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futurejane in veganpeople

Breast Cancer vs. Soy, and other things to know

Nov 02, 2006 18:18

someone recently posted a video of Dr. Barnard discussing the benefits of veganism, and his story about his mom was really inspirational. (for those who don't know, his mom turned vegan after she discovered she had heart disease ( Read more... )

body-cancer, body-heart, books-recommended, doctors, opinion-is soy healthy?, arguments-nutrients/health

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o_lucky_man November 3 2006, 00:26:42 UTC

I don't have any recommendations re: soy and breast cancer, but as for the book I'd say get her The China Study

http://www.thechinastudy.com/about.html

Good luck!

uchikikun November 3 2006, 02:18:15 UTC

I second this.

polyphonicvegan November 3 2006, 03:41:21 UTC

I third this. :)

When I asked Dr. Michael Greger for the best book on diet and disease, he recommended The China Study.

Dr. G's website is pretty good too. Check out the handy info fliers: www.drgreger.org

blueheron November 3 2006, 01:13:38 UTC

For a doctor promoting the health benifits of (healthy) vegan eating: Dr. Fuhrman. He even has a book or two on the subject.

As for soy and breast cancer... the current advice is still to avoid it for several years following treatment.

However, you don't need soy to be vegan. Not by a long shot.

Looking for Space theevilchemist November 3 2006, 06:10:09 UTC

I have tomes and tomes of articles about the benefits of a plant based diet, mostly from peer reviewed professional scientific and medical journals, but I need space to store them online. When I can find a place, I want to upload the PDF ( ... )

Update 1 theevilchemist November 3 2006, 06:24:50 UTC

Here's an article written by an MD that compares different studies on statin drugs, LDL and the incidences of CVD events. Basically, he is reiterating what the article I just read demonstrated ( ... )

vgnwtch November 3 2006, 13:37:34 UTC

The Vegan Society's nutrition pages are very reliable, and Stephen Walsh, chair of the International Vegetarian Union's science group (and a trustee of the Vegan Society) wrote Plant Based Health & Nutrition, which cites lots of medical papers and is wonderful because it goes into technical detail in each chapter, but then summarises the information in a really easy to read style. It's available in the US from Vegan Outreach's catalogue.