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Environmental doesn't necessarily mean it is something we've done to the environment. Even if the world's environment were reverted to "untouched by humans" sta

Environmental doesn't necessarily mean it is something we've done to the environment. Even if the world's environment were reverted to "untouched by humans" status, you can still get melanoma from too much sun exposure, and that would still be an "environmental" factor. Unhealthy eating (especially very salty/spicy/fermented foods), alcohol use, and so on also classify as environmental factors. But they are not caused by pollution or chemical-laden foods, merely bad life choices. Copious quantities of red meat isn't good, organic or no. I don't meant to imply our bad handling of the planet causes no cancer, it certainly does. But it does not cause anywhere close to 90% of cancer cases. Not by a long shot.

thedrifting 12y ago
Just curious: Any evidence to support the claim that very spicy foods are "bad life choices"?
- pmalynin 12y ago
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21487045 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21487045
  - djokkataja 12y ago
    It was a study done on mice, and it had nothing to do with ingestion of capsaicin: "These results might imply that caution should be exercised when using capsaicin-containing topical applications in the presence of a tumor promoter, such as, for example, sunlight." The wikipedia article on capsaicin links to this study as well as several others and indicates that capsaicin may have carcinogenic or anticarcinogenic properties based on several studies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin#Effects_of_dietary_consumption http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin#Effects_of_dietary_co... You probably shouldn't be all that concerned about eating spicy food... on the other hand, if you don't smoke, you eat well, and you aren't obese, you're roughly 55-65% less likely to die of cancer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer#Causes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer#Causes
vostrocity 12y ago
I believe that's what OP was referring to, considering his link. No one was presuming environment meant the conditions of the natural world. The point stands. How many people consciously make an effort to prevent cancer in every aspect possible? On a personal level as much as a societal level, we're doing little to address the preventable causes of cancer. Why are so many people making so many "bad life choices"?

thedrifting 12y ago

Just curious: Any evidence to support the claim that very spicy foods are "bad life choices"?

pmalynin 12y ago
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21487045 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21487045
- djokkataja 12y ago
  It was a study done on mice, and it had nothing to do with ingestion of capsaicin: "These results might imply that caution should be exercised when using capsaicin-containing topical applications in the presence of a tumor promoter, such as, for example, sunlight." The wikipedia article on capsaicin links to this study as well as several others and indicates that capsaicin may have carcinogenic or anticarcinogenic properties based on several studies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin#Effects_of_dietary_consumption http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin#Effects_of_dietary_co... You probably shouldn't be all that concerned about eating spicy food... on the other hand, if you don't smoke, you eat well, and you aren't obese, you're roughly 55-65% less likely to die of cancer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer#Causes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer#Causes

vostrocity 12y ago

I believe that's what OP was referring to, considering his link. No one was presuming environment meant the conditions of the natural world. The point stands. How many people consciously make an effort to prevent cancer in every aspect possible? On a personal level as much as a societal level, we're doing little to address the preventable causes of cancer. Why are so many people making so many "bad life choices"?