Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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My mother is worried since my diet has a moderate amount of fat, and our family now has a history of pancreatic cancer. I'm most certain the studies she's talking about didn't focus on fat from naturally raised animals, but there's a bunch of search results similar to the one below on Google. Can anyone chime in?

http://inventorspot.com/articles/high_fat_diet_may_lead_pancreatic_cancer_29610

flag	asked Aug 17 2011 at 17:07 ryan 228●8

Lauren · Answer 1 · 2011-08-17 18:08:56Z UTC

I hate these studies because they're not controlled. If I eat grains I'll get cancer, sugar, cancer, red meat, cancer, soy, cancer, now FAT, cancer. I mean what the heck?

You'd have to hold someone hostage in a room from birth til death, feeding them a steady diet of just ONE of those things and see if they got cancer, and even then you couldn't be sure if it was caused by the food.

This stuff drives me crazy.

Kikilula · Answer 2 · 2011-08-17 18:24:19Z UTC

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I posted this question some weeks ago and only one case showed up so far:

Long time LowCarb Paleo and cancer?

http://paleohacks.com/questions/54247/long-time-lowcarb-paleo-and-cancer#axzz1VIz42uY1Long time LowCarb Paleo and cancer?

answered Aug 17 2011 at 18:24

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Eric · Answer 3 · 2011-08-17 19:53:06Z UTC

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Read Taubes Good Calories Bad Calories. It explains why saturated fats are ok and why they have been painted on the wrong light.

answered Aug 17 2011 at 19:53

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Reading it right now in fact! It's incredibly interesting & gives me more confidence that this is the way we're meant to eat – Priscilla Aug 17 2011 at 20:22

High Fat Diets and Pancreatic cancer?

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