lol
vegans have FAR LESS cancer (http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/2250052.html)
but nooo, I won't go vegan - those peoplz ares crazies!!!11
Helpless to Prevent Cancer? Actually, Quite a Bit Is in Your Control
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#72Summary: reduce alcohol, don't smoke, stay fit. Yet another super long article that the bottom state the obvious.
Yea, no shit. This is pretty much common-sense advise by now. I was hoping for some new insights with respect to things like cell-phone usage, pesticides, low-carb diets, fasting or those so-called "anti-inflammatory" diets.
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#73BMI is so bad. I'm 6'0 and the last time I was under BMI 25 I was a triathlete. The only way I could be I did quit smoking though: - Really wanted to - Picked a good mental argument against it ($100k CAD over 20 years) - Picked a quit date - Patch + zyban + nicotene lozenges If you live in British Columbia, the government will pay for your patches or lozenges (hint: ask a friend)
Are you all muscle? If you were fat I'd suggest high fat low carb diet.
I think my celtic skeleton weighs 80 lbs
Re: Helpless to Prevent Cancer? Actually, Quite a Bit Is in Your Control
#74lol vegans have FAR LESS cancer ( http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/2250052.html ) but nooo, I won't go vegan - those peoplz ares crazies!!!11
Is it because they are vegan or because vegans live healthier lifestyles?
Re: Helpless to Prevent Cancer? Actually, Quite a Bit Is in Your Control
#75lol vegans have FAR LESS cancer ( http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/2250052.html ) but nooo, I won't go vegan - those peoplz ares crazies!!!11
Is it because they are vegan or because vegans live healthier lifestyles?
Exactly. If there was strong evidence for causality I would make a real effort to go vegan. But I suspect it's about being thin and having a high fiber diet, which doesn't require being vegan.
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#76To guys out there who still smoke. Please quit. It can be done.
Yesterday I promised myself to not buy cigarettes anymore nor ask anyone to do it on my behalf. This first step only requires tremendous willpower when visiting a store, as the dispensers are placed at checkouts so I must stand right next to them when I'm in the queue.
Goodluck. I just quit cold turkey a few years back and just refused to do it again. Now if I try have a drag of someone else's it tastes so vile that I can't see what I ever got from them. It can be done. Just do it!
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yesterday I promised myself to not buy cigarettes anymore nor ask anyone to do it on my behalf. This first step only requires tremendous willpower when visiting a store, as the dispensers are placed at checkouts so I must stand right next to them when I'm in the queue.
Best of luck! It's disappointing how much of our world is designed to trick us into regressing into bad habits.
Our failures are other people's financial successes.
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#78I'd like to see a statistic that accounts for the fact that we all eventually die from _something_.
If we measure success only by how many people eventually die from a particular disease, then increasing life expectancy doesn't count as success at all.
Dying from cancer at the age of 90 should not be counted the same as dying of cancer at the age of 45.
So the statistic I want to see would count cancer free years.
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
Best of luck! It's disappointing how much of our world is designed to trick us into regressing into bad habits.
I would think it only fair to put the burden of the health damage on the company who sells addictive products. If you sell cigarettes and a customer looses part of the lung, you pay or behave to prevent. If you sell alcohol and a customer drives a car in a crowd, you pay or behave to prevent. If you are a narco and sell crack, you pay for the results. The problem is not the unknown problems with those substances, its…
At least with tobacco in the U.S., there was a serious effort along these lines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Master_Settlement_Agre...
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#80To guys out there who still smoke. Please quit. It can be done.
You need an exit plan to succeed. I believe in tested e-cigarettes and liquids to cut a chunk of chemicals. I wonder what other people do. Kick their ass into sport ? Reorganizing life ? more hobbies, more social life, more zen ?
The easiest way to break a bad habit is to replace it with another habit. Just make sure it's a better habit otherwise there was not much point was there?