Archive for the ‘Cancer’ Category
Esophageal Cancer Rates Rise Steeply in Men
Have you ever wondered why some people could smoke their entire lives and be just fine and some could get cancer from second-hand smoke? It was clear that when people stopped smoking for the most part, the rates of cancer decreased dramatically — at least, with regard to cancer of the esophagus. It’s pretty clear [...]
In: Cancer, Diet, Disease, Obesity, Sugar, Tweet
Cancer Cells Slurp Up Fructose!
Thanks to one of the sharp participants in the ZIOH Facebook group, I found this amazing story in Reuters. The major soft drink makers have long contended that sugar is sugar and the experts who have been bought and paid for by them have agreed. They funded many large academic centers and made many in [...]
In: Cancer, Diabetes, Diet, Disease, Heart Disease, Insulin, Obesity, Sugar, Tweet
Fat but Not My Fault
I read an interesting article today on MSNBC. If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time and you perhaps have chanced upon Gary Taubes’s marvelous work, Good Calories, Bad Calories, you’ve learned that weight regulation is within the exclusive control of hormones. Indeed, the hormone insulin plays the key role as it’s [...]
In: Cancer, Diabetes, Diet, Disease, Heart Disease, Obesity, Stroke, Tweet
We Exercise More but We’re Still Fat!
How can that be? Exercise is the sine que non for obesity, right? We hear it all the time: “If you burn more calories than you take in then you should lose weight.” Of course, practically the majority of people who have tested this theory have only found disappointment. Not only that, but if you [...]
In: Cancer, Diabetes, Diet, Disease, Heart Disease, Tweet
BBC Reports that Well-Done Meat Doubles Bladder Cancer Risk
In another badly conducted study, researchers have found an association between those who eat red meat and those who develop cancer. They report this as if there are no other associations that they could discover. The tell-tale sign of such a study usually includes words like this: Cancer experts said that more research was needed [...]
