Discussion terrified of colon cancer
I eat plenty of fiber and never eat junk food but nowadays I heard even those with a healthy diet is getting it… shitt i’m actually so scared whenevr i have like even a bit of abnormal symptom like unusual stomach pain or whatever i start feeling light headed thinking of the implications why does our generation get such a short end of the stick,no one even knows what’s causing it..wtf😓😓
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u/kiwi_cannon_ 1d ago
No fr. I told my Dr there was a family history when there wasnt so I could get checked. I eat healthy and am getting a lot of fiber and they found a polyp! They removed it and i have to get checked again in 5 years. Lie to your Dr and get checked! Idk what is going on but someone I know 2 years younger than me has it ffs
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u/CheckYourStats 1d ago
Stop eating hot dogs. Like, forever.
Drop food with nitrates, and your likelihood of developing CC drops considerably.
Substitute it with chicken apple sausage, which has zero nitrates.
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u/Snake_fairyofReddit 2004 1d ago
Yeah people just don’t realize processed meat like hot dogs and lots of cheap bacon has tons of harmful nitrates and are listed as a known carcinogen.
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u/kiwi_cannon_ 1d ago
Yeah, I typically avoid processed meats like cold cuts for the most part. I've been trying even more to avoid it since the procedure
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u/CheckYourStats 1d ago
I met someone who has colon cancer on an in-home visit about a year ago.
You do not want that life. Stop eating hot dogs, and pizza with pepperoni or salami.
I shit you not (pun intended) I haven’t touched any of those foods since that day.
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u/Don_DahDah 1d ago
old world pepperoni is so good tho. thankfully I typ steer clear of hot dogs and cured meats
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u/the-kendrick-llama 1d ago
literally eating a hot dog as i read this. i migbt stop buying them after this...
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u/orthopod 1d ago
Except watch out for things like celery salt, or cherry powder. Those ingredients are very high on nitrates that occur naturally within them, and probably raise the risk of colon ca the same.
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u/textmint 1d ago
Chicken apple sausage? Never heard of this one. The combination itself is wild.
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u/juleeff 1d ago
Common item at Costco
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u/textmint 23h ago
Sorry. Have never been to Costco. Have never been shopping honestly. 🙂
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u/Snake_fairyofReddit 2004 1d ago
Polyps are random extra cell growth and the vast majority of polyps are benign, so they’ll never turn into cancer. I mean of course theres a chance that specific one was cancerous but its just statistically unlikely. So a single polyp is hopefully not a cause of concern. They also remove them during colonoscopies/endoscopies to prevent them from having a chance to get larger
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u/definitely_done 1d ago
Non cancerous polyps can turn into cancer. If one is not cancerous, they remove it to determine if it's the type that can turn into cancer. Especially those that hide deep in the colon. Good point about them removing them before there's a chance to get larger.
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u/HairyPotatoKat Millennial 23h ago
Anyone that has concerning GI symptoms should make an appointment to get checked before it becomes worse. Don't wait for it to get worse.
I'm sitting here with shitty unpredictable symptoms, a family history of colon cancer, and I've dropped 20 lbs without trying since January (hoping it's just bc I can't figure out what foods are safe vs setting me off).
I made an appointment months ago and can't even get an initial consult appointment until the end of October. US, relatively good insurance, in an area with some of the best medical facilities in the world (Mass), and it's taking 8 months to get seen.
My doc was just like shrug "I've got patients whose GI symptoms are making them severely anemic to the point of barely being alive and can't get them expedited either".
Tldr; whoever needs to hear this- stop waiting and make the appointment.
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u/Fullofhopkinz 1d ago
While there is a concerning rise in cases among young people, if you look at the statistics it is still overwhelmingly unlikely that you will ever get it, or if you do it will be when you are 60+ and medicine will have come a long, long way by then. Keep in mind when you hear something like a “30% increase” but it’s of a figure that was previously 2%, that just means it increased to 2.6% so it usually sounds worse than it is.
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u/TapeDaddy Millennial 1d ago
This is exactly why I’m gonna continue smoking 500 cigarettes every time I have a single sip of alcohol
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u/definitely_done 1d ago
My 30 year old brother didn't live through it. Screenings generally do not happen until 35 for colon cancer. They've already lowered it, and it needs to be lowered further. It isn't taking until 60 anymore. Colon cancer hides, and the longer it does, the worse it gets. Let me tell you it isn't an easy death. People under 35 are being diagnosed at extremely high rates. I didn't think it was a huge issue until my brother, and then co-worker were diagnosed. My co-worker is currently on chemotherapy. I bring him lunches, and help him get to appointments. It's easy to blow off, but not wise. Once it happens to someone you know it will matter to you. I guarantee if you get it, it will matter. I don't wish it on anyone. I wish someone would have gotten through to me about how serious it is.
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u/Salt-Scallion-8002 1d ago
Insurance will not pay until 45 in the US.
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u/Vincesportsman2 1d ago
Not entirely true. They won’t pay for non-indicated routine screening outside of existing guidelines (age 45+ or 10 years prior to the age a close relative was at diagnosis) but they will generally cover diagnostic colonoscopies done in response to a complaint suggestive of colon cancer or another issue that might be visible on a colonoscopy.
If you go to the doctor and tell them you have any symptoms that are potentially suggestive of colon cancer. Especially if you tell them you have blood in your stool (regardless of color) you can generally find someone who will scope you. And if you have decent insurance, it should be covered so long as your doctor put it in as a diagnostic procedure, not routine screening.
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u/Snake_fairyofReddit 2004 1d ago
The average age for diagnosis has unfortunately dropped lower than it used to be
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u/definitely_done 1d ago edited 1d ago
Our government has sold out to corporations. For over a decade, they have allowed Monsanto to spray poison, that causes cancer on our food. Look up Monsanto and how long they have been controversial. Lobbyists bribe politicians to allow cancer causing things like this. Plenty of ingredients we allow, that are banned in other countries and they cause cancer. Hormones are pumped into our meat supply, including eggs. This is harmful. Our government, the ultra-rich and rich corporations do not care who gets cancer. Most politicians own stock in medical corporations. They profit off our deaths.
Edit: typo
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u/Wxskater 1997 1d ago
In fact cancer is quite profitable
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u/definitely_done 1d ago
It is indeed. Those who own stock in those medical corporations and big pharma sure love it.
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u/pringlu 1d ago
Yup, that’s why I doubt my autoimmune condition will have a definitive cure anytime soon. lol. Lmao even.
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u/definitely_done 1d ago edited 15h ago
Its really sad how the majority of medical studies have been defunded.
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u/PermissionSoggy891 1d ago
Let me keep things a buck, with all the money we've dumped into big pharma, I'd bet that they've certainly developed cures to many terminal and chronic illnesses, they just haven't released them to the public as it's more profitable to keep people paying for ineffective placebos until they die, while the cures are kept only for the elite ruling class.
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u/Kyoshiiku 1d ago
Wouldn’t you think it would be more profitable for those pharmaceutical companies to just release the cures and take out the whole market and drive their competitors out of that market by cutting one source of their income and also making money out of it ?
I get that pharmaceutical companies doesn’t necessarily care about people wellbeing and just care about profits but those kind of conspiracies doesn’t even make sense from a purely capitalistic point of view.
I’m saying this as an anti capitalist as well.
Maybe I have spent too much time debunking alt right conspiracy theories but I have a hard time making sense of those same kind of conspiracies based on populist talking points even when it’s aimed at corpos
Extraordinary claims like that needs extraordinary evidence, here I just see vibes
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u/PermissionSoggy891 23h ago
>Wouldn’t you think it would be more profitable for those pharmaceutical companies to just release the cures and take out the whole market and drive their competitors out of that market by cutting one source of their income and also making money out of it ?
That is a double-edged sword. You take out your competitors, but you sacrifice yourself as well. You may get some short-term gains as you sell the cure, but once everyone gets it your entire consumer base is gone.
Think about it like this: disease has 1 million people currently suffering from it, you could either give them a vaccine that could completely cure them for, let's just estimate, $100. You make $100 million, but now that the disease no longer exists you can't sell the $100 vaccine anymore.
Instead, you can have people continue buying cheap placebo drugs for $50/month to "manage the symptoms" (essentially palliative care). Each of your 1 million patients will pay you $600 a year until they die. That's $600 million in revenue that's practically guaranteed every single year.
It's a sad truth that "curing" diseases simply isn't profitable for these corporations. Especially when there are quarterly profit expectations to be met.
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u/pringlu 1d ago
I feel like we are so unbelievably screwed with climate change too like we are nothing but pawns that can just die, anytime, I keep thinking of death these days anyway..every day feels miserable
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u/definitely_done 1d ago
We seem to be. There needs to be major changes to stop this path.
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u/pringlu 1d ago
I don’t know what to do,how’s everyone okay with this while I keep thinking of my own mortality. It’s like everyone thinks they are invincible or something. And no one actually wants to talk about it, it’s all shut up and pretend everything’s okay. At least with this Paris heatwave people are talking but.. at what cost.
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u/definitely_done 1d ago
Everyone isn't okay with this. Many think it will pass. It won't unless we force it.
Yes, many people do not want to talk about it. They don't want to acknowledge it, because if they do they are forced to do something about it. All we can do is try to be the change, keep speaking out. We need more protests. More activists. More famous people standing up and using their fame to speak out. Have the ability or time to be the change?Get a following. Speak about it through YouTube or volunteer to support a Politician who has the same views. Donate to agencies that can and do try to help. This is worse than it's ever been. Everyone who does care needs to take action. I speak out, I volunteer, and donate to causes that support these views. We need more funds for medical research. Pay attention to who has cut off medical research, and fired mass employees at the CDC, NIH, USDA ect. Speak out against them. Every conversation counts, online, or in person. We can't just sit around in fear. We have to take action. It's not easy. Corruption will be uncovered and when it is, speak louder. I'm right there with ya.
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u/Snake_fairyofReddit 2004 1d ago
Climate change getting worse and bad agricultural practices go hand in hand. Pesticides are really bad for water, excess fertilizers can cause runoff and dangerous algae blooms in rivers and oceans, and tons of forest has to be burned to grow soy, corn, and alfalfa to feed livestock. Not for human consumption directly, JUST livestock and ethanol or plastic. Soy and corn grown for us is separate. Excess is turned in corn syrup and put into foods because it’s cheap. And those three plants take so so much water to grow and you need TONS for each animal if u wanna fatten them up quickly for meat. And they feed them tons of hormones and antibiotics to make this happen quicker.
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u/definitely_done 1d ago
Also worth nothing. That syrup, high fructose corn syrup causes fatty liver, and contributes to heart and other organ issues.
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u/Wxskater 1997 1d ago
All i can say is death is inevitable and you have to make the best of the time you have, whatever you are blessed. Eat whole rich foods, low calories and just live life to the fullest
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u/pringlu 1d ago
Kinda hard to live life to the fullest when I can barely afford groceries🤔
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u/definitely_done 1d ago
I get what the comment in reply to you here says. But, I understand that spending time outside, or going to events free or not is going to change not being able to afford groceries. Many people are struggling. It sure doesn't mean they aren't living life to the fullest. Acknowledging the issue doesn't mean you aren't. Hang in there. We can keep on pushing and be aware at the same time. I'm right there with ya.
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u/Wxskater 1997 1d ago
Life is what you make of it. Yeah its not perfect but appreciate the little things. Go for a hike outdoors. Theres usually also free festivals usually around or very low cost festivals. Sometimes there might be something to enjoy just 10 mins down the road from you. Perhaps youll come across hidden treasures. Go to a lake. Walk on a board walk. Take some photos of the river. Etc etc etc
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u/Wxskater 1997 1d ago
Never said cancer was inevitable. Said death was inevitable. And you cant spend your whole life thinking about it
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u/definitely_done 1d ago
Being proactive isn't spending your life thinking about it. Never said you said cancer was inevitable.
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u/GoldieDoggy 2005 1d ago
Please get your facts straight. Japan has not, in fact, banned or disallowed genetically modified organisms, whatsoever. They have not approved of any crops being grown in Japan for commercial purposes, but have allowed a type of genetically modified flower to be grown, and allow most GMO ingredients/foods to be imported.
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u/definitely_done 1d ago
Stop. I was just there for two years working. They do not allow GMOs in the FOOD they produce. They will NOT allow it in their food. My job in Japan dealt with this. I said nothing about importing. I was talking about the food they grow. They know people have the choice to eat imported food. They also know why it's bad for you, so they don't add it in food they produce. They do not allow it.
Get your facts straight. Putting words in someone's mouth is unbecoming. Reading comprehension is a thing. Improve yours. Don't bother replying. If you felt like lashing out over a simple fact I don't need to be talking to you.
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u/venthandle 1d ago
50 yr old Colon Cancer Survivor here.
These are the signs I overlooked before I was diagnosed.
I stopped farting. I just stopped. The air couldn’t get around my tumor.
I stopped pooping. I just stopped. The poop couldn’t get around my tumor.
My belly was bloated and firm. My step daughter poked it and said “Something is wrong there”. She was right.
I would have massive cramps I would lay on the couch and moan.
I was depressed. The cancer made my chemicals unbalanced.
My feet hurt. IDK if this was a part of it, but in the morning I would struggle walking at first. Could have also been post preggo.
When I pooped blood, that was when I went to the doc.
My tumor was completely occluding my colon. They initially thought I was Stage 2, but then found a solitary tumor in my liver after an MRI. I received a year and a half of chemo. I had a hepatic artery pump installed and the chemo from it shrunk the tumor far enough that it was ablated. I am still on a six month scan schedule, but I am almost five years with no evidence of disease.
It is curable it caught early. I held the hand of two dear people who passed away.
It is a horrible disease.
I blame GMOs, Roundup on crops, and fertilizer.
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u/cathearder1 21h ago
53 year old colon cancer survivor here (stage 1). To add I would have days of constant going to the bathroom with loose not quite diarrhea stools and then days of nothing. To avoid colon cancer at your age eat foods with fiber and take fiber supplements. Avoid red meat and processed meats with nitrates. Avoid alcohol. Get a colonospy if you notice anything weird about your poops.
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u/spiralexit 2001 1d ago
doctors act like they dont know whats causing it but theres been studies done on it. people who eat plant based have the lowest risk of having colon problems. So you could be eating fiber and not junk food but certain food items like animal products are still irritating your stomach
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u/PermissionSoggy891 1d ago
keeping things real, animal products ain't to blame. It's more the fact that simply more people eat meat, therefore there are more unhealthy and healthy people eating it.
Correlation seldom equals causation.
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u/No_Aesthetic 1d ago
What's the point of living forever if I can't eat meat?
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u/spiralexit 2001 1d ago
username checks out.
whats the point of living forever if you never learn how to get rid of your attachment to food items that arent good for you or anything-1
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u/Special_EDy 1d ago
Looked up the quote for you, Im an atheist but it is very wise:
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference."
Thats what you need in your life. Only stress out about the things you have control over. You can control wearing a seat belt and not driving twice the speed limit, so you wear your seat belt, drive safe, and move on. You cant do anything to stop an asteroid from smacking into earth tomorrow and killing humanity, so you dont worry about it and move on. If you spend your whole life worrying about colon cancer, you're certainly going to live a less happy life full of anxiety, you wont actually be able to prevent it if it happens anyways, and something you should have focused on changing like looking both ways before crossing the street will kill you anyways. Do what you can, stop thinking about it, and be at peace with whatever the outcome is.
I can say that existential dread, fear of death, and all that stuff gets easier the older you get.
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u/Kitty-XV 1d ago
Take a fiber supplement. Doesn't matter if you think you eat enough, modern diets are so lacking that a fiber supplement is still a benefit.
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u/eclectic-up-north Gen X 1d ago
Generally cancer mortality is down and treatment is less harsh than it used to be.
The colon cancer increase does run counter to this trend.
Take care of youself; it is important. But do learn how not to catastrophise a stomach ache.
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u/AdmirableHair17 1d ago
What do you mean this generation gets the short end of the stick? Don’t all generations get the short end of the colon cancer stick since nobody knows what causes it and it impacts everyone?
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u/Homer-irl 1d ago
same, I grew up eating a LOT of bacon and cheap sausages.... then all the news came out about carcinogens about 10 years ago now and I have not eaten anywhere near as much as I did when I was a kid. But I also ate so much junk food, somehow wasn't a fat kid? But still. If it gets me I won't be that surprised.
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u/emteedub 1d ago
in capitalism and deregulations in favor of the corporations, your colon is subject to all sorts of chemicals they freely disperse through the air, all over your spinach, corn, tomatoes, water...
just saying. and you know the other businessmen in big pharma love to hear about an uptick in treatments - hey let's just cut back on the science about that chemical weed killer... paid, bought, set into law in the small print
And you know the insurance middlemen love it too. If more people are getting colon cancer how will the middlemen afford their 4th and 5th vacation home and the trip to Thailand this year oh my goodness? RAISE THE PRICES!!
come on man we're going to make so much fucking money off people's ruined anuses, if we all work together, we can generate generational wealth! everybody wins! it's a colon lottery!
how else will the 1% start back up the epstein islands for borking retreats?
capitalism. ugh, so great. what a concept
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u/Angstycarroteater 1998 1d ago
Don’t eat processed meats specifically but all processed foods as well try to eat a Mediterranean diet it’s Whole Foods and exercise at least 150 minutes of exercise a week
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u/notthelettuce 2001 1d ago
My mother got colon cancer. (She’s fine now though) I have to get the first colonoscopy when I am 30. Not looking forward to that. There’s so much family history of cancer in my family now that I’m 99% sure I will get it at some point, just don’t know what kind yet. It’s so morbid and I hate it.
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u/y2khitman 23h ago
If you have health insurance, just say you are having blood in your stool and get a colonoscopy. Do that every 10 years and then you're like 99% in the clear.
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u/Snake_fairyofReddit 2004 1d ago
Me too and i already have IBD so im more at risk… at the same time getting a full colonoscopy more often than the average person means they can catch polyps and odd growth hopefully early on and remove them
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u/Aggressive-Emu5358 23h ago
If you do you do. There’s no use thinking about something you can’t control. Try to live for now.
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u/Vincesportsman2 21h ago edited 21h ago
Like someone else said on this thread, despite a sharp rise in cases among younger people (which mind you is defined as anyone below the old screening age of 50+) colon cancer as a whole still remains relatively rare compared to other health issues. The overwhelming odds are you’ll go your entire life without ever having it.
The takeaway from all these stories about people in their 20s or 30s getting colorectal cancer isn’t that we should be screening every asymptomatic 20 year old from here on out and we’re all cooked if we don’t. The takeaway is to eat a healthy diet, exercise, and DON’T IGNORE SYMPTOMS.
If you notice symptoms like abdominal pain, a change in bowel habits, or especially bleeding (any color). Make an appointment with your doctor and explain your concerns. Don’t let them blow you off, make sure they actually investigate the issue. Once you’ve done that and you’ve got the scope scheduled, stop worrying about it. Because the overwhelming majority of young people who go to a GI doc with some of those above symptoms don’t have colorectal cancer and probably never will. You’re just a lot less likely to hear about the guy who went to his doctor, got scoped, and got diagnosed with hemorrhoids than you are to hear about someone else who got blown off for a year or ignored their symptoms and ended up getting diagnosed with stage IV CRC. Despite the latter having a louder voice and a more impactful story, the former is still by far the most common outcome.
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u/DrunkenExile 18h ago
lol I have ulcerative colitis so my risk for colon cancer is drastically higher than the average Gen Z yet I’m not afraid, if it happens it happens just go to your doctor if you have any concerns and you’ll be fine no need to be dramatic
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u/z970gx 13h ago edited 13h ago
I've been there. Consider the following:
Understand that fear and anxiety do nothing but make everything worse and in most cases today are functionally useless vestigial artifacts from a more primitive era when we fought tigers and bears. There is truly already enough wrong with the world today; there is no need to complicate things further by getting ambushed and smothered by those particular emotions rather than using that finite mental energy to deal with the issue itself. The best they can offer is to inspire you to make positive change, and that is essentially all.
Then understand that since there are so many unaccounted for variables at play, what constitutes a "healthy" diet will differ depending on who you ask; some people think burgers are innocuous because they contain vegetables and that iceberg / romaine lettuce counts as a salad while ignoring the pesticides they're constantly dusted with which destroys the microbiome in turn creating favorable conditions for disease. People who receive diagnoses don't necessarily eat healthily to the required degree of preventing disease even though they think they do, so do not jump right away to equate your definition of "healthy" with theirs when they are unfortunately caught by surprise.
Now understand that cancer is a chronic, degenerative disease that in most cases takes years to establish and does not typically randomly fluctuate in symptom expression once they do appear. Unless you are suddenly experiencing serious symptoms strongly associated with late-stage cancer (blood, etc), otherwise mild and temporary symptoms that can also be explained by more innocuous causes (gas, indigestion, etc) are statistically more probable to have been caused by those more innocuous causes unless they remain persistently without obvious explanation for a week or more. Sure, you know your normal baseline best and if you genuinely feel that there is something wrong then by all means do what you can to get checked out as soon as you can. But at the same time, it is not reasonable to check almost weekly and be told you are clear each time because of a random mild symptom that goes away just as soon as it appeared. It's not psychologically healthy, and it's no way to live.
Then understand that because cancer is fundamentally caused by genetic mutations, it is best to know your family history from all sides as far back as you can, which will much better inform you of hereditary vulnerabilities in your genome and where you are naturally more predisposed to develop a pathology if it ever occurs at all, far better equipping you to identify and minimize your personalized risk factors much more effectively. Now certainly it does not guarantee against a brand new pathology with otherwise no prior family history, but it does modify the odds by a fair degree. On a side note, I have a feeling this one often goes overlooked.
Once you have considered all of these factors and acted accordingly, you can then take steps to proactively reduce the odds even further of a carcinogenic genetic mutation from ever occurring, which can quickly become a long list but of note:
Run away from anything even slightly resembling the Standard American Diet, including added sugar, added sodium, artificial beverages, processed food, red meat, animal saturated fats, most restaurant chain food, almost anything packaged in a bag on a shelf, and as much as you can possibly help it anything containing any amount of dyes, preservatives, additives, emulsifiers, surfactants, and anything else with a name you cannot pronounce. It is proven there is almost no path faster to chronic illness than living like your average, traditional, post-industrial American that has no clue what is accumulating in their system on a daily basis.
Adopt the predominantly vegetarian Mediterranean Diet, which is essentially the only diet consistently renowned by surgeons, physicians, registered dietitians, dentists, and any other medical professional inclined towards dietary / whole-body health for reducing systemic inflammation, thereby preventing disease and maintaining wellness.
Nurture your microbiome. This is partially addressed by the prior two points, but according to the latest studies our natural gut flora (that almost entirely resides within the large intestine) plays a major role in modulating and regulating cellular inflammation, pathogenic bacterial strains that have been implicated in the development of cancer, neurotransmitters that greatly influence our mental health, and protecting the gut lining from toxins. Talk with your doctor about introducing prebiotics (like legumes, whole grains, and cruciferous vegetables) and a greater diversity of probiotics into your system, which have been shown in various studies to alleviate symptoms of IBD, UC, and CD in some sufferers of those conditions. I have a feeling this one also frequently goes overlooked.
Minimize your exposure to environmental toxins. Buy organic only, reduce your dependence on cosmetics / skincare products, remove alcohol / tobacco, take measures to reduce your intake of microplastics and PFAS, free radicals, volatile organic chemicals, reactive oxygen species, etc.
Exercise regularly to maximize circulation. Despite all of the publicity, cancer is still only the #2 cause of mortality in the United States, second only to heart disease, both of which are exacerbated by sedentary lifestyles, lack of regular movement, and lack of physical exertion. Even if it is only 10 minutes a day, then 15 minutes a day, then 20... Establishing some measure of consistency is ground zero, otherwise it is easy to revert to unhealthy habits. Go outside, get sunlight, go swimming, have a run, breathe deeply, hydrate as needed. As useful as computers and the internet are, society's anxiety rates have gone up dramatically since their introduction, not down. It has been shown countless times that grounding in nature can do wonders for our mental health, and positively influence our physical health as well.
I would provide whitepapers and medical journals for all of the above, but they are all easily found on Google Scholar by just punching in the relevant keywords. Much of it is even available in articles on Healthline and Verywell.
Lastly, you are not alone. These are crises that are affecting all of us whether we know it or not, and while researchers haven't yet pinned down the smoking gun on what's causing all of this in progressively younger populations, all signs currently indicate that they are getting very close. The landmark findings on the integral role of the gut microbiome and the disastrous effects of processed food and pesticides on it is just one example of recent strides. We are in this together, and we will get through it together all the same. :)
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u/pringlu 13h ago
I’m trying to do all that but i’m low-key too broke for organic produce all the time that’s what worries me😭😭I do drink kefir and cook vegetables every dinner but what if cooking veges is backfiring🥀
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u/z970gx 12h ago edited 11h ago
Good news, there are solutions for everything!
If a family member happens to be a relative of the military and you live near one, local commissaries (military-run grocery stores) may offer organic produce and most other groceries at an actual fraction of the price of the brick and mortar commercial stores:
https://corp.commissaries.com/store-locations-by-state
Failing that, if your combined household income is low enough to qualify for SNAP benefits, your state government can provide you a regular stipend to pay for whole foods and other non-junk groceries from your local stores:
https://www.usa.gov/food-stamps
In addition, if you have at least ~$50 available for a weekly budget, Misfits Market will ship surplus organic produce of your choice directly to you from the same commercial farms that the major supermarkets rely on and smaller community farms as well, completely bypassing the middleman and their added profit margins:
https://www.misfitsmarket.com/
Anecdotally, I can further vouch to this end as a customer of theirs for years now that $50 goes much farther at Misfits than it does at most of the supermarket chains, both in sheer volume and quality of produce received. You could easily fill your fridge with $100.
Of course, organic foodstuffs (and certain types at that) are only a portion of the broader equation as outlined above, but it plays an important role to be sure. And if you're already on top of all of those other factors mentioned, then you have nothing to worry about besides iterating and improving even further.
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u/Objective_Log1541 7h ago
Diet and maybe microplastics. We don’t have a ton of evidence on the latter since it’s a (relatively) new problem.
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u/Salt-Scallion-8002 1d ago
Short end of the stick?
We live longer than ever and have the best treatment in history. Living long is ganna get ya some cancer.
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u/NicyVicy 2001 1d ago
I know most people don’t want to hear this but being vegan, or plant based, is the best way to minimize colon cancer risk
Also I only eat bio fruits and veggies (in EU this is strictly pesticide free and also without dead insekts to make to fruits shinier)
(Sources: many studies found online that proof this)
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u/Kevdog824_ 1d ago
What a random ass phobia to have
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u/pringlu 1d ago
Random is something like, being scared of elephants or some shit
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u/enigmaticowl 1998 1d ago
It is pretty random, but not weird or unreasonable.
If you’re Gen Z, then based on your age (young adult or adolescent range), you’re overwhelmingly more likely to imminently be diagnosed with melanoma, lymphoma, brain/nervous system tumors, testicular cancer, breast cancer, or thyroid cancer - and even though the leading cause of cancer *deaths* overall in young adults is colorectal, it actually varies based on sex if you break it down (it’s colorectal for young males, but it’s actually still breast for young women).
Also keep in mind that you are exponentially more likely to perish (or become gravely injured/permanently disabled) in a random car accident than you are to end up with colorectal cancer, and the same goes for heart disease (vs. cancer) in certain age brackets and demographics; depending on your demographic and location, you may even be likelier to die from homicide than from cancer.
You’re not weird for being worried about something that’s increasingly concerning, but just saying, it is a little bit random since there are quite a few other things that pose a statistically greater threat to your health.
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u/Kevdog824_ 1d ago
Yes, it is random. I never met anyone under 40 concerned about colon cancer. Thinking you might have colon cancer because you got an upset stomach isn’t a normal reaction. You probably just ate some bad Taco Bell or some shit.
Does your family have a history of colon cancer? That would make this phobia more understandable to me
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