| Forces International | SMOKING, ULCER, COLITIS, STOMACH AND COLON CANCER |
Back to main page |
| Forces International | SMOKING, ULCER, COLITIS, STOMACH AND COLON CANCER |
Back to main page |
 |
Fiber Wards Off Colon Cancer - Right on the heels of the study touting a diet of fruit and vegetables as a preventative to heart disease, researchers in France are beating the drums for fiber as a means to ward of colon cancer. Lest anyone get the idea that diet is probably a far better indicator of good health than whether one smokes or not, the researchers make use of their grant money to kiss the behinds of the anti-meat and anti-tobacco crowds. Both red meat consumption and tobacco smoking produce N-Nitroso compounds. One researcher is quoted as saying these compounds are cancerous but several paragraphs down reality rudely intrudes: There is no proof that N-Nitroso compounds in the colon are toxic. "Maybe", "perhaps", "are indicated", "circumstantial evidence". These are the buzz words of people who toil mightily to prove that all the good things of the earth are harmful. After billions of dollars flushed down the drains throughout the Western World, the cause of cancer is still unknown. As the focus shifts from the depleted tobacco companies to the enormously rich fast-food enterprises, be prepared for many more studies that equate "bad" food with smoking tobacco. |
|
Nitric oxide mediates a therapeutic effect of nicotine in ulcerative colitis - "CONCLUSIONS: Nicotine reduces circular muscle activity, predominantly through the release of nitric oxide-this appears to be 'up-regulated' in active ulcerative colitis. These findings may explain some of the therapeutic benefit from nicotine (and smoking) in ulcerative colitis and may account for the colonic motor dysfunction in active disease." |
|
Smoking Does Not Cause Ulcers Or Stomach Cancer - Compendium/discussion of 9 recent studies demonstrating the point in reference. |
|
Ulcerative Colitis Is Associated
With Non-Smoking - "...They have claimed that smokers require more
operations, without noting that their high operation rate in the first years after
diagnosis more likely reflects the doctors' own preference for surgical over medical
management, for which they unfairly blame smokers. Also, after 30 years the probability of
surgery in this disease is nearly 90% anyhow." "By contrast, about 90% of the victims of ulcerative colitis are non-smokers. They are at 3.5 times greater risk than smokers. Environmental tobacco smoke doesn't even make it onto the radar screen. " |
