, it’s one of the 5 most common cancers in men and women in the United States. Colorectal cancer is also one of the leading causes of cancer death in the United.States. Don’t let these 5 common myths stop you from getting the lifesaving tests you need, when you need them.
Myth: Colorectal cancer is a man’s disease.
Truth: Colorectal cancer is just as common among women as men. Each year, about 150,000 Americans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and more than 50,000 die from the disease.
Myth: Colorectal cancer cannot be prevented.
Truth: In many cases colorectal cancer can be prevented. Colorectal cancer almost always starts with a small growth called a polyp. If the polyp is found early, doctors can remove it and stop colorectal cancer before it starts. These tests can find polyps : double contrast barium enema, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, or CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy).
To help lower your chances of getting colorectal cancer:
get to and stay at a healthy weight
be physically active
limit the amount of alcohol you drink
eat a diet with a lot of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and less red or processed meat .
Myth: African Americans are not at risk for colorectal cancer.
Truth: African-American men and women are diagnosed with and die from colorectal cancer at higher rates than men and women of any other US. racial or ethnic group.
Myth: Age doesn’t matter when it comes to getting colorectal cancer.
Truth: More than 90% of colorectal cancer cases are in people age 50 and older. For this reason, the American Cancer Society recommends you start getting tested for the disease at age 50. People who are at a higher risk for colorectal cancer — for example, those who have colon or rectal cancer in their families — may need to begin testing at a younger age. Talk to your doctor about when you should start getting tested.
Myth: It’s better not to get tested for colorectal cancer because it’s deadly anyway.
Truth: Colorectal cancer is often highly treatable. If it is found and treated early, the 5-year survival rate is about 90%. But because many people are not getting tested, only about 4 out of 10 are diagnosed at this early stage when treatment is most likely to be successful.
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Meatless Monday and a new month!
Monday, February 1st, 2010Wow! January just flew by under the radar. But now we are starting February 2010 and its starts perfectly on the first day of the week! It is a great day to start up the meatless monday with CertifiedMeatless once again. I know that a lot of you had those new year’s resolutions which went by the way-side. But, everyone can keep trying again. Sometimes the habit is hard to kick start but when you feel the need for the routine, then the magic can start. So lets try and go meatless today. When you are done reading this blog and some of the others, go to http:CM-LO.com for more information on being meatless and CertifiedMeatless! Make it a CM-LO day!
Meatless Friday and yes its Mediterranean Diet Time!
Friday, January 29th, 2010Remember when CertifiedMeatless announced its series on the Mediterranean Diet? Well here is another article on our series. To refresh, the Mediterranean Diet is high on fish and vegetarian products. It frowns upon red meats. So since it is Friday, make it a CM-LO, Certified Meatless Friday! Check our previous posts for Mediterranean Diet ideas. The article below is a study from the American Journal of Epidemiology as reported by Reuters:
New research from Spain confirms the benefit of a Mediterranean diet to a healthy heart.
In an analysis of more than 40,000 Spanish adults followed for an average of 10 years, researchers found that sticking to a Mediterranean diet significantly reduced the risk of a first heart attack or other heart disease-related event.
Specific components of a Mediterranean diet differ from region to region but, generally, the key features include high consumption of olive oil, plant-based foods such as fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole-grain cereals, nuts and seeds. Fish is favored over other meat sources with relatively low consumption of red meat. Alcohol, especially red wine, and dairy products are used in moderation.
For years, evidence has been accumulating regarding the protective effects of a Mediterranean diet against heart disease, Genevieve Buckland and associates at the Catalan Institute of Oncology in Barcelona note in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Studies of varying sizes and designs have shown that a Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of death in people who’ve had a heart attack, curb the risk of stroke, and boost survival in people living with heart disease, they note.
However, Buckland and associates were concerned that weaknesses in previous research limited the strength of conclusions. To investigate further, they used data collected between 1992 and 2004 from 41,078 healthy men and women from five Spanish centers involved in the 10-country European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, or EPIC, study.
The participants, whose average age was 49 at enrollment, provided information on what and how much they ate. The researchers also took body measurements, asked about behaviors such as smoking and physical activity, and medical history.
Each participant was given a score on an 18-point scale based on how closely their diet adhered to the Mediterranean ideal; the higher the score, the higher the adherence.
During an average follow-up of 10.4 years, 609 of the study participants suffered a heart attack or severe chest pain called unstable angina requiring intervention. Nine of them died.
When the researchers compared these heart events with Mediterranean diet scores and adjusted for confounding factors, they found that the higher the score (and adherence to the Mediterranean diet) the lower the risk of heart disease.
Specifically, high adherence, compared with low adherence, to the Mediterranean diet was associated with a 40 percent reduced risk of a first heart disease-related event, they report.
Heart disease is a top killer worldwide, accounting for roughly 30 percent of all deaths, equal to approximately 17 million deaths annually, the investigators note. Nearly half of these deaths are due to heart disease.
It’s thought that 80 percent of heart attacks and related events could be prevented by modifying behaviors — like adopting a healthy diet. And the current study suggests that drastic diet changes may not be necessary.
Each 1-unit increase in the Mediterranean diet score was associated with a 6 percent reduced risk of heart disease, Buckland and colleagues report. Even a 2-unit increase in Mediterranean score, “which required less drastic and more feasible dietary changes, has a protective effect,” they report.
The researchers say more study is needed to pinpoint key protective components of the Mediterranean diet and how these components confer their protective effects.
In the meantime, however, their results add to a growing body of evidence pointing to the heart health benefits of a diet rich in olive oil, plant-based foods, and fresh fish and low in red meats.
SOURCE: American Journal of Epidemiology, December 15, 2009.
Reuters Health
Meatless Wednesday @CertifiedMeatless
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Great tasty recipe for the day: Use enough pizza dough to fill a round 12″ diameter baking stone.Sprinkle flour on the stone and roll the dough. Any good vegetarian tomato sauce will do but I used the “B” brand tomato with chopped garlic sauce. Ladle the sauce onto the dough. Take a good helping of chopped onions, peppers, and mushrooms and sprinkle all around. Top off with a good mozzarella which does not contain enzymes. Bake at 410 degrees Farenheit for 14 minutes. Wonderful, crisp, and delicious!
If it’s Meatless Wednesday, it’s CertifiedMeatless!
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Tomorrow will be a big day for CertifiedMeatless! For the last meatless wednesday of the month, you will be seeing CM-LO.com impressions on Facebook! Click and come to our site for a visit for meatless foods, vegetarian foods etc. Make it CertifiedMeatless and make it a CM-LO day!
Meatless Friday is CertifiedMeatless
Friday, January 22nd, 2010For today’s meatless ideas take a look at yesterday’s posts. I posted a couple of fantastic ideas about the Mediterranen Diet. Great things to think about. A real cause of the day is to make some sort of mortification in honour of the hundreds of millions of babies lost because of the horrible federal decision that was legislated on this day back in 1972. Read and think, fast and pray.
Fantastic Video about attributes of frequent fish eating!
Thursday, January 21st, 2010CertifiedMeatless presents to you these important findings. Take a look at the video on the link below!http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/videos/news/fish_012010.html
CertifiedMeatless on Meatless Wednesday
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Hello: In the following blog, CertifiedMeatless is presenting another article in our series on the Mediterranean Diet. This fits in well with Meatless Monday, Meatless Wednesday, and Meatless Friday. As you may know, the Mediterrean Diet is rich in seafood and tolerates a low intake of slaughtered landed meats. Bellow is an article from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition:
Reuters Health
Eating the Mediterranean way can help reduce your risk of stomach cancer, a large study from Europe shows.
“The results add to the evidence for the role of the Mediterranean diet in reducing cancer risk and add further support for the need to continue to promote the Mediterranean diet in areas where it is disappearing,” Dr. Carlos A. Gonzalez of the Catalan Institute for Oncology in Barcelona and his colleagues say.
The traditional diets of Greece, Italy and other Mediterranean countries have many health benefits, they point out in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, including protection against cancer. But there is less information on how eating this way might influence risk of specific cancer types. Gonzalez and his team looked at gastric cancer, the second-leading cause of cancer death worldwide.
To investigate whether diet might be protective against the disease, the researchers analyzed data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study on 485,044 men and women 35 to 70 years old from 10 European countries.
All had been given a score on an 18-point scale based on how closely their diet adhered to the Mediterranean ideal of being rich in fruit, vegetables, legumes, fish, cereals and olive oil, with a relatively low intake of red meat and dairy products.
During nine years of follow-up, 449 of the study participants developed gastric cancer.
People with the highest relative Mediterranean diet scores were 33 percent less likely to develop the disease than people whose eating patterns were furthest from the Mediterranean ideal. Gastric cancer risk fell 5 percent for every one-point increase in a person’s Mediterranean diet score.
Just 23 percent of people diagnosed with gastric cancer will survive for five years, the researchers note. “Therefore, identifying dietary recommendations that can help reduce incidence is important for the effective management of this cancer,” they conclude.
SOURCE: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online December 9, 2009.