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that inflammation from rheumatoid arthritis also increases the odds of getting lymphoma but only by a small amount. I have both. But lets blame it on Roundup.

Wheat gluten protien has been a major ingredient in baby formulas ever since they came on the market. Remember that whitepasty glue we learned to use in 1st grade? Thank gluten. Glue-ten.

Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 said:

My 2 pence worth....

I have shared this here before, but it is relevant to a diet-disease discussion, since the article was re-released recently for some reason: 

A joint Harvard-Cambridge University metastudy determined around three years ago (the study is easy to Goggle and find) that SATURATED FAT in the diet has NO (ZERO, no effect AT ALL) on coronary heart disease.  In other words, every bit of 'established science' on this huge subject was WRONG.   All of the 'consensus' should have been non-consensus.  For many decades.   For around 20 years, reports have been speculating that heart attack was not cholesterol-linked as previously believed, but rather somehow controlled by unknown inflammation, and this study would seem to support that, since many people like me with very high cholesterol (genetically driven, not diet; cholesterol level is around 90% genetically determined, and only around 10% linked to diet anyway) never have heart disease, while others, with very low levels, die young. 

My own father-in-law had his first bypass surgery at 38, and then required more bypasses each ten years, until he died at 67.  His cholesterol was always spontaneously extremely low.  So what did the cardiologists do to treat him for those years ?  Had him take statins.  As I have also mentioned, Jim Fixx, the 'run for health god,' who wrote books (I read them all !) about running for heart health, died WHILE JOGGING, at a young age (52).  As goes saturated fat, so goes running.  The whole thesis of his works was that running would PREVENT what killed him.....

All variety of diseases today have 'causes' that no one ever heard of 50 years ago. Heck, they wern't even diseases then.  I went to a large high school in a large city, in the 1970s.  No student, and no relative of a student, ever had anything resembling 'autism' then. No one.  I never heard of 'autism' until the 90s.  I know autism is very real, and very terrible. I have had several friends with a child with horriible cases of autism. But it seemed to explode on the scene from nowhere. So too ADD and ADHD.  No one in any class had anything of the sort.   Today, a huge population is on Ritalin, or worse.  Fibromylalgia is my favorite. Fifty years ago, no one knew the term. Now, everyone has it.  What people had 100 yeas ago was called 'not feeling well,' or 'arthritis.'    Now, it's a 'condition' that must be 'treated.'

Margarine was popularized to replace deadly natural butter. Today, the fad has swung to the opposite: Don't dare eat margarine, or you will fall dead.  The same for eggs:  beginning in the 70s, they became regarded as a sure path to heart attack.  They have since been redeemed, and are considered a very healthy protein.

Me, personally, as a layperson: I believe that almost no cancers of any kind have a food or environmental etiology.  Actually, most scientific literature supports my view, or at least states that IF there is a nutritional or environmental cause, it is either unknown or tenuous.   Lung and smoking?  Yes, a linkage.  Radiation accidents and thyroid ?  Yes, a link.  But with most others, my view has as much evidence behind it as any other.   I eat reasonably what would be dubbed 'healthy,' mostly to avoid getting overweight.  I've never smoked, etc.   I recommend moderation, but never fads or fanaticism.  Bon appetit !

There has been some pushback against this article by the forces of medical orthodoxy since it was published. One would expect exactly that to preserve 'established truth.'   But it is based upon 600,000 individuals.  A joint work between Harvard and Cambridge. Those guys can probably do statistics.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/sarah-knapton/10703970/No-link-found-between-saturated-fat-and-heart-disease.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fixx

 

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Isn’t it so strange that many people are so quick to believe UN “studies” on climate change while completely ignoring UN studies showing no direct link between fat in the diet and heart disease? Remember the Archie Bunker show - seldom watch tv so I don’t remember the actual name of the show. Archie’s wife was prompting him to be “more like that nice Mr. Johnson“ who ate a great diet and jogged every day. Mr. Johnson was 10 years younger than Archie. Switch to a scene with Archies wife standing there with a bewildered look on her face. When asked what is wrong she said ” Mr. Johnson just died while jogging to the health food store”. Comedy, but the point is valid. Point is we all die and much of it is beyond our control. I accept my mortality while trying to enjoy every day I am here.

Todays enjoyment - all things which are supposed to kill me but don’t - Bombay Sapphire martini with olives and a giant caper followed by 1/2 rack dry rub ribs, potato salad, green beans, french baguette and a piece of coconut cream pie. Then my nitely 2.2 mile walk with my Frenchton followed by the Science channel.I am within 4 lbs of my ideal weight. Life can be good even when you have cancer if you just let it. Don’t be a worry wart.

Just my opinion. Everybody has one except the Beatle’s “Nowhere Man” who “doesn’t have a point of view”