Several studies have documented that diets high in meat or fat are associated with higher risk of bladder cancer.

I’m waiting for the day when I read that the association between meat and cancer that keeps cropping up in studies is wrong. I’m waiting for the day when I can get on board with all these low-carb, paleo, meat-rich diets and not worry that all that animal food will promote cancer (or abuse animals or the planet). The day isn’t here yet, because everywhere I look, eating meat promotes cancer.

Bladder cancer? It’s the meat…

Dietary Factors Associated With Bladder Cancer, Investigative and Clinical Urology, June 2016

Some highlights:

• A 3% Increase in the consumption of energy intake from animal protein was associated with a 15% higher risk of developing BC while a 2% increase in energy from plant protein intake was associated with a 23% lower risk of developing BC.
• A significant dose response trend of elevated risk of developing BC with high intakes of red meat.
• High intakes of processed meat and processed red meat were associated with 28% and 41% increased risk of BC.

So, animal protein increases the risk of bladder cancer while plant protein decreases the risk.

I don’t get it. Do low-carbers just look the other way? How do they reconcile this?