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It mentions statins as something obviously good but is there any evidence they're actually beneficial? I thought cholesterol was good now?
Curious, if the cause is the decline in cigarette consumption; here's a graph showing roughly 100 years of data for the topic: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p4ECPyex_cY/TzSalazW2XI/AAAAAAAAA2...
The lines do seem to correlate. In the case of stomach cancer, I'm wondering if there's a similar correlation between the decline in chewing tobacco and the decline in stomach cancer. Chew is full of fiberglass and other stuff, and if you swallow any of the juice you're swallowing that stuff. It's impossible to clear it all from your mouth after you finish chewing, too.
Curious, if the cause is the decline in cigarette consumption; here's a graph showing roughly 100 years of data for the topic: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p4ECPyex_cY/TzSalazW2XI/AAAAAAAAA2...
The lines do seem to correlate. In the case of stomach cancer, I'm wondering if there's a similar correlation between the decline in chewing tobacco and the decline in stomach cancer. Chew is full of fiberglass and other stuff, and if you swallow any of the juice you're swallowing that stuff. It's impossible to clear it all from your mouth after you finish chewing, too.
Tobacco is already pretty harmful.
> Chew is full of fiberglass
No, it isn't.
This is weird: >Until the late 1930s, stomach cancer was >the No. 1 cause of cancer deaths in the >United States.
I found a chart showing the prevalence of multiple forms of cancer over time: http://i52.tinypic.com/r9euci.jpg .
This is weird: >Until the late 1930s, stomach cancer was >the No. 1 cause of cancer deaths in the >United States.
Widespread refrigeration removed the need for cured and salted meats. This is widely thought to explain the discrepancy.
It mentions statins as something obviously good but is there any evidence they're actually beneficial? I thought cholesterol was good now?
Statins reduce risk of death in proportion to their reduction of LDL cholesterol, so most likely this effect is a consequence of decreased LDL cholesterol.
It mentions statins as something obviously good but is there any evidence they're actually beneficial? I thought cholesterol was good now?
Some doctors and researchers believe the benefit from statins is more to do with the decrease in inflammation caused by them. Possibly widespread use of statins has beneficial effects on other disease processes too.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ans: Diabetes
Any idea if that includes Type I, or only Type II?
Type II is insulin resistance. Which is probably caused by our industrial diet and maybe other factors. The rate is increasing dramatically.
Type I is an autoimmune disease. I think it's not increasing. (no idea)
It mentions statins as something obviously good but is there any evidence they're actually beneficial? I thought cholesterol was good now?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I found a chart showing the prevalence of multiple forms of cancer over time: http://i52.tinypic.com/r9euci.jpg .
Not sure what the source is on that chart, but I'll assume it's credible. If that's the case, then despite what the article says, it's hard to believe that most of this decline is not accounted for by the decline in smoking. Surely the decline in smoking accounts for the vast majority of the lung cancer decline, and the peaks for colon and prostate cancer are very close to the same time.