Blessings, Darlings!
Rancid fats are teh suck. They taste bad, usually even in small quantities. They are also highly toxic and carcinogenic.
So avoid them. Refrigerate your butter, store fats and fat-containing foods (nuts and the like) in cool places, watch those expiration dates, throw them out if you have to.
Irony - stomach cancer used to be a WAY larger problem in the past, before hydrogenated and trans fats started being used. But now we know that hydrogenated and trans fats are huge problems for cardiovascular health. BHT, BHA, hydrogenation = lower cancer risk, higher other risks. There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Frondly, Fern
Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
CPT #8 MIA
Blessings, Darlings!
Some cancer statistics are missing, as in no one seems to have tracked the issue. One area where statistics are missing is in hormonally-linked cancers in people who are undergoing gender correction treatment.
I've tracked down some good news - both M2F and F2M hormone treatment show signs of being safe in the short term.
The best prevention tip I have here is that everyone needs to advocate that statistics - good statistics - be kept. By cancer prevention/treatment groups, and/or by groups advocating for the rights of transexuals, and/or the CDC, etc. The drug companies can't be trusted. Not all doctors can be trusted.
Yes, this cancer prevention tip is political/activist in nature. It's not going to be the last tip that will be. That's because we as individuals can't do every bit of the scientific research; we as individuals are affected by the environment (air, water, etc) around us; we as individuals need transparency on the part of those that supply our food, our drugs, our cleaning agents, our cosmetics, etc. so we can make informed choices. I don't think that these things will happen without consumers banding together and getting the government to force disclosures, to force companies to not pollute, and to put money into science research.
Incidentally, Libertarians out there - I think it's section 8 of the US Constitution that authorized Congress to promote scientific research. Just thought you'd like to know.
Frondly, Fern
Some cancer statistics are missing, as in no one seems to have tracked the issue. One area where statistics are missing is in hormonally-linked cancers in people who are undergoing gender correction treatment.
I've tracked down some good news - both M2F and F2M hormone treatment show signs of being safe in the short term.
The best prevention tip I have here is that everyone needs to advocate that statistics - good statistics - be kept. By cancer prevention/treatment groups, and/or by groups advocating for the rights of transexuals, and/or the CDC, etc. The drug companies can't be trusted. Not all doctors can be trusted.
Yes, this cancer prevention tip is political/activist in nature. It's not going to be the last tip that will be. That's because we as individuals can't do every bit of the scientific research; we as individuals are affected by the environment (air, water, etc) around us; we as individuals need transparency on the part of those that supply our food, our drugs, our cleaning agents, our cosmetics, etc. so we can make informed choices. I don't think that these things will happen without consumers banding together and getting the government to force disclosures, to force companies to not pollute, and to put money into science research.
Incidentally, Libertarians out there - I think it's section 8 of the US Constitution that authorized Congress to promote scientific research. Just thought you'd like to know.
Frondly, Fern
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
CPT #6 Cum
Blessings, Darlings!
Yesterday's tip being all about cis-women, today's is all about cis-men: The more times you ejaculate, the lower your risk of prostate cancer. At least in men under 40. Five times a week in your 20's shows lower rates, over 13 times a month by the 40's. Is it because orgasm reduces stress which reduces hormones that kick up cell division? Is it that it 'cleans the system'? That's not clear.
I don't know if there is a lower association between cancer prevention and ejaculation in older men or if there haven't been as many good studies done. But, hey, extra orgasms can't be a BAD thing as part of a cancer prevention program!
Frondly, Fern
Yesterday's tip being all about cis-women, today's is all about cis-men: The more times you ejaculate, the lower your risk of prostate cancer. At least in men under 40. Five times a week in your 20's shows lower rates, over 13 times a month by the 40's. Is it because orgasm reduces stress which reduces hormones that kick up cell division? Is it that it 'cleans the system'? That's not clear.
I don't know if there is a lower association between cancer prevention and ejaculation in older men or if there haven't been as many good studies done. But, hey, extra orgasms can't be a BAD thing as part of a cancer prevention program!
Frondly, Fern
Monday, October 25, 2010
CPT #5 - Breed!
Blessings, Darlings!
This is a tip that applies to ciswomen only: being pregnant or nursing your entire post-puberty life greatly reduces your risk of breast cancer. At least if you are a female rat.
There is an INCREDIBLY HIGH rate of breast cancer in female pet rats. Why? Because evolution's programming is for them to be pregnant or nursing - or both at once - all the time. Pet owners, however, not wanting to find homes for all those ratlings, don't tend to let that happen. So they get breast cancer a lot.
For human women, it's a bit different. There is a slightly lower risk of having breast cancer if you have at least one child, especially one before you turn 30. There is an additional slightly lower risk if you have many children - the main theory is because you have fewer menstrual periods. I'm not sure about the details on how that helps, the scientists might not know yet.
Of course, having one (or more) child(ren) just to reduce your risk of cancer is not doing justice to the child(ren). Gods know, parenting is rarely about the parent, when done right.
Frondly, Fern
This is a tip that applies to ciswomen only: being pregnant or nursing your entire post-puberty life greatly reduces your risk of breast cancer. At least if you are a female rat.
There is an INCREDIBLY HIGH rate of breast cancer in female pet rats. Why? Because evolution's programming is for them to be pregnant or nursing - or both at once - all the time. Pet owners, however, not wanting to find homes for all those ratlings, don't tend to let that happen. So they get breast cancer a lot.
For human women, it's a bit different. There is a slightly lower risk of having breast cancer if you have at least one child, especially one before you turn 30. There is an additional slightly lower risk if you have many children - the main theory is because you have fewer menstrual periods. I'm not sure about the details on how that helps, the scientists might not know yet.
Of course, having one (or more) child(ren) just to reduce your risk of cancer is not doing justice to the child(ren). Gods know, parenting is rarely about the parent, when done right.
Frondly, Fern
Friday, October 22, 2010
CPT #2
Blessings, Darlings!
Cancer prevention tip #2 is ... embrace the power of the rainbow and diversity
That is, eat a wide range of fruits and veggies with a wide range of colors. Ad the brighter/deeper the color the better. By doing this your diet will naturally contain a range of phytochemicals. And to quote Wikipedia....
Phytochemicals are chemical compounds that occur naturally in plants, such as beta-carotene. The term is generally used to refer to those chemicals that may affect health, but are not yet established as essential nutrients.[1] While there is abundant scientific and government support for recommending diets rich in fruits and vegetables,[2] there is only limited evidence that health benefits are due to specific phytochemicals.[1]
Thus, by eating a range of foods and colors, you cover your assets, by natural and delicious means.
I just bought some purple sweet potatoes, myself.
Frondly, Fern
Cancer prevention tip #2 is ... embrace the power of the rainbow and diversity
That is, eat a wide range of fruits and veggies with a wide range of colors. Ad the brighter/deeper the color the better. By doing this your diet will naturally contain a range of phytochemicals. And to quote Wikipedia....
Phytochemicals are chemical compounds that occur naturally in plants, such as beta-carotene. The term is generally used to refer to those chemicals that may affect health, but are not yet established as essential nutrients.[1] While there is abundant scientific and government support for recommending diets rich in fruits and vegetables,[2] there is only limited evidence that health benefits are due to specific phytochemicals.[1]
Thus, by eating a range of foods and colors, you cover your assets, by natural and delicious means.
I just bought some purple sweet potatoes, myself.
Frondly, Fern
Thursday, October 21, 2010
CPT #1
Blessings, Darlings!
I'm going to use "CPT" for the Cancer Prevention Tips series, just so you know.
And the first tip is one of the ones I'm finding hardest to implement - drop your body fat index to under 25%. Why? Because it seems that obesity increases the risk of cancers of the breast (postmenopausal), endometrium (the lining of the uterus), colon, kidney, and esophagus.
I'm starting with this tip because this one takes the most time to reach, unlike a 'don't do this/do that' quickie.
That said, I'm NOT willing to say that it's the obesity itself that directly ups the risk, although that could be it in some cases. For esophageal cancer, for example, the largest risk factor is gastric reflux. But being obese increases the rate of reflux, just because of the weight/pressure on the stomach pushing the contents up to the esophagus. And, as we'll get into later, many of the activities involved in losing weight are also associated with lowering cancer risks.
So, to repeat - Cancer Prevention Tip #1 - start work towards dropping your weight.
Frondly, Fern
I'm going to use "CPT" for the Cancer Prevention Tips series, just so you know.
And the first tip is one of the ones I'm finding hardest to implement - drop your body fat index to under 25%. Why? Because it seems that obesity increases the risk of cancers of the breast (postmenopausal), endometrium (the lining of the uterus), colon, kidney, and esophagus.
I'm starting with this tip because this one takes the most time to reach, unlike a 'don't do this/do that' quickie.
That said, I'm NOT willing to say that it's the obesity itself that directly ups the risk, although that could be it in some cases. For esophageal cancer, for example, the largest risk factor is gastric reflux. But being obese increases the rate of reflux, just because of the weight/pressure on the stomach pushing the contents up to the esophagus. And, as we'll get into later, many of the activities involved in losing weight are also associated with lowering cancer risks.
So, to repeat - Cancer Prevention Tip #1 - start work towards dropping your weight.
Frondly, Fern
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Beat Cancer. Really.
Blessings, Darlings!
Y'all already know my frustrations with the #BeatCancer/Paypal/Twitter campaign that I blogged about a few days ago. So, putting my time/energy where my fingers are, I figure I'll do something that might actually help folks beat cancer - post a tip every day or so on how to reduce your risk of cancer.
By this I'm NOT saying that getting cancer is any individual's fault. What I AM saying is that recent research seems to indicate that most cancer has environmental causes/triggers. Some of those causes we can reduce in our lives by our life choices. Some of those causes we can work together and reduce in our environment.
To me, effort put into prevention makes as much sense as efforts put into finding cures. But research and efforts in the US 'healthcare' system mostly - and I mean 98% - goes into diagnosis and treatment, not prevention. We do not have a 'healthcare' system, we have a 'sickcare' system - it only activates for those who are already sick. That's ass-backwards, in my never-humble opinion. And this being my blog, my opinion is the one that gets more attention here.
This 'tip a day' thing won't be the only thing I plan to blog - I still hope to keep daily blogging on other topics near and dear to me. That said - I can probably do daily tips even DURING the move, so they may be the bulk of what gets posted at times between now and the middle of November, since things will be crazy.
Frondly, Fern
Y'all already know my frustrations with the #BeatCancer/Paypal/Twitter campaign that I blogged about a few days ago. So, putting my time/energy where my fingers are, I figure I'll do something that might actually help folks beat cancer - post a tip every day or so on how to reduce your risk of cancer.
By this I'm NOT saying that getting cancer is any individual's fault. What I AM saying is that recent research seems to indicate that most cancer has environmental causes/triggers. Some of those causes we can reduce in our lives by our life choices. Some of those causes we can work together and reduce in our environment.
To me, effort put into prevention makes as much sense as efforts put into finding cures. But research and efforts in the US 'healthcare' system mostly - and I mean 98% - goes into diagnosis and treatment, not prevention. We do not have a 'healthcare' system, we have a 'sickcare' system - it only activates for those who are already sick. That's ass-backwards, in my never-humble opinion. And this being my blog, my opinion is the one that gets more attention here.
This 'tip a day' thing won't be the only thing I plan to blog - I still hope to keep daily blogging on other topics near and dear to me. That said - I can probably do daily tips even DURING the move, so they may be the bulk of what gets posted at times between now and the middle of November, since things will be crazy.
Frondly, Fern
Monday, October 18, 2010
Sadonecroequusism
Blessings, Darlings!
I'm anti-cancer. I've lost friends and family to it, and am sort of phobic about it. That said...
That whole "Tweet #beatcancer and PayPay will donate 5 cents to stop cancer" had to be one of the weirdest, and probably least useful, campaigns I've ever seen.
Yeah, it got retweeted. A lot. For days. Because virtually no one understood that it was a one day thing, it ended Saturday night. It's STILL being retweeted. I can't find any announcement of how many times it was retweeted - but any retweets over 400,000 don't matter. Paypal said from the get-go that they were donating up to $20,000 total. Addenum - as I have been typing this post, Paypal JUST announced that altho' they didn't get the amount of tweets they were aiming for, they'd still donate the full $20K.
$20,000 for a lot of free publicity for Paypal. I doubt that even .05% of those retweeting know where the money is going to, or what aspect of the 'war on cancer'. Is the money going into basic cancer research? Is the money going to treatment? Prevention? Education? Support? Any particular cancer?
I looked hard enough to find the organization - but even I can't find any rating of it on Charity Watch, or how it spends its money (like, how much is spend directly on services vs administration).
So, some hundreds of thousands of folks, over the past 3 days (I'm typing Monday evening) have tweeted a phrase that makes them feel good. But might it have made more impact if the tweet had a bit more substance? What if instead of focusing on a hashtag, it has been a series of tips on cancer prevention? What about if folks had retweeting a pledge to change one risky habit, or work to stop one environmental risk?
Personally, that seems more useful than tweeting a hashtag that gives publicity to PayPal and money to a charity I can't find financial info about.
But I'm just into Sadonecroequusism.
Frondly, Fern
I'm anti-cancer. I've lost friends and family to it, and am sort of phobic about it. That said...
That whole "Tweet #beatcancer and PayPay will donate 5 cents to stop cancer" had to be one of the weirdest, and probably least useful, campaigns I've ever seen.
Yeah, it got retweeted. A lot. For days. Because virtually no one understood that it was a one day thing, it ended Saturday night. It's STILL being retweeted. I can't find any announcement of how many times it was retweeted - but any retweets over 400,000 don't matter. Paypal said from the get-go that they were donating up to $20,000 total. Addenum - as I have been typing this post, Paypal JUST announced that altho' they didn't get the amount of tweets they were aiming for, they'd still donate the full $20K.
$20,000 for a lot of free publicity for Paypal. I doubt that even .05% of those retweeting know where the money is going to, or what aspect of the 'war on cancer'. Is the money going into basic cancer research? Is the money going to treatment? Prevention? Education? Support? Any particular cancer?
I looked hard enough to find the organization - but even I can't find any rating of it on Charity Watch, or how it spends its money (like, how much is spend directly on services vs administration).
So, some hundreds of thousands of folks, over the past 3 days (I'm typing Monday evening) have tweeted a phrase that makes them feel good. But might it have made more impact if the tweet had a bit more substance? What if instead of focusing on a hashtag, it has been a series of tips on cancer prevention? What about if folks had retweeting a pledge to change one risky habit, or work to stop one environmental risk?
Personally, that seems more useful than tweeting a hashtag that gives publicity to PayPal and money to a charity I can't find financial info about.
But I'm just into Sadonecroequusism.
Frondly, Fern
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