Re:Study finds almost half of all cancers linked to preventa...
by Geee on Friday February 05, 2016 @01:18AM
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And don't eat antioxidants... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10983214
Re:Study finds almost half of all cancers linked to preventa...
by philovivero on Friday February 05, 2016 @02:51AM
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People are downvoting you... why? You even provided a citation.
This is one of the more fascinating recent discoveries about diet, that anti-oxidants can actually CAUSE cancer instead of prevent as previously assumed.
Obviously the jury is still out, but we had thought the jury was not out until recently.
Re:Study finds almost half of all cancers linked to preventa...
by erkkie on Friday February 05, 2016 @03:10AM
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It's well known that cancer cells die under oxidative metabolic pressures, and also that antioxidants can help prevent free radical caused DNA damage (which might lead to cancer). So antioxidants can both help and cause damage, depending on the context, the problem is finding the balance.
Re:Study finds almost half of all cancers linked to preventa...
by randycupertino on Thursday February 04, 2016 @11:57PM
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Also, don't live near a major highway or in smoggy city.
Re:Study finds almost half of all cancers linked to preventa...
by ars on Friday February 05, 2016 @01:13AM
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There are way more. For example avoid most hair care and beauty products. They often are full of barely tested chemicals with unknown effects.
There's a reason chemophobia is a thing - most of the chemicals in household products are not tested, and many of them are suspected carcinogens.
Obviously it's not necessary to go all the way to chemophobia, but a little caution would not hurt.
Boom - you've just covered most of the risks that you can control.