Bacteria and Colon Cancer • Hacker News Board

Re: Bacteria and Colon Cancer

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Post by voisin » Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 9:50 PM UTC

octaveguin wrote: post #24

A useful keyword in this is Helicobacter pylori. Apparently a huge percentage of people have it, especially in developing countries but not limited to them, and it is known to cause a lot of problems though there is debate about possible benefits of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicobacter_pylori There is a sort of cure for it involving proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics. After which, your stomach feels a t…

> self-diagnosed and treated

Do you mean you diagnosed this yourself, had it confirmed by a medical professional and received treatment? Or you self-treated it somehow?

Re: Bacteria and Colon Cancer

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Post by smileypete » Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 10:21 PM UTC

majkinetor wrote: post #16

ssijak wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah sure, carbs are the ultimate devil in todays hipster keto obsessed world. There is just a slight problem that in short they were never a problem during our history when you eat unprocessed whole foods.

You are not thinking this right. The carb landscape changed quite a bit compared to the time our teeth evolved: - we eat simple carbs a lot now - we selected fruit for generations based on sugar content - we eat carbs constantly, year after year - we ingest less of protective substances like Vitamin C i.e. you can't just prefix a thing with 'hipster' and call it a day.

Boiled skin-on potatoes are good; complex carbs, Vitamin C and B6, potassium, fibre, water, but maybe lacking in hipster value.

Simple carbs are great for physical activity in proportionate amounts, but fairly terrible otherwise.

When I had a heavy manual job I'd come home, have a cold beer then knock back a litre of orange juice, probably containing 100g/4oz of sugar. Seemed to go to muscle glycogen though occasionally I'd rush :-)

Re: Bacteria and Colon Cancer

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Post by ssijak » Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 4:04 AM UTC

blaser-waffle wrote: post #13

ssijak wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah sure, carbs are the ultimate devil in todays hipster keto obsessed world. There is just a slight problem that in short they were never a problem during our history when you eat unprocessed whole foods.

We're eating wayyyy more carbs relative to our ancestors. Refined sugar is in everything. I never thought about it until my wife measured a teaspoon of sugar -- it's 5g. Now when I look at things like protein bars or Starbucks drinks and see 35g sugar I do a spit-take.

You missed the word "unprocessed" in my post that you replied to. Of course that the processed junk is not good. Nobody is saying that Starbucks "coffee" with ungodly amount of sugar or any similar thing is good for you.