Cancer - Are They Hiding The Cure For Profit?

[CityChicker]

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Okay, now I'm really confused...aren't YOU the OP?

I completely disagree with your "90%" figure as well as numerous other supposed statistics you posted, but it would take far more time than I have to discount every point.

The fact of the matter is that I, along with countless other people that have faced terminal illness, would be DEAD if not for Western medicine. I agree completely with most of what has been said about diet. That said, drug companies do not have the market cornered on corruption.

I worked in the natural foods/supplements business for years. A lot of these natural foods companies are *owned* by the same big businesses that are demonized on these boards. That and they are sometimes selling products of unknown content that are largely untested and unregulated.

I'm sorry, but I will place my trust in research that is scientific and peer-reviewed. I will never believe that there is some grand conspiracy against the public. Yes, drug companies are corrupt. Yes, insurance companies are corrupt. Yes, diet and lifestyle are very important. Recognizing all that is a long ways from saying that people should eat apple seeds when they are facing death.

Many of these natural *cures* have been around for centuries and yet the life expectancies have nearly doubled in the last hundred years despite poor diets and sedentary lifestyles. Why exactly has this happened? It certainly ain't because people are eatin' apple seeds! LOL

 

[Wifezilla]

My mother was just diagnosed with Liver/Bile duct cancer and she never smoked/drank/or did drugs. She did have her gallbladder taken out 15 yrs ago, went for routine exams and checkups. She also [h]ad a decent diet and was very active all of her life.

Define descent. I am willing to bet that she was on, at least for some period of time, a low fat diet. A low fat diet is a sure way to end up with gall bladder disease. My mom was recently diagnosed and her doctor told her it was her low fat dieting and weight watchers stints that caused it.

One of the travesties of modern "nutrition"...the idea that natural saturated fats are bad.

http://www.health-report.co.uk/saturated_fats_health_benefits.htm​

 

[tonini3059]

No she never dieted, but she is not a big vegetable/fruit eater. She ate whatever she wanted. The GB problems were when I was 3 so I am not too sure.

 

[raroo]

LOL I just wrote out a veritable essay and then deleted it because it was probably too controversial. Oh well, felt good to write it and get it out anyway.

 

[GrayDragon]

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That's funny. My mother has been a yo-yo dieter with several multi-year length stints on weight watchers and her gall-bladder is absolutely fine.


You know what else is funny?

My great uncle has a terrible diet. Junk food, soda, beer, cigarettes, eats maybe a serving of vegetables a week. My great aunt is a vegetarian and health-food nut. She's been one most of her life. They are twins, and grew up on the same diet of Italian home cooking.

They are both in excellent health and about to celebrate their seventieth birthdays.


Nutrition is all well and good, but it doesn't take into account two variables:

1 - Genes/metabolisms

2 - Random mutations


That's why I'm 5'2" tall and large breasted, and both my sisters are nearly six-foot tall stick figures.

 

[deb1]

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Using this logic, air and water both cause cancer. After all, everyone who has cancer has consumed the.

Dihydrogen Monoxide = Two Hydrogen, one oxygen = H2O

I absolutely guarantee you that if you consume this substance, you will die. In fact, this substance can be found in the bodies of every single person who has died to this date.

You had me!

 

[boaz]

I hate to read the entire thread to find out, can I have a big piece of chocolate cake with cow's milk without an updated will??

 

[raroo]

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No.

 

[Hoosiermomma]

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[deb1]

Yes, people die of cancer but look at what medicine has brought us. It is no longer common for women to die during childbirth. Parents expect their children to live to adulthood. Average life expectancy is in the seventies.

Medical research has provided a better life for most of the world.