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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Excellent post Gamby, and you have my sympathy and respect.
I am put off by simplistic explanations such as diet curing complex maladies.
Keeping our bodies healthy and sustaining ourselves with good food based on the nutritious rules we know is bound to help. But availing ourselves of the medicines and procedures and advice of the traditional medical community is not a bad thing.
Mankind has used the wealth of information that we have garnered over years to lengthen our lives and to live more comfortably but we haven't solved all the the problems of disease and pain.
We need to turn to the experts trained in treating diseases such as fibromyalgia, while we still can afford to do so.
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Yes, in agreement, however, we know people alive now and have known others (now deceased) who were fit, active, vegetarians/vegans......who did everything right; didn't smoke and still got cancer. Most died from it at a younger age......30's, 40's, 50's, early 60's........
To a larger extent, it could be simply genetics or environmental such as where they lived (if they lived for a time in smokestack industry type regions, with pollution, etc)........
Again, the deceased "did everything right" and were health conscious to a fault..........I truly believe that what we will die from is not just about the food we consume......although that does contribute to a lot of modern man's maladies.
P.S. Let's not forget the brain tumors which are so prevalent nowadays.......we know a few of those folks too........supposedly "perhaps" caused by cell phone use.
Remember when it was thought to be microwave ovens? We still use them. What about computer screens? T.V. sets? Cops who use radar in their patrol cars?
How about all the radiation one gets during medical testing?????????