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I can’t find the discussion of whether alcohol causes cancer, so here goes.
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I can’t find the discussion of whether alcohol causes cancer, so here goes.
There is a strong correlation between drinking (drinking “moderately” or “heavily”–and most people who think they drink moderately drink heavily) and breast cancer.
Alcohol is more or less sugar. The best description of the failure of modern mainstream oncology and the promise of treatments they con’t use is “Tripping Over the Truth” by science journalist Travis Christofferson. (He has a few other books that are good, too–if you have rad this one.) He describes what went wrong with the mainstream understanding of cancer around 1960–and why the chemo treatments do not save many people from death. The purpose of his book is to tell the story of the accurate description of what cancer is, and it is a metabolic disease, not “genetic”. Apparently some people do not realize that cancer cells thrive on sugar or that alcohol is a sugar.
So alcohol promotes cancer and alcohol drinkers, as they age, have considerable denial about that. Quitting drinking is no big deal but it isolates one socially.
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It’s here :), maybe you’d like to copy this over??
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Good on you for recommending Travis Christofferson’s books! Tripping Over The Truth was instrumental in me discovering I need not be at the mercy of traditional oncology, and that there were other ways of thinking about cancer. Another really good one is Ketones: The Fourth Fuel. (I’m working on Curable now.) They manage to be very entertaining as well as informative. I would say that quitting drinking IS a big deal if you’re an alcoholic. It took me about 4 years of miserable struggle/relapse before I finally got sober for good. Once I committed to sobriety 15 years ago, remaining sober was easier than I expected . I also read that alcohol can contribute to cancer a while back, and I was very glad I quit. It seems like the debate over alcohol is similar to that regarding caffeine. Opinion pinballs back and forth over whether “moderate” consumption is healthy or harmful. Particularly in the case of alcohol, I think there is a tendency to minimize how much one drinks “socially” and just how harmful it can be.
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@flatulus maximus phenomenal on quitting the alcohol. Takes real guts. (just to those reading, I do alcohol) but I’m always super impressed when folks have the courage to change, and make the change their new healthier habit.
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