Re Good Health After 50, according to John Arts:
I am after 50, and enjoy extremely good health. That comes from a reasonable amount of exercise, and a good diet.
Growing up in the 50's in the country, my family was fed well, with all the goodness of homegrown meat, veges and fruit, with seasonal nuts thrown in for good measure.
I suppose one could call it an organic diet. I have continued with a good diet through the decades.
So please don't tell me or anyone else, that cancer is a diet and lifestyle disease. It is not!
It hits anyone, anywhere, anytime, and it is purely luck of the draw.
Now it might not be that simple, scientifically speaking, but in layman's terms, that is about the long and the short of it. And I, and my mother 35 years ago, just happened to draw the short straw.
The only part of a person's diet that might contribute to cancer, today, is the chemicals, eg: insecticides, pesticides, fungicides, etc, that are used on commercially grown food so it looks good in the supermarket, and not too much is lost to the odd snail. Of, which, I eat as little as possible.
My good health is what helped me through the treatment of cancer. I did not get cancer because of my lifestyle, or diet! So, please, don't say I did.
R Smith, Bellevue.