ARTHRITIS AND GOUT – TOMATOES
Can Tomatoes Cause Cancer and Arthritis? One often hears or reads in the newspaper that eating tomatoes encourages cancer, meaning that tomatoes could cause malignant growths. Even doctors often voice this opinion, which is based on various erroneous conclusions of certain researchers. Many patients, especially those whose parents or grandparents had cancer, ask me: ‘What about tomatoes? Can I eat them?’
Cancer mortality has absolutely nothing to do with eating tomatoes. Research carried out by careful investigators has shown that cancer mortality is highest in those countries where the intake of protein, particularly animal protein, is excessive. A diet in which protein predominates can ultimately lead to the development of cancer and arthritis, especially when a predisposition towards these conditions, either inherited or acquired by inadequate nutrition, already exists.
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