Check water contamination, chances are your water has perflourinated chemicals in it (used to make Teflon). These chemicals never break down and bioaccumulate. They also cause cancer and other diseases.
Don't buy Teflon or Goretex products.
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"The average American in the United States consumes at least 63% ultraprocessed foods," says Dr. Mussallem.
She says vegetables only account for 12% of the average American diet – and half of those vegetables consumed are processed.
"We know that ultraprocessed foods are linked directly to premature mortality or deaths."
They also are linked to colorectal, ovarian and breast cancer.
Getting home made from scratch foods is probably becoming less and less common. Completely anecdotal…but my kids’ friends come over and all but a couple have no idea what to do with the home made stuff we make. They don’t want to eat it. Frozen pizza? Frozen chicken tenders? Boxed mac ‘n cheese? Sure.
Not sure if 46 is younger adult but it felt pretty damn young for prostate cancer.
Sorry to hear that, man. Glad you're still with us.
- colorectal
- cervical
- pancreatic
- prostate
- kidney
- myeloma
I'm surprised cervical is up, the hpv vaccine was supposed to do a number on that one
I often wonder if Ultra-processed modern foods, and all these questionable ingredients are responsible for most of the increases in these cancers?
I think there is just too much bad shit that we are exposed to, to find one specific reason.
Lack of fiber is a big player in colon cancer apparently.
I don't know what ultraprocessed foods you're sticking in your cooch to get cervical cancer, but I'm guessing there's not a lot of research on that.
Yes, the oncogenic paradox... We don't know what causes cancer... But ever source of inflammation seems to increase risk... The mitochondrial theory of cancer (Seyfried, Warburg) would say the high glucose environment people create in their blood is the core reason for the surge of modern cancers.
Anything that damages the gut microbiome. Ultra-processed foods are one of many things. Antibiotics may be the biggest factor.
Or microplastics?
Or PFAS, Glyphosate ...
PFSA... kinda?, glyphosate...maybe...? honestly we've done a ton of studies since glyphosate was first created in the 70s there really aren't any known significant health risks. Personally I'd be more concerned about the environmental problems of herbicides running off and affecting the wider environment.
really aren't any known significant health risks.
Just a known carcinogen in our food. Why have cancer rates exploded? Oh, I dunno. Lol.
I was just casually pointing out some of the better known substances. The true risks are the >350,000 novel chemical compounds we make and release into the environment in ever increasing volumes with no meaningful data on the short or long term repercussions.
You want to be concerned about something? It's not the dangers of the things we know of. It's what we don't see coming that's going to get us.
Isn’t there an effective vaccine for cervical?
My spouse just went through cervical cancer.
The vaccine that prevents it is the HPV vaccine.
However, it needs to be administered before the age of 14 for it to be effective for the rest of your life.
Apparently, 75% of the population has an HPV.
Sooooo.... yeah.
It can be administered at anytime. It's usually given at 14 because most people aren't sexually active before then.
If you are older, it can still help. If you are a man without contact with HPV, you could become immune.
I could be wrong, but I got it at 30 even after having partners.
The HPV virus is also slowely being implicated in causing some throat, neck, and tonsillar cancers in men. The vaccine in men helps prevent those too. It is argued that everyone should get it, and the younger the better (younger as in around 14, not 20's or 30's).
Yeah. I got it because it was free for me and I was pretty confident I didn't have it. Seemed like a no downside thing.
Better at 14, but you can still do it later
It wasn't required for millennial men to get the vaccine. It's only recently they started pushing for everyone to get it.
There was also a lot of scare-mongering when it was introduced. My parents' church said that HPV was punishment from god for casual sex, and the vaccine would guarantee I'd go to hell, so they didn't let me get it.
I'm sorry your parents failed you there.
As I write this, I'm in a hospital bed recovering from having my sigmoid colon and all the associated lymph nodes, removed.
June of last year they found 17 polyps in a routine colonoscopy/endoscopy. 2 were abnormally large. The rule of thumb is "More than 5 or >5mm you get re-checked." Well, 17 total, one was 20mm, one was 30m.
But not cancer as of June.
Report back 1/14 - 6 more polyps and stage 2 cancer. Possibly stage 3, we'll know more in 5-7 days when lab results are back.
If it got into the lymph system, that's stage 3 and will need chemo.
March is colon cancer awareness month! Wear blue!
Did you have any symptoms prior to the scan?
Started with mild anemia. Low red blood cell count, low hemoglobin, small red blood cells, etc.
Iron didn't really help so it was colonoscopy #1 and Endoscopy #1, then a follow up colonoscopy 6 months later.
It might be worth your time to look at the mitochondrial theory of cancer: https://hackertalks.com/post/23421392
Happy to supply books, papers, and talk in depth with you on the details.
Tldr: cancer cells only burn glucose, using a very low carb diet as a adjunct to standard of care is a strict positive in treatment.
Genuinely I'm hoping you recover fully!
Diabetic so strict glucose control is already a thing.
This cancer was solved for surgically, we just don't know yet if they got it all. 5-7 days on that!
I hope they got it all!
The sigmoid colon is gone, only question is if it snuck into the lymph system before they got it.
That becomes stage 3 with chemo. And it's hanging over my head for 5-7 days (more like 2-5 days now.)
Since your waiting on the follow-up it might still be helpful to learn about the mitochondrial model of cancer.
It doesn't hurt to go zero/very low carb while waiting for your results, then there isn't extra glucose to feed any stray cancer cells floating around.
Hmm, perhaps a diet of energy drinks and sodas isn't all that good for you 🤔