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Originally Posted by quirky3
I am a cancer survivor. I recommend following gomoho's posted advice to prevent future cancer, and considering all treatments if you do already have cancer. Prevention is key to staying healthy, which makes that advice so helpful and important.
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Glad to hear you are a survivor, quirky. I too think there was a lot of good advice in the opening post, even though it may not have been presented perfectly. Prevention is, indeed, key to staying healthy.
I did a little research this morning about the immune system and I found what I think is the right story. The truth is somewhere in between the two confusing stories that were presented.
The immune system is extremely important in the beginning, when cancer is in its beginning stage. It's at that point that our immune system should nip it in the bud, so to speak. Once cancer becomes established and progresses, that's when it disguises itself so it's difficult for the immune system to recognize.
Supposedly, we have all had cancer many times and just never knew it because our immune system took care of it. What did it say in the Daily Sun today? I think it said that about 77% of all cancers occur after age 55. Isn't that interesting? It's interesting because it's well known that our immune system gradually gets weaker and weaker as we get older.
So it's more important than ever to eat a healthy diet as we get older and live a healthy lifestyle in general.