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Congrats. To anyone facing serious health issues: look into juicing fruit and vegetables with an emphasis on dark, leafy greens.

obviouslygreen 14y ago
Also, keep an eye on the phases of the moon, and visit your local reflexologist regularly for maximum results. Suggesting this for "anyone facing serious health issues" is exactly as helpful as recommending magnet or pyramid treatment. We have science for a reason, and it's not "here's a ridiculous generalization that I saw on a GNC commercial."
- Gobitron 14y ago
  I don't understand this criticism. The comment wasn't about rejecting science. It's foolish to think that our current level of scientific knowledge is the ONLY thing worth paying any attention to.
  - grumpygremlin 14y ago
    Sorry, but it is.
  - qxcv 14y ago
    The problem is that well intentioned suggestions like "eat dark leafy greens" tend to sew doubt in the minds of patients, and as a result you have lots of cancer sufferers on batshit insane diet regimes because "a friend-of-a-friend said this would help"[0]. When someone is staring down death and you say "hey, I bet this would help", they're going to listen very, very intently, regardless of what a rational person might make of your suggestion. At its extreme, this mentality can be actively harmful. I know of one person who does "spiritual healing" over the phone, charging a handsome fee to pump your telephone line full of good vibes. It may sound stupid (the cynic might even assume malice on the part of the giver-of-vibes), but things aren't so black and white when the chips are down. [0] This wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that crazy diets compromise your ability to enjoy life without delivering any discernible medical benefit. It's all well and good to adopt a fighting attitude and say "I'm going to beat it!", but that attitude may not result in an optimal payoff in the long run.
  - chris_wot 14y ago
    It's foolish to think that our current level of scientific knowledge is the ONLY thing worth paying any attention to. To fight the cancer, there's not really much else. I'm a Christian and prayer is important to me. But honestly, science is the only real tool that we have to fight cancer.
sasoon 14y ago
Cancer patients should not be recommended juicing fruits. Cancer feeds on sugars and fructose can promote cancer growth for some types of cancer: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/70/15/6368.abstract http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/70/15/6368.abstrac...

obviouslygreen 14y ago

Also, keep an eye on the phases of the moon, and visit your local reflexologist regularly for maximum results. Suggesting this for "anyone facing serious health issues" is exactly as helpful as recommending magnet or pyramid treatment. We have science for a reason, and it's not "here's a ridiculous generalization that I saw on a GNC commercial."

Gobitron 14y ago
I don't understand this criticism. The comment wasn't about rejecting science. It's foolish to think that our current level of scientific knowledge is the ONLY thing worth paying any attention to.
- grumpygremlin 14y ago
  Sorry, but it is.
- qxcv 14y ago
  The problem is that well intentioned suggestions like "eat dark leafy greens" tend to sew doubt in the minds of patients, and as a result you have lots of cancer sufferers on batshit insane diet regimes because "a friend-of-a-friend said this would help"[0]. When someone is staring down death and you say "hey, I bet this would help", they're going to listen very, very intently, regardless of what a rational person might make of your suggestion. At its extreme, this mentality can be actively harmful. I know of one person who does "spiritual healing" over the phone, charging a handsome fee to pump your telephone line full of good vibes. It may sound stupid (the cynic might even assume malice on the part of the giver-of-vibes), but things aren't so black and white when the chips are down. [0] This wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that crazy diets compromise your ability to enjoy life without delivering any discernible medical benefit. It's all well and good to adopt a fighting attitude and say "I'm going to beat it!", but that attitude may not result in an optimal payoff in the long run.
- chris_wot 14y ago
  It's foolish to think that our current level of scientific knowledge is the ONLY thing worth paying any attention to. To fight the cancer, there's not really much else. I'm a Christian and prayer is important to me. But honestly, science is the only real tool that we have to fight cancer.

sasoon 14y ago

Cancer patients should not be recommended juicing fruits. Cancer feeds on sugars and fructose can promote cancer growth for some types of cancer: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/70/15/6368.abstract http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/70/15/6368.abstrac...