Médico insinua que Vitaminas são uma boa maneira de fazermos xixi caro

Sem papas na língua (mas também não sei se completamente com razão) médico com responsabilidades na Austrália insinua que, num país com acesso a uma alimentação equilibrada (frutas e legumes) as vitaminas e os minerais (em suplementos) são dispensáveis e só nos fazem "mijar caro":
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/multivitamins-expensive-urine-waste-of-money-vitamins-australian-medical-association-chief-michael-a7578961.html

Números da indústria (citando):

"Nearly half of adults in the UK take multivitamins, with 46 per cent saying they use them daily or occasionally, according to Mintel.

In Australia, the vitamin pill market has doubled over the last decade and seven out of every ten people take some form of supplement, reported ABC.

Industry bodies have said the tablets are useful because many people have poor diets (...)"

Citando:

"“Many of these products have 50 or more ingredients,” he said. “It really is crazy stuff."

"If that’s what you want to do, and you want to give some profits to the companies that produce those products, well good on you. That’s not what I want to do.”"

Estar o dia todo sentado acelera o envelhecimento (afecta ADN)

Artigo com métricas quantitativas interessantes relativas aos telómeros (e crítico negativamente acerca da utilidade do estudo sobre estar sentado acelerar o envelhecimento do ADN):
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2017/01January/Pages/Sitting-down-all-day-may-accelerate-DNA-ageing.aspx


Citando:
"Telomeres are measured in the small sections of nucleic acids that make up DNA, known as base pairs. 
Among women in the study who did less than about 40 minutes of physical activity a day, those who sat longest had shorter telomeres by an average 170 base pairs.
The researchers say telomeres shorten at a rate of 21 base pairs a year – using a rough "back of a fag packet" calculation, 170 equals about eight years.
Sitting time did not seem linked to telomere length for women who did at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day."

Vegans e o Veganuary

Alguns motivos para os vegans serem vegans (o sofrimento animal, a sustentabilidade do planeta e as questões da saúde de cada um - alguns produtos de origem animal terem sido dados como cancerígenos - como o tabaco o é para os pulmões), a diferença entre os vegans e os vegetarianos e o que é o www.veganuary.com:


http://m.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/lifestyle/my-new-year-resolution-to-be-vegan-by-january-35342161.html


Citando:
"While the world's human population has doubled since the 1960s, world meat production has quadrupled. There were nearly five times as many tonnes of pig produced in 2013 compared to 1961, while world chicken production has increased by nearly 13 times. This trend is continuing: it's predicted that by 2050 world meat production will have almost doubled again, as the Western taste for meat, eggs and dairy products grows in developing countries. This increased production will continue to contribute to global warming, pollution, deforestation, land degradation, water scarcity and species extinction."
(...)
"For those who aren't clear, the definition of a vegan is someone who does not eat or use animal products in any form. That means sticking to a plant-based diet, avoiding all animal foods such as meat (including fish, shellfish and insects), dairy, eggs and honey, as well as products like leather and anything that's been tested on animals."
(...)
"vegetarians (people who avoid meat, but eat dairy products and eggs)"


E mais:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/health/six-reasons-go-vegan-according-science/

Cancro da boca a aumentar / Sintomas

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/68-per-cent-increase-in-mouth-cancer-cases-blamed-on-unhealthy-lifestyles-125541134.html
Citando:
"Smokers are most at risk, while other factors include drinking alcohol, having a diet low in fruit and veg, and infection with the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a group of viruses that affect the skin and the body’s moist membranes.
Mouth cancer – also known as oral cancer – includes cancer of the lips, tongue, mouth (gums and palate), tonsils and the middle part of the throat."
(...)
"An ulcer or sore in your mouth or tongue that won’t go away, a lump on your lip or in your mouth, a red or red and white patch in your mouth or an unexplained lump in your neck are all things to look out for. "

Números dos diabetes disparam na Índia

http://m.timesofindia.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/Over-30-mn-diabetics-in-India-in-one-decade-Experts/articleshow/55431297.cms

Publicidade dos anos 80 e aumento do cancro do pulmão

http://www.heraldscotland.com/News/14499022.Lung_cancer_rates_among_women_on_rise_due_to_80s_adverts/


Citando:
"Gregor McNie, Cancer Research UK’s senior public affairs manager in Scotland, said this reflected trends in the popularity of smoking. He said: “Male smoking peaked in the 1970s and started declining at that point. For women it was more in the 1980s.




“Also tobacco marketing focused more on women in the 1980s, targeting housewives.
“The lung cancer rates are a decade behind for women.”
If the figures are adjusted for age, incidence of cancer in general dropped by 3% for men but increased by 6% for women over the decade to 2014. "

Os números do cancro - Portal

Excelente recurso (EN):
http://canceratlas.cancer.org/the-burden/

Números de mortes por álcool no RU

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-3471405/Drinkers-warned-deaths-alcohol-linked-diseases-rise.html

Números do cancro no RU

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/health/cancer-rates-continue-to-rise-as-813-people-per-day-diagnosed-with-the-disease-in-uk-1-7745436

Números do cancro em PT

O cancro do colon e o da próstata estão no topo:
http://www.dn.pt/sociedade/interior/morte-de-11-pessoas-por-dia-devido-ao-cancro-do-colon-e-dramatico-5034539.html


http://www.tsf.pt/sociedade/saude/interior/mapa-do-cancro-revela-impacto-da-alimentacao-e-da-falta-de-rastreios-5033564.html
Citando:
[Aumento cancro cólon:]
(...) Nas últimas décadas os portugueses terem passado a comer mais hidratos de carbono, gorduras ou fast-food em detrimento das verduras ou do peixe e da típica dieta mediterrânica.

As estatísticas do cancro

Um artigo desse jornal de referência que é A Bola (gosto mais do Record mas enfim) refere que o Eurostat publicou estatísticas recentemente e que as mesmas confirmam que, apesar do aumento de longevidade aparente, se morte cada vez mais por cancro (e quanto mais novo se é pior são os números):
http://www.abola.pt/mundos/ver.aspx?id=595856 (PT)


E os números do Reino Unido:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-3430937/Cancer-death-rates-fall-10-number-cases-continues-rise.html