Another Reason to Drink Wine: Radiation Poisoning
A 2008 study from the University of Pittsburgh, indicates that red wine helps neutralize the effects of radiation exposure.
Resveratrol, the natural antioxidant commonly found in red wine and many plants, may offer protection against radiation exposure…When altered with acetyl, resveratrol administered before radiation exposure proved to protect cells from radiation in mouse models.
So those of you on the west coast who are worried that problems at Japan’s nuclear reactors might cause you to get cancer 20 years from now: drink up. It’s the medically prudent thing to do.
March 14th, 2011 at 4:40 PM
I’m now confused.
Does this mean that after my daily radiation treatments for prostate cancer that the wine I drink at dinner negates the radiation benefit?
The oncologist didn’t think so.
March 14th, 2011 at 4:42 PM
Who you gonna believe, your oncologist — with all his years of indoctrination into corporate medicine — or a blogger linking to an unverified media outlet?
Stay with the establishment if you like. That is, after all what they want you to do.
March 14th, 2011 at 4:47 PM
Well, at least they didn’t want to cut the damned thing out…
Repeat after me: wine is not health food, wine is not health food, wine is not…
If it were, would I be enduring nine weeks of this crap?
March 17th, 2011 at 1:17 AM
It’s a fact: MOST men die WITH prostate cancer…practically NONE die FROM prostate cancer.
If you’re 50 and have a diagnosed aggressive cancer, then maybe do something about it ‘treatment’ wise. If you’re more advanced in years, consider doing NOTHING about it.
I’ve seen the ruin and degradation resulting from the medical profession’s attitude of ‘We Must Treat This.’
Not for me! A handful of years added to their idea of a so-called ‘life’ ain’t worth it.
Plus…recent ‘studies’ (I love the BS that comes from all them ‘studies’) says that an increased PSA level does NOT necessarily indicate treatment of ANY kind.
I don’t care if you’re talking ‘freezing’ it, ‘seeding’ it, ‘radiating’ it, or cutting it. My choice is to FORGET it!
I’ll pour myself another glass, thank you.
March 17th, 2011 at 8:08 AM
Canyn,
A little knowledge often goes a long way, but just as often it goes a short way.
Prostate cancer runs in my family, so I know quite what to expect.
And yes, most men don’t die of prostate cancer–but those who do, die of the cancer having spread into other organs and bones. Ever hear of Frank Zappa? Look up his death certificate.
While I agree with you that the medical profession is not exactly the fountain of all knowledge, and in fact I questioned a prostate cancer study and found that it was a good thing that I did, I also know the nature of cancer in general, which is likely the oldest human disease, and the least willing to be treated.
Want to read a good book about the biography of cancer? Try The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee.
March 17th, 2011 at 10:51 AM
This is an interesting conversation to me. My mother had a complicated though slow-moving thyroid cancer. She seemed perfectly healthy and was very active. Since her surgery, she has led a fairly miserable life. She has a permanent tracheotomy, her voice is mostly gone, she feeds herself through a tube, and though still mentally as sharp as ever she is physically largely helpless.
A couple of weeks ago my sister recalled a recent conversation with mom, who said, in retrospect, that she should have lived with the cancer and opted against surgery. Her lifespan may or may not have been extended by the surgery, but the quality of life was severely diminished for having done it. And all in all she’d rateher have had a higher quality of life.
It’s an interesting perspective, and even discounting the benefit of hindsight a different way of looking at medical care. We have, indeed, gotten really good at extending life, but without much regard for the quality of that life.
It is and must remain entirely an individual decision. Each to his own priorities and beliefs, certainly. But I expect more people to make the no-surgery decision in the future, given what they see other people going through.
March 17th, 2011 at 11:37 AM
hop a plain to japan enter the 12 mile zone and get free radiation treatment. cancer green tee cancer is not a programed normal cell they reproduce by spontaneous cell devision. green tee stunts the growth of cells. if cells don’t reach a large size they will not divide.cancer cells live a vary short time. cancer cells live on sugar The blue dies in some fruits tangle with the sugar when the cancer cell uses the sugar the molecule tangled in the sugar is left in the cancer cell.
March 17th, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Huh?
March 17th, 2011 at 4:01 PM
Huh, indeed. As I said above, a little knowledge goes a short way…but a lot of misconception goes even farther.
Tom, the one thing I did not consider was surgery. In fact, the one thing I fear more than anything is to spend time in a hospital, where more infection and more damage is done to the human body than can be measured. They can’t even come up with healthy food in those places.
Yes, quality of life is preferable over extension of life, but before making such decisions, the patient should do reams of homework.