In a previous post ( ) I used WarpPLS ( ) to analyze the model below, using data reported in a recent study looking at the relationship betw...
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Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts
Body mass index and cancer deaths in various US states
Ancel Keys is often heavily criticized for allegedly originating the fat phobia that we see today in the US and other countries, perhaps wit...
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Aging and cancer: The importance of taking a hard look at the numbers
The table below is from a study by Hayat and colleagues ( ). It illustrates one common trend regarding cancer – it increases dramatically i...
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A viral cure for cancer only a few years away?
Adopting an evolutionarily sound lifestyle may reduce the probability that one will develop cancer, but there will be those who will never...
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Adiponectin, inflammation, diabetes, and heart disease
Humans, like many animals, evolved to be episodic eaters and spend most of their time fasting. Body fat is the main store of energy in the h...
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The China Study one more time: Are raw plant foods giving people cancer?
cancer,
China Study,
J curve,
multivariate analysis,
refined carbs,
research,
statistics,
U curve,
warppls
In this previous post I analyzed some data from the China Study that included counties where there were cases of schistosomiasis infection....
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The China Study again: A multivariate analysis suggesting that schistosomiasis rules!
In the comments section of Denise Minger’s post on July 16, 2010 , which discusses some of the data from the China Study (as a follow up to ...
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Will your wireless router give you cancer?
If you pick up a magnet and move it up and down with your hand, you will be creating electromagnetic radiation. The faster you move the ma...
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Does pork consumption cause cirrhosis? Perhaps, if people become obese from eating pork
The idea that pork consumption may cause cirrhosis has been around for a while. A fairly widely cited 1985 study by Nanji and French ( ) pro...
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Vitamin D deficiency, seasonal depression, and diseases of civilization
George Hamilton admits that he has been addicted to sunbathing for much of his life. The photo below (from: phoenix.fanster.com), shows him ...
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Cancer patterns in Inuit populations: 1950-1997
Some types of cancer have traditionally been higher among the Inuit than in other populations, at least according to data from the 1950s, wh...
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All diets succeed at first, and eventually fail
Atkins,
body fat,
cancer,
LEARN,
my experience,
National Weight Control Registry,
Ornish,
Weight Watchers,
Zone
It is not very hard to find studies supporting one diet or another. Gardner and colleagues, for example, conducted a study in which the Atki...
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Sensible sun exposure
cancer,
sunbathing,
UVA,
UVB,
vitamin D
Sun exposure leads to the production in the human body of a number of compounds that are believed to be health-promoting. One of these is k...
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