Charm,

Where was my paranoid rant about the government, exactly? The insurance industry is one of the largest general campaign contributors to our major political parties in the United States, and directly influences specific policies made within the FDA that harm public health. I am perfectly prepared to support this with proof, should you wish to challenge it.

Labelling my point as being paranoid is not really an argument. My point was that the general public does not have all the facts about nutrition, and this relates to OC survivors, because they also do not.


"Read DavidCPA's signature line or EricS posts or even mine to see that doing all three of your "therapies" is Zero protection against getting oral cancer.
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I never said any of these things protected against oral cancer!!!!!!!!!!. I would have been offended by somebody saying such a thing.

"Cohort studies, which follow large groups of initially healthy individuals for years, generally provide more reliable information than case-control studies because they don't rely on information from the past. And data from cohort studies have not consistently shown that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables prevents cancer in general."

I'm sorry if I failed to make this clear, so let me repeat:

Good nutrition is important for those with oral cancer, and those without it. Anti-oxidants show some evidence in benefit to various types of cancer. Harvard Health advocates a diet rich in fruits and vegetables because scientific evidence points to this being good for health.

Conclusion: there is no harm, but a great deal of potential benefit, if being attentive to nutrition and fitness and in looking further than the latest fad, but in sorting out the crap from the truth.

I did NOT say that you got cancer because you didn't have enough organic juice; in fact I rather made an attempt to counter that view and distance myself from that way of thinking. In addition, I did not advocate vegetarianism or juicing. I was attempting to distance myself from this sachool of thought on nutrition and base it instead on scientific and current research from unbiased sources. I am very familiar with the content on the Harvard Health website; no need to imply that I am not.

I am upset that you assert that I'm implying any differently. Please reread my post.

I'm sorry you got cancer in spite of doing what you thought was right for your health. I didn't come here to lecture anybody, but to raise a valid point: good nutrition should be advocated, not lumped away with some obscure and non-related part of recovery and prevention in ANY disease.