DNA damage from micro nutrient deficiencies is likely to be a
major cause of cancer.
By Bruce N. Ames, professor of molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley
A deficiency of any of the micro nutrients: folic acid, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6, niacin,
Vitamin C, Vitamin E, iron, or zinc, mimics radiation in damaging DNA by causing
single- and double-strand breaks, oxidative lesions, or both. For example, the
percentage of the US population that has a low intake (<50% of the RDA) for each of
these eight micro nutrients ranges from 2 to >20%. A level of folate deficiency
causing chromosome breaks was present in approximately 10% of the US
population, and in a much higher percentage of the poor. Folate deficiency causes
extensive incorporation of uracil into human DNA (4 million/cell), leading to
chromosomal breaks. This mechanism is the likely cause of the increased colon
cancer risk associated with low folate intake. Some evidence, and mechanistic
considerations, suggest that Vitamin B12 (14% US elderly) and B6 (10% of US)
deficiencies also cause high uracil and chromosome breaks. Micro nutrient
deficiency may explain, in good part, why the quarter of the population that eats the
fewest fruits and vegetables (five portions a day is advised) has about double the
cancer rate for most types of cancer when compared to the quarter with the highest
intake. For example, 80% of American children and adolescents and 68% of adults
do not eat five portions a day. Common micro nutrient deficiencies are likely to
damage DNA by the same mechanism as radiation and many chemicals, appear to
be orders of magnitude more important, and should be compared for perspective.
Remedying micro nutrient deficiencies should lead to a major improvement in health
and an increase in longevity at low cost.
major cause of cancer.
By Bruce N. Ames, professor of molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley
A deficiency of any of the micro nutrients: folic acid, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6, niacin,
Vitamin C, Vitamin E, iron, or zinc, mimics radiation in damaging DNA by causing
single- and double-strand breaks, oxidative lesions, or both. For example, the
percentage of the US population that has a low intake (<50% of the RDA) for each of
these eight micro nutrients ranges from 2 to >20%. A level of folate deficiency
causing chromosome breaks was present in approximately 10% of the US
population, and in a much higher percentage of the poor. Folate deficiency causes
extensive incorporation of uracil into human DNA (4 million/cell), leading to
chromosomal breaks. This mechanism is the likely cause of the increased colon
cancer risk associated with low folate intake. Some evidence, and mechanistic
considerations, suggest that Vitamin B12 (14% US elderly) and B6 (10% of US)
deficiencies also cause high uracil and chromosome breaks. Micro nutrient
deficiency may explain, in good part, why the quarter of the population that eats the
fewest fruits and vegetables (five portions a day is advised) has about double the
cancer rate for most types of cancer when compared to the quarter with the highest
intake. For example, 80% of American children and adolescents and 68% of adults
do not eat five portions a day. Common micro nutrient deficiencies are likely to
damage DNA by the same mechanism as radiation and many chemicals, appear to
be orders of magnitude more important, and should be compared for perspective.
Remedying micro nutrient deficiencies should lead to a major improvement in health
and an increase in longevity at low cost.
MY FAVORITE HEALTH WEB SITES...
What a visionary...
" The doctor of the future will prescribe no drugs, but will interest his
patients in the care and nutrition of the human frame and in the cause
and prevention of disease "
Thomas Edison
" The doctor of the future will prescribe no drugs, but will interest his
patients in the care and nutrition of the human frame and in the cause
and prevention of disease "
Thomas Edison
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"Doctors give drugs of which they know little,
into bodies, of which they know less,
for diseases of which they know nothing at all."
Voltaire
into bodies, of which they know less,
for diseases of which they know nothing at all."
Voltaire
MY FAVORITE QUOTES, INCLUDING MINE...
"I don't make the rules, I just observe them." Jim Dornan
" Wine is as intoxicating as a women, but when drank in excess, leaves much less
pain." C Wiechert
"There are exceptions to every rule, including this one." C Wiechert
"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions." -
Albert Einstein
"The past is a trail you leave behind, much like the wake of a speedboat. That is,
it's a vanishing trail temporarily showing you where you were. The wake of a boat
doesn't affect it's course--obviously it can't since it appears behind the boat. So
consider this image when you exclaim that your past is the reason you aren't
moving forward." Dr. Wayne Dyer
"You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I
say, "Why not?" " George Bernard Shaw
"Humble people don't think less of themselves ... they just think of themselves
less." Norman Vincent Peale
"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone
you may still exist, but you have ceased to live." Mark Twain
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him... The
unreasonable man adapts surrounding conditions to himself... All progress
depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw
"Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of
us who do." Isaac Asimov
" We are all broken, in that we are imperfect & flawed. But, we don't need saving,
we just need to be understood, loved & accepted.
Like cut gem stones, we have facets. To see them clearly, you need only change
your prospective." C Wiechert
"I like to hang around people who disagree with me. It's a great way to make sure
you are thinking correctly. Always question your closely held beliefs." C Wiechert
"Knowing & applying knowledge are 2 different things. Wisdom only comes with
application. And while I am on this subject, if your goal is to be better than you
were the day before, and you still have baggage, focus first on unpacking."
C Wiechert
" Everything doesn't happen for a reason. Things just happen, and then we assign
a reason to what just happened." C Wiechert
" A belief is just an addiction, that may or may not be true." C Wiechert
" You never grow by saying NO, you only progress, by saying YES!!! "
C Wiechert
"Life is a stage and 140 characters are in constant play." C Wiechert
"She has a wonderful nose. A glorious body. long and luscious legs. with a fruity
fragrance and in the right light, the color of ruby's. I make love to 2 glasses a
night." C Wiechert
"A happy man is one who finds refuge in himself" (author unknown)
" The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking
we were at when we created them." Albert Einstein
" DISCOVERY CONSISTS OF SEEING WHAT EVERYONE HAS SEEN, AND THINKING
WHAT NO ONE HAS THOUGHT " Albert Szent - Gyorgi
"I focus on what's really important in life. Quality rather than appearance...ethics
rather than rules...integrity rather than domination...knowledge rather than
achievement...serenity rather than acquisitions." Dr. Wayne Dyer
"Treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our
Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children." Ancient Indian Proverb
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have
any." Alice Walker
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live
the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common
hours." Henry David Thoreau
"Everybody has something to teach us. It may be humility, strength, tolerance,
love, prospective, health, truth, kindness... What ever it is, when they come along,
it's our job to listen" C Wiechert
"The person who says it cannot be done should not
interrupt the person who is doing it." Chinese proverb
"If you want to have what you do not have, you must do, what you do not do!!!"
Unknown
"I throw precious gems into the public streets, but people ignore them, because
they mistake them for colored glass". C Wiechert
"I don't make the rules, I just observe them." Jim Dornan
" Wine is as intoxicating as a women, but when drank in excess, leaves much less
pain." C Wiechert
"There are exceptions to every rule, including this one." C Wiechert
"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions." -
Albert Einstein
"The past is a trail you leave behind, much like the wake of a speedboat. That is,
it's a vanishing trail temporarily showing you where you were. The wake of a boat
doesn't affect it's course--obviously it can't since it appears behind the boat. So
consider this image when you exclaim that your past is the reason you aren't
moving forward." Dr. Wayne Dyer
"You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I
say, "Why not?" " George Bernard Shaw
"Humble people don't think less of themselves ... they just think of themselves
less." Norman Vincent Peale
"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone
you may still exist, but you have ceased to live." Mark Twain
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him... The
unreasonable man adapts surrounding conditions to himself... All progress
depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw
"Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of
us who do." Isaac Asimov
" We are all broken, in that we are imperfect & flawed. But, we don't need saving,
we just need to be understood, loved & accepted.
Like cut gem stones, we have facets. To see them clearly, you need only change
your prospective." C Wiechert
"I like to hang around people who disagree with me. It's a great way to make sure
you are thinking correctly. Always question your closely held beliefs." C Wiechert
"Knowing & applying knowledge are 2 different things. Wisdom only comes with
application. And while I am on this subject, if your goal is to be better than you
were the day before, and you still have baggage, focus first on unpacking."
C Wiechert
" Everything doesn't happen for a reason. Things just happen, and then we assign
a reason to what just happened." C Wiechert
" A belief is just an addiction, that may or may not be true." C Wiechert
" You never grow by saying NO, you only progress, by saying YES!!! "
C Wiechert
"Life is a stage and 140 characters are in constant play." C Wiechert
"She has a wonderful nose. A glorious body. long and luscious legs. with a fruity
fragrance and in the right light, the color of ruby's. I make love to 2 glasses a
night." C Wiechert
"A happy man is one who finds refuge in himself" (author unknown)
" The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking
we were at when we created them." Albert Einstein
" DISCOVERY CONSISTS OF SEEING WHAT EVERYONE HAS SEEN, AND THINKING
WHAT NO ONE HAS THOUGHT " Albert Szent - Gyorgi
"I focus on what's really important in life. Quality rather than appearance...ethics
rather than rules...integrity rather than domination...knowledge rather than
achievement...serenity rather than acquisitions." Dr. Wayne Dyer
"Treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our
Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children." Ancient Indian Proverb
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have
any." Alice Walker
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live
the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common
hours." Henry David Thoreau
"Everybody has something to teach us. It may be humility, strength, tolerance,
love, prospective, health, truth, kindness... What ever it is, when they come along,
it's our job to listen" C Wiechert
"The person who says it cannot be done should not
interrupt the person who is doing it." Chinese proverb
"If you want to have what you do not have, you must do, what you do not do!!!"
Unknown
"I throw precious gems into the public streets, but people ignore them, because
they mistake them for colored glass". C Wiechert