What to believe?
Posted by MK on October 31, 2007
The Australian - WOMEN who develop breast cancer are no more likely to have aggressive or advanced tumours if they are cigarette smokers than if they do not smoke, researchers said today. They analysed data on 6,162 women with breast cancer evaluated at the facility from 1970 to 2006, and found that whether a woman smoked did not affect whether her tumour was more advanced or particularly aggressive at the time of diagnosis.
Daily Mail - Vitamin D, once heralded as a major weapon in the war on cancer, in fact does little to cut the risk, a study has discovered. The sunshine vitamin has been widely credited with warding off cancer, strengthening bones and cutting the risk of heart disease and diabetes. But a ten-year study of thousands of men and women has questioned its cancer-fighting properties. It was found that those with high levels were no less likely to die of the disease than others.
Daily Mail - Adding folic acid to bread supplies may significantly damage the nation’s health, food scientists have warned. A plan to fortify flour with the B vitamin in a bid to reduce birth defects could backfire by increasing cases of bowel cancer and trigger problems for people with leukaemia and arthritis. But it might take 20 years before the effects of increased consumption by millions of people become known, says the Institute of Food Research.
October 31, 2007 at 10:37 am
Oh wow. If you took the time to really think about all that, it could get quite depressing. I read this week that Aspartame is a virulent poison. The effects it has were bad enough that it was originally banned.
And about cancer, apparently someone developed a remarkable cure about thirty years ago which actually shrunk cancers in a very short time, but he must have been paid out because suddenly there was no more talk of him. Perhaps large pharmaceutical drug producers saw their potential profits going down the drain. I lost both the links, but it’s an interesting thought.