Bad diet equals slow death

[Darryl]

Please read and comment below nytimes.com/2019/08/26/opin...

[Tall_Allen]

NY Times restricts viewing

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All I could see is a plate of cheeseburgers and they they "cut me off".

[GranPaSmurf]

This is an interest of mine. I've swapped a couple of posts with TallAllen and Nalakrats on the topic.

I'd like to see a new category for posts, call it what you will - "Food as Medicine?"

I've come up with a little concoction that's tasty and high in a lot of 'anti-cancer' foods. It didn't seem quite right to make it a general post.

[Darryl Partner]

Sorry. I will try to find a better link. Perhaps some one else can find a more accessible link?

[GranPaSmurf]

I could read it - maybe because I've had a NYT subscription in the past. I think I get a few 'freevies' a month.

[pjoshea13]

In one of his vlog entries, Dr. Myers complains of the dietary ignorance of new patients who seem in more danger of death from CVD than PCa.

(From memory ...)

Myers: "What did you have for breakfast?"

Patient: "I ate a healthy breakfast. Juice, oatmeal & wholewheat toast."

A carb breakfast, guaranteed to challenge insulin sensitivity. But if you look at the official U.S. food pyramid, which has carbs at the very bottom & fats at the very top, it's no wonder that these guys were eating "healthy" breakfasts that were killing them.

The Times article leads with a picture of: "Cheeseburgers at a White House picnic in 2018."

Do Americans eat more burgers now than fifty years ago? Are burgers the problem? What did not exist fifty years ago are the No-Fat / Lo-Fat options.

-Patrick

[Darryl Partner]

Does this link work? nytimes.com/2019/08/26/opin...

[AlanMeyer]

I thought the point of the article was well taken. All the experts agree that we can improve our health with better nutrition. Less total food, more exercise, more sleep, no smoking or vaping, maybe fewer drugs, can all help too.

I liked a lot of the authors' suggestions too. For example, they didn't call for banning sugary drinks but did suggest extra taxes on them. Is that a good idea? I don't know. I'd want to hear from lots of people about it. However we do have excise taxes on alcohol. There is a precedent for this.

There are a ton of thing we can do improve people's lives by modifying their behavior. Educating people about how to manage a credit card, make a budget, understand what happens to them when they borrow money, and so on, could make a huge difference in quality of life.

Alan

[dockam]

Being a DDS for over 20 years in my office - I see the effects of a poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle. A lot of them are larger, on more meds, and ailing more.

Since Med Hx and Meds may impact what I may be able to do, I try to do a lil health counseling: lower simple sugar, lower animal fat, more plant-based, burn more than you take in.

I say that my fitness level may have contributed to my being here still with a Stage IV Dx(PSA @ 840, 15 chemos) in 01/2015.

My go-to line:

"No one gets out alive, and what can you do to make the remaining years as productive and long-lasting as possible"

From a local paper for PCa awareness month, 2016.

theloopnewspaper.com/story/...

I was able to convince 28 patients and staff to walk a 5K for me last Nov, with another coming up again this year.

Fight On Brothers

[whatsinaname]

I could read the article in full as I subscribe to the NYT.

The article had NOTHING whatsoever to do with DIET and PROSTATE CANCER.

It was more concerned with DIET and diabetes and cardiovascular problems.

[j-o-h-n]

Tryit Dieit...

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Friday 08/30/219 4:14 PM DST - Pinnes