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From my research, it may be advisable to stop eating eggs if you have prostate cancer. I've summarised it here on evidence.zone, a free resource that aims to catalogue the science on interventions for prostate cancer (particularly for active surveleillance). Please let me know if there's more recent research to consider:
https://evidence.zone/interventions/eggs-choline
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@paulsweeney Paul, the smoking gun - choline- is in the same category as iron in the genetic disease hemochromatosis.
A genetic flaw allows the body to absorb excess iron from the intestine, which is then stored in the liver and other organs.
This causes organ damage leading to cirrhosis…AHA!!!
Eating too much iron causes cirrhosis! WRONG…
The metabolism of iron - caused by a genetic defect - causes disease, NOT the intake of dietary iron.
Of course, people with this disease are told to limit excess iron intake in the form of supplements.
I know 3 people with this syndrome and all of them donate blood monthly or bi-monthly depending on their levels. And they all eat a ‘normal’ diet including red meat, eggs, etc.
Also, they are all of Irish/Scots descent, a group which almost exclusively owns this mutation.
So once again we have the chicken/egg conundrum ( no pun intended!) in which a metabolite (choline, iron, omega3, ALA) turns up in abundance in PCa patients and the false narrative begins, picks up speed, gets read by algos/AI and disseminated to the point that ‘experts’ are now quoting utter nonsense in their papers, videos and blogs.
We should expect more from the ‘scientific’ community. Best,
Phil
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I tried to write a reply to this but get a freeze when saving and then get access denied to all Mayo web sites.
It clears up after a few minutes.