High Cancer Rate in Phuket?

[asdecas]

So, stay away from barbecues, palm oil, smoking, passive smoking, tin mines, the water, the air, diesel, formaldehyde, excessive alcohol, street food, 'chemicals' (sundry), preservatives, "Tyramine or Congeners", the beach and English teaching, you'll be fine.

[hansgruber]

So, stay away from barbecues, palm oil, smoking, passive smoking, tin mines, the water, the air, diesel, formaldehyde, excessive alcohol, street food, 'chemicals' (sundry), preservatives, "Tyramine or Congeners", the beach and English teaching, you'll be fine.

You forgot lady boys and Honda dreams.

Both can be very bad for the health.

[andreandre]

So, stay away from barbecues, palm oil, smoking, passive smoking, tin mines, the water, the air, diesel, formaldehyde, excessive alcohol, street food, 'chemicals' (sundry), preservatives, "Tyramine or Congeners", the beach and English teaching, you'll be fine.

Everything in moderation is the answer.. that applies to things that you do have direct control over anyway..

so many toxins etc are present in so many consumables now that we don't even know about..we are being slowly poisoned simply by being a living human being living and functioning in what should be a normal beneficial manner..

[belg]

the toxin is called:

alcohol, tabacco, sugar , junk food & som tam with uncoocked crab

[KarenBravo]

There are so many different ways to die, that it is foolish being concerned about any one way.

Personally, I don't want to die healthy.

[Shurup]

There are so many different ways to die, that it is foolish being concerned about any one way.

Personally, I don't want to die healthy.

You got your preferences.

Personally I don't want to die young and I don't want to spend the last 5 +/- years of my life on a hospital bed being a burden to my family.

[Valentine]

Eating som tum regularly can expose one to liver cancer & maybe colon cancer due to something from the fermented fish (blaa) which is used in the making. I think their are fairly high rates up in Isaan which could explain the Thai family mentioned in the OP. Heavy metals from the tin mines are certainly a danger as people fish out of them & some of that water is pumped up to Bangwad dam where most of our drinking water comes from.

[francescoassisi]

Release the cranks!

[wealth]

Somtam helps avoid colon cancer, due to the green papaya. Fermented fish is extremely healthy when clean.

Get your daily iodine supplement, but make sure it's from clean sources.

Diabetes is a bigger problem in Thailand. Over 50% have it in Thailand.

In the UK a 15000% cancer rate is expected in 2015. In USA over 10000% increase in diabetes.

Watch out for depopulation programs. They are real ... eugenics movements put in place ....

[dogpoo]

I stopped worrying about things that might or might not kill me a long time ago, god life would be so boring if we listened to all the don't eat this, don't do that brigade, get on with your lives, eat and drink what you like within reason, we are all going to meet the big boss in the sky sooner or later!

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[foxboy]

I stopped worrying about things that might or might not kill me a long time ago, god life would be so boring if we listened to all the don't eat this, don't do that brigade, get on with your lives, eat and drink what you like within reason, we are all going to meet the big boss in the sky sooner or later!

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Correct.

A good pal of mine is a surgeon (major organs) and drinks and smokes with the best of them.

When I asked him how he reconciled his actions with his knowledge of the potential damage he may be doing, he just laughed and said "we've all got to die of something"

[planetdweller]

Follow healthy guidelines in diet and activity and you should be fine.

Find out in advance if people in any potential Condo purchase had been dropping like flies upon inhabiting said property.

Me ? I live dangerously and follow my gut instinct with decisions in life , big or small.

[shaurene]

It is a fact that you need to expose 60% of your body to the sun at least 4-5 times a day to produce a vitamin for prevention of skin cancer, this is why so many people in North America, Europe and many other countries suffer more skin cancer rates. Your body does not produce this vitamin. The other only way is to take Vitamin K2.

[Suradit69]

Palm oil is in everything. Beware.

It is in near everything now ,for sure, but beware of what?

Maybe you meant "be aware" huh?

Maybe then your post has some merit, because to say beware of near everything simply because it contains palm oil is just an over the top unneccessarily alarmist statement.

"...is just an over the top unnecessarily alarmist statement."

As opposed to most of the speculative and alarmist posts that have filled this thread??

Someone starts a thread based on a couple of alleged cases of colon cancer augmented by some gossip about other alleged cancer cases and everything from tin deposits to palm oil to hangovers from overindulgence in beer is cited as causes.

Sounds like someone called another meeting of the Thai Visa Scientific Analysts (and that's not tea in those cups) .

Edited October 24, 2013 by Suradit69

[Guest]

There are so many different ways to die, that it is foolish being concerned about any one way.

Personally, I don't want to die healthy.

You got your preferences.

Personally I don't want to die young and I don't want to spend the last 5 +/- years of my life on a hospital bed being a burden to my family.

You do have the option to euthanize yourself and even get some help to do it in some countries.

One of the craziest phenomena is that modern western societies value the length of the life over the quality of life. I guess it more difficult to put a number value to the quality and therefore get it to the government statistics.

[peterbkk9]

Speaking of Bangkok, PM10 particles, asbestos, pesticides... toxins are everywhere here.

I would not be surprised that in 10-20 years we see even more cancers in Thailand.

Another remark is that most Thais don't eat right.

[shaurene]

There are so many different ways to die, that it is foolish being concerned about any one way.

Personally, I don't want to die healthy.

Just get on with your life, your date for the after life is already decided.

There are so many people dying now that never died before. We have got to get rid of a few billion within the next 40yrs because there will not be enough food. Read that new book by Dan Brown "Inferno" will give you some true facts.

[nvadekar]

Palm oil is in everything. Beware.

and Palm oil is actually quite a bit healthier than western options. Do a bit of research not influenced by the American Fascist food and medical industry and you will see that pans out. In fact where the advise palm oil is bad for you came from the most unhealthy people in the world, Americans, who are well documented for spending more than any other county per person on health care, while getting the worst in western world results. just saying....

[Shurup]

There are so many different ways to die, that it is foolish being concerned about any one way.

Personally, I don't want to die healthy.

You got your preferences.

Personally I don't want to die young and I don't want to spend the last 5 +/- years of my life on a hospital bed being a burden to my family.

You do have the option to euthanize yourself and even get some help to do it in some countries.

One of the craziest phenomena is that modern western societies value the length of the life over the quality of life. I guess it more difficult to put a number value to the quality and therefore get it to the government statistics.

Strange lifestyle you have, what stops you from living long, eventful and good quality life? Ah, I see, "quality life" means different from one person to the other...

[Guest]

You do have the option to euthanize yourself and even get some help to do it in some countries.

One of the craziest phenomena is that modern western societies value the length of the life over the quality of life. I guess it more difficult to put a number value to the quality and therefore get it to the government statistics.

Strange lifestyle you have, what stops you from living long, eventful and good quality life? Ah, I see, "quality life" means different from one person to the other...

I was referring to being a burden to the family, which was mentioned before.

But yes. For me one part of the quality of life is to live moderately free from checking homeopathic health science news whether the eggs are good or bad for the health this current day and time.

[andreandre]

Palm oil is in everything. Beware.

and Palm oil is actually quite a bit healthier than western options. Do a bit of research not influenced by the American Fascist food and medical industry and you will see that pans out. In fact where the advise palm oil is bad for you came from the most unhealthy people in the world, Americans, who are well documented for spending more than any other county per person on health care, while getting the worst in western world results. just saying....

Quite right.like everything....in moderation palm oil is no worse than most other oils..its how its used and the overuse of it now that is the problem...its in so many consumables and in amounts that we have no control over how much we are using..

[Valentine]

Palm oil is in everything. Beware.

and Palm oil is actually quite a bit healthier than western options. Do a bit of research not influenced by the American Fascist food and medical industry and you will see that pans out. In fact where the advise palm oil is bad for you came from the most unhealthy people in the world, Americans, who are well documented for spending more than any other county per person on health care, while getting the worst in western world results. just saying....

Quite right.like everything....in moderation palm oil is no worse than most other oils..its how its used and the overuse of it now that is the problem...its in so many consumables and in amounts that we have no control over how much we are using..

A bit like how coconut oil is becoming increasingly popular after it was unpopular for years due to the soy bean lobby.

[dogpoo]

Lets all stop eating, drinking, breathing, exercising and be miserable, that's what the Information out there would have us do!! Just had a KFC it was lovely and I might be a rascal and have one tomorrow!!

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[enjoybeing]

Well. I know several in the US who are now linking the high Colon cancer rates to Fluoride. I am now seeing in Phuket, and for the past several years, that it is very difficult to buy any bottled water without Fluoride. Pretty disgusting actually. I know many Thai people drinking it everyday! Google up the link between these two, there is alot of info on it.. Also, when you add Aluminum to the mix it gets ALOT worse and it's amazing how many Thai till cook with Aluminum pots and pans.

"In point of fact, fluoride causes more human cancer death, and causes it faster than any other chemical."--Dean Burk -- Congressional Record 21 July 1976

"We would not purposely add arsenic to the water supply. And we would not purposely add lead. But we do add fluoride. The fact is that fluoride is more toxic than lead and just slightly less toxic than arsenic." ----Dr. John Yiamouyianni

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaOoVuBkUKA

[dogpoo]

Let's all just top ourselves now!!

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[godden]

No such thing as bad beer, some are just better than others.

[sirchai]

" Somebody told me that the world is flat". But I doubt it.-

[chiang mai]

Well. I know several in the US who are now linking the high Colon cancer rates to Fluoride. I am now seeing in Phuket, and for the past several years, that it is very difficult to buy any bottled water without Fluoride. Pretty disgusting actually. I know many Thai people drinking it everyday! Google up the link between these two, there is alot of info on it.. Also, when you add Aluminum to the mix it gets ALOT worse and it's amazing how many Thai till cook with Aluminum pots and pans.

"In point of fact, fluoride causes more human cancer death, and causes it faster than any other chemical."--Dean Burk -- Congressional Record 21 July 1976

"We would not purposely add arsenic to the water supply. And we would not purposely add lead. But we do add fluoride. The fact is that fluoride is more toxic than lead and just slightly less toxic than arsenic." ----Dr. John Yiamouyianni

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaOoVuBkUKA

For the love of god, where ever do you dream these things up!:

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Fluoride/Pages/Introduction.aspx

[enjoybeing]

Lets all stop eating, drinking, breathing, exercising and be miserable, that's what the Information out there would have us do!! Just had a KFC it was lovely and I might be a rascal and have one tomorrow!!

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Corporations like KFC seem to not care much about the animals in their factories.

and... At least Thai Chickens are not GMO.. Enjoy your meal ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sARewW_Po64

[stevenl]

Lets all stop eating, drinking, breathing, exercising and be miserable, that's what the Information out there would have us do!! Just had a KFC it was lovely and I might be a rascal and have one tomorrow!!

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Corporations like KFC seem to not care much about the animals in their factories.

and... At least Thai Chickens are not GMO.. Enjoy your meal ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sARewW_Po64

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