At that time, a research paper from India surfaced in an obscure medical journal [Madhavan TV, and Gopalan C. "The effect of dietary protein on carcinogenesis of aflatoxin." Arch. Path. 85 (1968): 133-137.]. It was an experiment involving liver cancer and protein consumption in two groups of laboratory rats. One group was given AF [aflatoxin, a carcinogen] and then fed diets containing 20% protein. The second group was given the same level of AF and then fed diets containing only 5% protein. Every single rat fed 20% protein got liver cancer or its precursor lesions, but not a single animal fed a 5% protein diet got liver cancer or its precursor lesions.
Campbell, T. Colin and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study, Dallas, Texas: BenBella, 2006, pp. 36-37.
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