"Ignoramus20562" wrote in message ...
Why correlation is not causation:

It is not often when people eat low carb diet that is high in meat and
fat and at the same time is high in vegetables (which are obviously
good things), and at the same time relatively low in carbs and
calories.

So, studies studying general populations and their trends, are going
to miss that segment of people due to its size, and therefore are not
instructive for people like me who follow the diet Idescribed.

Like I said, I eat several pounds of vegetables per day, one apple,
plenty of meat, some fat, at the same time it is relatively low in
calorie. 50% calories from fat, 25% from carbs and 25% from protein.

A typical fat person who eats a lot of meat has a diet that could not
be farther from what I eat. Why should I be , therefore, influenced by
their health problems that have little to do with meat, as such.

Carb intake of most other people and their adiposity IS the confouding
factor that makes conclusions based on correlation unwarranted.

Improperly digested animal protein is associated with endogenous
production of active oxygen (free radicals), leading to oxidative stress
(and cancer).

'Carnivores have a much higher concentration of hydrochloric acid
in the stomach for break down of proteins and to kill any dangerous
bacteria. Their stomach acidity is less than or equal to pH 1 with
food in the stomach, while humans have a pH 4 to 5.
http://www.b-naturals.com/win00.htm

''According to Harper's Biochemistry, the putrefaction bacteria
in the large intestine convert amino acids from undigested protein
into toxic amines or ptomaines, such as cadaverine (from lysine),
agmatine (from arginine), tyramine (from tyroseine), putrescine
(from orithine) and histamine (from histidine). And these amines
are "powerful vasopressor substances". Tryptophan undergoes a
series of reactions to form indole and methylindole (skatole), which
produces the distinctive putrefying faecal smell of a high protein diet.
The sulphur-containing amino acids (cysteine and methionine) are
transformed into mercaptans such as ethyl and methyl mercaptan
as well as hydrogen sulphide (H2S). All these compounds are very
poisonous and unpleasant. Phosphatidylcholine, only found in meats,
breaks down into choline and the related toxic amines such as neurine. ..

... plant protein is less digestible .. because it is found in the tough
cellulose walls of plant cells which pass through the gut undigested
if not sufficiently masticated. These proteins are not available as
soil for putrefying bacteria in the bowel. Animal protein wastes are
highly bioavailable to putrefying bowel bacteria since they have no
cellulose cell wall.'
http://web.archive.org/web/200304180...mc/protein.htm

'Because waste products such as hydrogen sulfide, ammonia,
histamines, phenols and indoles are toxic, the body's defense
mechanisms try to eliminate them by releasing neutrophils (a
type of leukocyte, or white corpuscle). These neutrophils
produce active oxygen, oddball oxygen molecules that are
capable of scavenging disintegrating tissues by gathering
electrons from the molecules of toxic cells.

Problems arise, however, when too many of these active oxygen
molecules, or free radicals, are produced in the body. They are
extremely reactive and can also attach themselves to normal, healthy
cells and damage them genetically. These active oxygen radicals steal
electrons from normal, healthy biological molecules. This electron
theft by active oxygen oxidizes tissue and can cause disease.

OXODIZED TISSUE LEADS TO:

Liver - Hepatitis, cirrhosis, cancer

Pancreas - Pancreatitis, diabetes, cancer

Kidney - Nephritis, nephrosis, cancer

http://www.thewolfeclinic.com/alkalinewater.html