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epiphiny43 -> RE: Angelina Jolie had a "preventative double mastectomy" NY Times (5/19/2013 12:14:50 AM)
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ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess
I realize some people are getting good results with diet, but that line of treatment is not really proved or studied systematically enough to ensure good results. And for many types of cancer, current medical treatments give much better survival rates. So all things considered, I wouldn't fault someone for taking what they saw as the most certain course of action. It is a fact that Steve Jobs did try to treat his cancer using alternative methods and waited too late to start medical treatment that could have saved his life. Today, with the information that we have, I think diet makes an excellent additional treatment option, but I personally don't feel everyone with either a high risk of cancer or cancer itself should limit themselves solely to alternative methods. And again, I say personally. The amount of risk one is willing to assume is ultimately a very personal choice and only that person can answer what feels most comfortable for them. If people feel comfortable enough choosing diet thats great, but not everyone will feel comfortable doing that. And some of the statistics on medical procedures (like mastectomy) are actually very good.
I would like to see more research on diet - I think we don't know enough about what diet can do. And I'm a big believer in holistic approaches. I have combatted many things, such as allergies, using diet and alternative methods. But cancer is another thing entirely. I come from a cultural background that is predominantly vegetarian. Indian Hindus still get and die from cancer. I support more funding for these treatment options so we can have more information about diet. I'm comfortable testing out dietary options for my allergies; not so comfortable, personally, on using myself as guinea pig when it comes to cancer, because as Jobs discovered, time is an important factor in battling cancer, once it strikes. But my vegetarian family members who led very healthy lives, but still died of cancer - I'm not sure that the preventative diet worked for them. We need more information. [sm=2cents.gif]
I don't want to be argumentative on this at all fucktoy, but you said your vegetarian family.....it is dairy that causes so much of this particular gene to thrive, eliminating dairy makes proven huge beneficial changes in this type of cancer and it's growth. So it's vegan diets with no dairy that I am talking about. Dairy causes incredible harm to the human body. Truly we are just not meant to consume it. Ever.
Sorry, like all 'true believers', what might have some validity is being turned into totally unsupported or at least wildly exaggerated orthodoxy. Add, "Some Dairy" and Some humans" to your polemic and you have a supportable position. Human genetics, disease and nutrition are far too complicated for any simple answer to hold. Other than "no airway and no pulse, you pretty much die." A significant proportion of the adult population doesn't have the genes to digest milk protein. The rest are in far less obvious situations.
My sister has had diffuse and undiagnosed arrays of quite unpleasant and often debilitating symptoms for maybe a generation. She has made one real change and last I heard, she is doing much better on all those fronts. The difference was including regular intake of raw milk to her diet. And totally eliminating pasteurized milk to the extent she can.
Which brings it's own set of risks. Our father related to me that during the Depression at least one classmate died every year from Undulant Fever (Brucellosis), a serious infection with low but consistent fatality rate, which is transmitted from infected cows by way of unpasteurized milk. Last week in the news there was a cluster of Undulant Fever cases in the Eastern US. Brucellosis is but one of a number of infections carried from infected cows and/or even well sterilized dairy equipment to raw milk consumers. I'm crossing my fingers for her.
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