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Absolutely Groundbreaking TED Talk on Cancer and Angiogenesis
#12638137 - 05/27/10 12:07 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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Title pretty much says it all:
tl;dw:
Most of us have harmless micro-cancers in our bodies. These only become dangerous when they get a blood supply, IE when new blood vessels grow towards them and start feeding them. This guy does angiogenesis research, IE research into the growth of blood vessels, and the kinds of foods which affect this process.
Basically, the right foods really can prevent cancer, and not only that, they fight obesity too. That's an oversimplification, but this guy has really taken a huge step towards understanding what mechanisms are at play in the process. This is literally the future of medicine.
Edited by laserpig (05/27/10 12:41 PM)
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Re: Absolutely Groundbreaking TED Talk on Cancer and Diet [Re: laserpig]
#12638180 - 05/27/10 12:16 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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Wait, WHAT???? Diet affects health? Who would've thunk it? Reminds me of a study I read about a few years ago. Scientists had a group of people eat what they believed our ancestors ate: berries, nuts, lean meat, some red meat. And guess what the conclusion was.....they lost weight and were generally healthier than when they started! Shocker!!!
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Re: Absolutely Groundbreaking TED Talk on Cancer and Diet [Re: SS32]
#12638232 - 05/27/10 12:26 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
SS32 said: Wait, WHAT???? Diet affects health? Who would've thunk it? Reminds me of a study I read about a few years ago. Scientists had a group of people eat what they believed our ancestors ate: berries, nuts, lean meat, some red meat. And guess what the conclusion was.....they lost weight and were generally healthier than when they started! Shocker!!!
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Re: Absolutely Groundbreaking TED Talk on Cancer and Diet [Re: sam420]
#12638281 - 05/27/10 12:38 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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Thanks for not watching the video but posting anyway.
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Re: Absolutely Groundbreaking TED Talk on Cancer and Diet [Re: sam420]
#12638410 - 05/27/10 12:58 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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I have had cancer and food deff helps with the treatment.
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Re: Absolutely Groundbreaking TED Talk on Cancer and Diet [Re: laserpig]
#12638413 - 05/27/10 12:58 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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Nice vid. Thanks for the find, man
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Re: Absolutely Groundbreaking TED Talk on Cancer and Diet [Re: x Ju x]
#12654631 - 05/30/10 08:46 AM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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This is one of the most fascinating videos I have ever watched.
Although I had known that cancer was caused by abnormal cell growth, I had no idea how cancers started or how they restricting blood supply might serve to stop “angiogenesis” so that cancerous tumours would fail to stop. I also did not know that tiny cancers might actually be harmless!
The point about how to deal with diet and whether one can “eat to starve cancer” is also very interesting. The fact that naturally occurring compounds have been suggested to contain cancer is not surprising when one finds that cancer has been rarer among primitive people. (I remember reading Nathan Pritikin as a child on this issue, but this explanation is much more interesting and agree much more with what I have learnt about pre-agricultural people.)
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Re: Absolutely Groundbreaking TED Talk on Cancer and Diet [Re: mianfei]
#12654787 - 05/30/10 09:35 AM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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I saw this one earlier - it is definitely a good one and packed with information.
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Re: Absolutely Groundbreaking TED Talk on Cancer and Diet [Re: Epigallo]
#12654973 - 05/30/10 10:32 AM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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dude natures got our back
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Re: Absolutely Groundbreaking TED Talk on Cancer and Diet [Re: 34120060]
#12655024 - 05/30/10 10:45 AM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ya I saw this last week, great watch.
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