https://jenci.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s43046-022-00142-3.pdf I have been wanting to dive deeper into cancer and treatment. This is a good place to start. Western societies such as the USA have exponentially higher incidence of cancer than Arab countries. Why is that? Cancer is one of the prominent causes of death world- wide, killing about 10 million people in 2020 alone. Most common new cancer cases were breast (2.26 million cases), lung (2.21 million cases), colon and rectum (1.93 million cases), prostate (1.41 million cases), skin (non-melanoma) (1.20 million cases), and stomach cancers (1.09 million cases). As Middle Eastern populations become more westernized, the incidence of cancer is rising. Why?
They also likely don’t consume a lot of processed food. The ingredients included a lot of sugar, seed oils and toxic dyes, chemicals and fillers. I saw a story about how big food companies started going down to rainforest communities bringing their processed junk to communities never exposed via riverboat and in a year obesity started along with diabetes and all our lifestyle diseases. But most doctors in the US never address diet for disease prevention.
Fascinating. And I’m pleasantly surprised because I’ve been intermittent fasting roughly 19/20 daily for the past five years. I also supplement with turmeric and make a tea daily with fresh ginger , cinnamon sticks, and lemon. Whoo hoo!!!
( big fan here of IF. Weight and hormones have stabilized and cognition has improved . 😁)
May 26, 2023·edited May 26, 2023Liked by Jennifer Brown
Wow wow wow, interesting statistics, I had no idea that Saudi Arabia had < 1/4 the cancer of Western countries! My first thought was the beneficial effects of sunlight, but Australia disproves that. Actually, doesn't Australia have a high rate of melanoma? Could be something to do with white people who don't properly protect themselves from direct sunlight vs darker-skinned arabs who have centuries of experience and cultural wisdom about avoiding direct sunlight? It would be interesting to compare the melanoma rates between Australia and Saudi Arabia.
Not to rain on any parades, but we are probably comparing apples and transmissions here. Just like countries that juke the life expectancy stats by not reporting infant mortality, I suspect the availability and nature of health care in "Arab Countries" might have something to do with what is reported and not reported. Do you really think any of the Saudi Royal Family go to the local clinic in Riyadh? I bet they jet off to Switzerland. Having seen the conditions in many of these countries, I have concerns about the hypothesis of this article. Sort of like about 30 years ago when folks were expounding the benefits of starvation diets because the poorest people in India were reported to be so healthy. Of course they were...
Ramadan may be intermittent fasting but only lasts a month per year. Also, after sunset Muslims usually eat and drink a lot, offsetting any benefit of fasting during the day...
The difference in cancer incidence might simply be that screening is more developed in Western countries.
Do some proof reading before you publish…….” In 2016, a study investigated the role of long-term nighttime fast- ing in breast cancer recurrence 36% more likely to have breast cancer recurrence than those who fasted at night 13 h or more. “
They also likely don’t consume a lot of processed food. The ingredients included a lot of sugar, seed oils and toxic dyes, chemicals and fillers. I saw a story about how big food companies started going down to rainforest communities bringing their processed junk to communities never exposed via riverboat and in a year obesity started along with diabetes and all our lifestyle diseases. But most doctors in the US never address diet for disease prevention.
Fascinating. And I’m pleasantly surprised because I’ve been intermittent fasting roughly 19/20 daily for the past five years. I also supplement with turmeric and make a tea daily with fresh ginger , cinnamon sticks, and lemon. Whoo hoo!!!
( big fan here of IF. Weight and hormones have stabilized and cognition has improved . 😁)
Wow wow wow, interesting statistics, I had no idea that Saudi Arabia had < 1/4 the cancer of Western countries! My first thought was the beneficial effects of sunlight, but Australia disproves that. Actually, doesn't Australia have a high rate of melanoma? Could be something to do with white people who don't properly protect themselves from direct sunlight vs darker-skinned arabs who have centuries of experience and cultural wisdom about avoiding direct sunlight? It would be interesting to compare the melanoma rates between Australia and Saudi Arabia.
Not to rain on any parades, but we are probably comparing apples and transmissions here. Just like countries that juke the life expectancy stats by not reporting infant mortality, I suspect the availability and nature of health care in "Arab Countries" might have something to do with what is reported and not reported. Do you really think any of the Saudi Royal Family go to the local clinic in Riyadh? I bet they jet off to Switzerland. Having seen the conditions in many of these countries, I have concerns about the hypothesis of this article. Sort of like about 30 years ago when folks were expounding the benefits of starvation diets because the poorest people in India were reported to be so healthy. Of course they were...
I did not know that.
Ramadan may be intermittent fasting but only lasts a month per year. Also, after sunset Muslims usually eat and drink a lot, offsetting any benefit of fasting during the day...
The difference in cancer incidence might simply be that screening is more developed in Western countries.
Thank you Jennifer. Excellent post and information. Peace. :-)
Thanks Jennifer. Important post.
I'm not sure that the statement "Arab countries also tend to smoke less" is even remotely accurate.
Do some proof reading before you publish…….” In 2016, a study investigated the role of long-term nighttime fast- ing in breast cancer recurrence 36% more likely to have breast cancer recurrence than those who fasted at night 13 h or more. “