"How come that 90 year old man can smoke a pack of cigarettes since he was 12, and drink a 6 pack of beer every day, and not get cancer?" My Answer: Good Genetics!
Genetics/DNA can fail later in life just as they can be inherited. A simple HPV virus can CAUSE cervical cancer. How do we survive viruses? Our bodies LEARN how to overcome them, which normally means that a genetic change occurs. Otherwise, we would be perpetually sick and die out as a species. Animals and all living things have the susceptibility of being extinct. If the immune system doesn't "LEARN" how to get rid of the most tiny molecules - viruses and all sorts of cellular enemies - they die.
Then what our bodies learn, it's passed on to our children through our DNA... It's part of the wonderful adaptability of the human race, but to some of us - our demise. It's survival of the fittest "Genetics". I thought this might help some women realize that diet is a far cry from "causing" cancer. Why not blame viruses and genetics first? PLEASE?!
If you want to blame diet for your cancer, you might as well also blame every virus you got too. If you want to eat right, just stick to foods that are as close to nature as you can find acceptable, but don't expect it to change your genetic structure for your body to figure out how to combat cancer. Some people could go as far as eating bugs and raw fish, but count me out on that! If someone could prove to me that could cure cancer, I would do it. But no one ever does, cause it just doesn't stand up to scientific scrutney and tests.
More support from the ACS, that cancer can be triggered by a virus. (Boy, this is just the 1st one that has made headlines and commercials recently. Just imagine how many others have caused other cancers. What if flus and colds could cause lung cancer?! Or what if that virus that had you sitting on the toilet and hugging the trash can could cause colon or stomach cancer?!)
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/co...8.asp?rnav=cri
"Do We Know What Causes Cervical Cancer?
In recent years, scientists have made much progress toward understanding the steps that take place in cells of the cervix when cancer develops. In addition, they have identified several risk factors that increase the odds that a woman might develop cervical cancer.
The development of normal human cells mostly depends on the information contained in the cellsÂ’ chromosomes. Chromosomes are large molecules of DNA. DNA is the chemical that carries the instructions for nearly everything our cells do. We usually resemble our parents because they are the source of our DNA. However, DNA affects more than our outward appearance.
During the past few years, scientists have made great progress in understanding how certain changes in DNA can cause normal cells to become cancerous.
Some genes (packets of our DNA) contain instructions for controlling when our cells grow and divide. Certain genes that promote cell division are called
oncogenes. Others that slow down cell division or cause cells to die at the right time are called
tumor suppressor genes. Cancers can be caused by DNA mutations (gene defects) that turn on oncogenes or turn off tumor suppressor genes. Scientists now think that HPV causes the production of 2 proteins known as E6 and E7. When these are produced, they turn off some tumor suppressor genes. This may allow uncontrolled growth of the cervical lining cells, which in some cases will lead to cancer.
But HPV does not completely explain what causes cervical cancer. Most women with HPV donÂ’t get cervical cancer, and certain other risk factors influence which women exposed to HPV are more likely to develop cervical cancer.
Smoking: Smoking produces cancer-causing chemicals that damage the DNA of cervical cells and contribute to the development of cancer.
Immune system deficiency: Another possible cause is immune system deficiency. Our immune system helps keep us free of cancer. HIV (the AIDS virus) infection makes a woman's immune system less able to fight HPV and early cervical cancers."
HPV does not completely explain what causes cervical cancer, but I would be willing to be that Genetic factors DO!
Love yourself, be happy, and do the best you can. I have to struggle every day to try and not be obsessed about all the diets, supplements, and alternative therapies.
This kind of thing helps me to realize that the puzzle is much bigger than what we can see. Literally.
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