The number of Americans who develop pancreatic cancer annually is increasing and that trend is expected to continue. Obesity is on track to replace smoking as the main risk factor for pancreatic cancer. What are your thoughts about this trend?
Bill, the first link does not seem to work on my computer. Thanks, though, for pointing this out, as my mother died of pancreatic cancer that caused her great pain for several years before it was diagnosed. I suspect the diagnosis was complicated by the fact that she had back pain anyway, due to stenosis and osteoporosis.
Since 1977 USDA guidelines passed, the significant increase of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart, cancer & Alzheimer’s has increased substantially.
That is about the time the sugar industry funded fraudulent research that said fats and cholesterol are bad and sugar is not a problem. They did increase their sales, but America has been getting sicker and heavier ever since.
Perhaps, but my mother developed pancreatic cancer while eating a fairly healthy diet, low in saturated fats and moderate in sodium. Of course, one anecdotal case doesn't prove much. She was a smoker but had stopped almost 30 years before her diagnosis.
Bill, the first link does not seem to work on my computer. Thanks, though, for pointing this out, as my mother died of pancreatic cancer that caused her great pain for several years before it was diagnosed. I suspect the diagnosis was complicated by the fact that she had back pain anyway, due to stenosis and osteoporosis.
Sorry about the link. I have repaired it.
It happens. Thanks for fixing it.
The Standard American Diet, or S.A.D. Is the root cause of if this catastrophic increase.
Since 1977 USDA guidelines passed, the significant increase of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart, cancer & Alzheimer’s has increased substantially.
That is about the time the sugar industry funded fraudulent research that said fats and cholesterol are bad and sugar is not a problem. They did increase their sales, but America has been getting sicker and heavier ever since.
Perhaps, but my mother developed pancreatic cancer while eating a fairly healthy diet, low in saturated fats and moderate in sodium. Of course, one anecdotal case doesn't prove much. She was a smoker but had stopped almost 30 years before her diagnosis.
Age is the greatest risk factor for chronic disease generally and stopping smoking reduces but does not eliminate the related risks.
Yes!