"JimmyMac" wrote in message
...
On Sep 2, 3:47 pm, "Edward Dolan" wrote:
[...]

There is some value in comparing the diets of various peoples around the
world with their rates of cancer. But as is well known, comparisons are
extremely difficult for a variety of reasons, the main one being too many
variables involved.

Such studies have been done, but your unwillingness to devote time or
energy to research the matter precludes you from being aware of that.

Such studies are all over the map. There is no consistency among them. You
merely pick the ones that appeal to your prejudices.
[...]

Maybe we should be studying those people who never get cancer and trying
to
find out why that is?

That has been done too (see my comment above in this regard), and
generally resistance to cancer has been determined to be largely
genetically linked. If you expect to be taken seriously and listened
to, I'd suggest you first learn before opening talking crap.

Same problem - no consistency because of way too many variables.
[...]

What you think you know is a mere pittance compared to what the true
experts
know. What are your credentials other than reading a lot of unrelated
health
and medical literature on your own?

My doctors have a much higher opinion of my knowledge in this regard
than you do and needless to say I value their opinion more that
yours. Whereas, what I know is arguably less than what experts in the
field know, it is also a given that what you know is a mere pittance
in comparison to what I know, so why don't you give it a rest until
you get up to speed?

You have no idea what your doctors really think of your state of knowledge.
Also, most doctors think they know more than they do. The real experts will
tell you that we do not know what causes most cancers.

If you had studied the social sciences more in college instead of
worthless
subjects like philosophy and religion at Loyola, you would know that we
are
indeed slaves of our culture.

You have no idea what I studied and social sciences were among them.
It is obvious that you didn't benefit from your education which came
to a screaching halt with the recipt of a diploma ... sad that.

I know you went to Loyola because you told me so. All Catholic colleges
require that you waste inordinate amounts of time on courses like religion
and philosophy, which is why I never went to a Catholic college. Catholic
colleges are good at preparing students for law and medical schools, but
terrible at any of the liberal arts. Reason? Too much religion.

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota