"90% of cancers are curable if caught in stage one". I did not know that. There's also a lot more that I didn't know about cancer on the website called "Fuck Cancer" located at this link of http://www.letsfcancer.com. Excuse their language, but it does get attention, right? :)
I think it's a pretty safe statement to say that almost everyone knows someone who's been affected by cancer. The sheer number of varieties of cancer make that somewhat inevitable. Father, mother, sister, brother, friend.... It doesn't matter who it affects, once it happens it opens up a lot of questions and dialog that many people don't think about in the normal course of life.
The mission of the Fuck Cancer website is to change that. Go there. Read about it. Their goal is to have a blunt and open dialog about cancer to discuss the kinds of things that you won't read about on pure medical websites like WebMD. It offers the information from many different perspectives: education, prevention, emotional, patient, caregiver, community. Great stuff!
This is entirely within every person's ability to do. All it takes to get started on this path of prevention is willpower and the desire to live a long and healthy life. This is not to say that you won't some day get whacked out of left field with a terrible form of cancer anyway, but there are many obvious things that you can do to improve your odds...right now....like exercising more, cutting out smoking, cutting down on drinking, reducing stress, etc. But there's also much more than that....
How about knocking the constant influx of crappy food out of your life? Have you ever read the ingredients to something as simple as the croutons that you shake on your salad? Yikes! Have you heard all of the news about genetically modified seeds and crops and how horrible they are for you (go to www.mercola.com and search for news on "Monsanto" to read about that gem of a topic)? Have you switched to organic milk so that you're not feeding your family unnecessary antibiotics and growth hormones every day? Soda? Please....it's nothing else other than chemicals and acids. How about your laundry detergent....which over the years has been filled with many wacky new "more effective" cleaning chemicals. Guess what....that stuff stays in your clothes if it's not rinsed out well and then it touches and absorbs into your skin all day when you wear those clothes. The list goes on and on....
Do you think these things don't affect your health? If so, you're kidding yourself. The human body and immune system certainly weren't designed to be pounded all day, every day, with chemicals that you can't even pronounce the names of. 55% of all Americans are allergic to at least one thing. Does that sound strange to you? It does to me....and I totally believe that all this crap that gets piled into us over decades has broken down the ability of the body to cope with many simple allergens.
I firmly believe in "everything in moderation" for success in many areas of life in general, but what happens over time is that all of the things above sneak into your life and guess what.....you're no longer living a life of moderation, instead you're living a life that has chemicals in it at every turn. Some people don't care about this, but a lot of people do. Leading a more sensible life with less garbage in it doesn't turn you into a right-wing chemical hater. It's just common sense to be aware and take better care of yourself....
But I digress off the main topic a bit....
The Fuck Cancer website is a valuable resource that offers up its information from a variety of angles that anybody can latch on to in order to satisfy their needs. Even if you don't know someone with cancer, check out the 'Get Educated' section so that you can learn how to monitor yourself and take simple preventative measures to lead a healthier life.
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