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Old 05-16-2007, 01:48 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by escapee View Post
If protein is cancer causing, the entire Eskimo and Masai population would be bedridden with cancer and heart disease but this is not the case in reality.

Another myth busted .
Average age at time of diagnosis of prostate cancer: 70
... cervical cancer: 50 to 55
... Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: 60
... breast cancer: 62
Average age of patients at time of first heart attack: 60 (men), 70 (women)

Average life expectancy of the Inuit Eskimo: 30 years.
Average life expectancy of the Masai: 43 years.
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