currently: @307 (11:22pm) on wednesday 9.8.10 | 1055 hours since last post
Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
I want to make one thing clear to those who seem uncertain.
My dad did not die because he didn't eat healthy enough.
Again:
My dad did NOT die because he didn't eat healthy enough.
His diet had NOTHING to do with his getting lung cancer or with his death.
He died from lung cancer because he had a disgusting habit of smoking cigarettes AKA inhaling poison for twenty years.
"Smoking causes lung cancer because the smoke itself contains known carcinogenic chemicals such as benzo(a)pyrene and NNK. As these chemicals are deposited into the lungs year on year they cause DNA damage, oxidative stress and inflammation, which promote the initiation and growth of tumors. It is essentially the DNA damage, and the inability of the body to repair that damage, that results in cells starting to divide and multiply in a deviant way that ends up growing into a malignant tumor. Because the lungs are such essential organs for life (ie. healthy lungs are necessary for breathing) and because lung cancer is not easy to detect and cure at an early stage, lung cancer is very often fatal, with a 5-year survival rate around 15%."
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2008/03/smoking-and-lung-cancer.html
It is good to eat healthy.
However, my dad did not die because he ate junk food. Pretty sure the death sticks he smoked are the cause. His body didn't suddenly realize that he wasn't eating enough vegetables and create a tumor as punishment.
Lung cancer is caused by SMOKING.
He died because he SMOKED.
Clear enough?
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