DEBUNKED: 2/3rds of Cancer "Just Bad Luck"
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Is cancer just bad luck... or is there more to it? Of course, there is a bad luck component to cancer -- but there's also a very, very large environmental and lifestyle component.
This video was produced mostly in response to some over-the-top spin the media placed on an otherwise interesting paper entitled: Variation in cancer risk among tissues can be explained by the number of stem cell divisions.
This video helps to break down what was actually shown in the study versus what the media pretended it showed. Additionally, we also discuss the important role magnesium plays in preventing random mutations.
"Men with the highest quartile of magnesium levels have a 40% decrease in all-cause mortality and a 50% decrease in deaths from cancer." Click To Tweet
A major contributing factor to aging, cellular senescence, and the development of cancer. Byproducts of both mitochondrial energy production and immune activity are major sources of DNA damage. Additionally, environmental stressors can increase this base level of damage. DNA damage can be mitigated by cellular repair processes; however, the effectiveness of these processes may be influenced by the availability of dietary minerals, such as magnesium, and other dietary components, which are needed for proper function of repair enzymes.
Cancer that has spread from the part of the body where it started to other parts of the body. When cancer cells break away from a tumor, they can travel to other areas of the body through the bloodstream or the lymph system.
A state of disordered morphology of cells that is associated with an increased risk of cancer. If left untreated, these conditions may lead to cancer. Sometimes it is referred to as precancerous.
A change in one nucleotide DNA sequence in a gene that may or may not alter the function of the gene. SNPs, commonly called "snips," can affect phenotype such as hair and eye color, but they can also affect a person's disease risk, absorption and metabolism of nutrients, and much more. SNPs differ from mutations in terms of their frequency within a population: SNPs are detectable in >1 percent of the population, while mutations are detectable in <1 percent.
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Cancer News
- International organizations suggest a cut-off level between 300 -350 ng/dl for testosterone deficiency. (2019)
- Risk of death from breast cancer was 49 percent lower among women with higher running activity.
- Exercise helps cancer patients that have undergone chemotherapy shift the ratio of senescent to naïve T cells favorably, regaining immune function
- Scientists find molecular link between meat and dairy diets and colorectal cancer.
- A component of cannabis may reduce colon cancer risk.
