Diet & Health
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1994:
Proponents of a vegetarian diet
are concerned that the public will be misled
by recent reports that 38 residents of
Limone, Italy, have a unique genetic resis-
tance to cholesterol buildup that medical
science hopes to eventually synthesize as a
treatment for clogged arteries. The treat-
ment, if and when perfected, will not be
cheap ––and as with other diseases, med-
ical authorities agree that an ounce of pre-
vention is still worth a pound of cure.
Dr. Harvey Risch of Yale
University reported in the September 21
issue of the Journal of the National Cancer
Institute that eating 10 grams of saturated
fat per day increases a woman’s risk of
ovarian cancer by 20%; eating two servings
of vegetables a day lowers the risk by an
equal factor. Ovarian cancer hits 20,000
American women per year, killing 12,500
of them.