I'm watching The View (during commercials of The Price is Right while I waited for the super to fix our shower.... just wanted to make sure that you know I don't normally watch The View). There's a guy, Larry Norton, talking about cancer. In the five minutes that I've been watching he has said that we might get cancer because:
*Our skin doesn't see the sun enough, and when it does it's protected
*We don't take enough Vitamin D
*We don't take enough calcium
*We take vitamins in pill-form instead of in food-form
*Smoking
*We take too many vitamins
Basically what I'm getting is that we don't know. The only non-confusing one is smoking, but even 60% of people with lung cancer never smoked a cigarette in their life (according to the sign in the subway). Some studies show that not having kids increases your risk of cancer.
In the end there are very few things we know for sure. Don't beat yourself up for smoking every once in a while, or having a soda, or forgetting your vitamin. Maybe that "mistake" will be the thing that keeps you cancer-free.
I'm aware that this makes me sound like one of those people who distrust "science" and the "government," but I'm not. Studies that actually get published are put through a rigorous screening process. However, it is important to look at what the study actually found rather than the conclusions that other people make from it.
Okay, that's my public service announcement. Now back to the pointless dribble. Yay!
1 comment:
Sure, you're one of those crazies who stands on the corner with a sandwich board sign preaching about vitamins aren't you?
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