I agree, but insurance companies are also evil.

@EdEarl Also true. However, insurance companies get enough in kickbacks to make it worth their while.

@EdEarl are they evil or just capitalistic? Are the two terms equal?

@Spongebob Euphemism for greedy capitalist.

Sick people keep big pharma in business. Healthy people keep big pharma in the negative.

@PeacefulChaos There will always be sick people.
Big Pharma is FAR more worried about marijuana being decriminalized. If people can treat their ailments with pot, they won't need meds. Big Pharma is way more worried about that.

@KKGator I doubt big pharma is worried about the Cannabis boom. They will buy out the small business and/or grow their own (the best money can buy), put "sick" in it and sit back and wait for the prescriptions to be written.

@PeacefulChaos Oh, they're worried. They're pouring millions into the states where it's not legal yet, into the "vote no" campaigns.

@KKGator Its gonna be interesting to see what happens

@demifeministgal I'd expect the rich to have such treatment, if it existed.

@demifeministgal As far as this whole issue of socialized medicine, versus greedy capitalists, the
story is much more complex if people knew the story than emotional statements.

In fact, Genentech's Immunotherapy anti-cancer drug is much more effective than chemo, with none of the horrible side effects. It is covered by most insurance companies in the US. It is a huge advance. Just look up Genentech next-generation cancer drugs.

However, in Great Britain, the National Health Care System, approved Chemo as a treatment for cancer, because it was less expensive, though less effective and had much worse side effects.

While I greatly support socialized medicine, this is an example of a dysfunction in socialized medicine.

@Bob4Health Show me the stats on Americans having this treatment used on them to treat their cancers and then you will have a point. As of now all you have is the existence of this technology. Also provide efficacy rates long term if you can. Then we can have a real chat.

@demifeministgal OK, let's have that real chat.

[gene.com]

@demifeministgal Or this...

[gene.com]

@Bob4Health Which ones did you have in mind? Or do you expect me to read every published article they've ever posted? Do they discuss how often this treatment is used on American cancer patients though? I doubt it is used widespread otherwise there would not be so many cancer deaths in the USA.

Absolutely!!!

Please keep us updated and I will be following you from here on out. Your journey means more to me then you will ever know.

Best wishes to you!

So glad to hear your good progress

Are people showing up for your gallery event. ?

While I don't believe this is a hidden cure, but to answer why it's simple, the medical business gets a fortune for treating people with cancers. That would be all the motivation necessary.

Correct there, because as the Oncologist told my 16 year old ( his patient) and myself, " Everyone has the seeds of cancer of one kind or another within them, but some can escape from it via a stronger, more virulent NATURAL Immune System and others succumb to it relatively easily.
In other words, it's just a roll of the dice as to who gets it and who doesn't.
Btw, to any of those poor ill-informed people out there reading this, YOU CANNOT catch Cancers from a Cancer Patient, it is NOT Contagious, BUT your rank ignorance CAN and DOES do great harm to those who are enduring the affects of the treatments such as hair loss, weight loss, pale skin, etc, etc,.?
AS a line from a poem written by my daughter, Lorrae, whilst undergoing Chemotherapy goes;
"Am I so different."
Am I so different that you feel you must stare,
simply because my Cancer treatments have made me lose my hair...………..

Go with yes or no.

@UrsiMajor *facepalm

Wrong scientism breath I posted 2 facts ABOUT DR BRYZYNSKI antenoplaston therapy illegal in 49 states protected by Texas taxpayers but cheated by Emory University who stole the cure for Jimmah Carter brain cancer. ...greed and criminal powers that be are depending upon scientism and fake news to censor cure researcher who cannot be bribed or coopted like Polish DR BRYZYNSKI here in Houston for over 4 decades

Total truth see my affirmation of @riverman1234

Agreed

True, but on the plus side, it takes some s.o,b.'s too.

@Gareth that’s a mean comment. No one deserves cancer just because they are an SOB.

@Science-guy I'm looking to see where I said "deserve" but all I'm finding is a lot of straw.

All cells need glugose as fuel. Organic is bullshit. No evidence other than it shrinks your wallet

@jwd45244 Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. We are all part of a giant chemistry experiment. I choose to take less, rather than more risk.

@jwd45244
I'm sorry, there are huge differences between conventionally grown produce and organic produce.
For example, researchers at the University of Davis, CA, with the leading Agriculture and Food Science departments in the nation, found that organically grown plants have often100 times of more phytonutrients than conventionally grown foods.

Why? This is not an opinion. This is rock solid science.

When plants are sprayed with pesticides and fungicides they don't produce their own.

Organically grown foods produce their own pesticides and fungicides. These are called
Phytochemicals, literally plant chemicals.

Another name for plant chemicals is Phytonutrients.

These are antioxidants and prevent and reverse many chronic disorders, attacking
abnormal cells in the body. We evolved with phytonutrients.

[ucdintegrativemedicine.com]

@Bob4Health I think the more substantive issue that you are addressing but not stating directly is the toxicity of plants. We became humans with big brains and thrived because our ancestors ate a lot of animal fat and protein. I am largely a carnivore.

@Mitch07102 People had a hard time getting the calories necessary for a big brain. But, then we only had to live long enough to reproduce and raise offspring.

IT does not mean eating meat is healthy long term. Science says the opposite. You eat meat, not for health, as it is harmful to your health, has no fiber, causes heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and can take decades off your life.

I don't think in modern society you want to have the lifespan of someone 500,000 years ago or have any problem getting fat and calories for your big brain.

In fact, if you're like most Americans, you probably would do better with less fat and calories.

@Bob4Health Several points:
-Respectfully, don't be a nutrition theist. Familiarize yourself with what research actually says (not what you've heard) about eating a diet heavy in animal-sourced foods, especially fatty meat. Plants are not the wonder-foods you've been led to believe.
-When our ancestors died early, it was usually because of violence or infection or something similar. When they lived, they were remarkably healthy and largely disease free.
-I weigh a bit less than when I graduated high school. No, I was not and am not overweight. My waist is just less than one half my height, which for men is a great back of the envelope indicator.
-My biomarkers are those of a much younger man. I am 63 and take no medicine for anything, no chronic conditions, no high BP etc. I know I am an N of 1, but again, look at what research actually says.

@Mitch07102 This is aside from the ethics, which you choose to ignore, about causing sentient animals a lifetime of unnecessary suffering. The environmental impact is horrendous, factory farming is the leading cause of climate change. The leading driver of antibiotic resistance. It wastes 100x the water versus eating plants, in a world with a huge shortage of clean drinking water.

Actually, I am quite up on the latest scholarly research. I would ask you to site research. I actually am a scientist, though these days I choose to be a musicians. I don't see where you cited any sources.

Besides the health issues, which I'd be happy to direct you to, Big Aggie Meat Production is the leading cause of climate change. It causes toxic waste dumps, uses 90% of the antibiotics, driving antibiotic resistance.

The reason they are pumped with so many antibiotics is that they are crowded together in utter filth, their ecoli is quite commonly found, plus, with the science of evolution, more deadly Cdif and eColi will emerge, just as MRSA has.

There is replicated research by Neil Barnard, Presidents of the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine, as well as others.

Kaiser Permanente, because of the actual statistics, now recommends a plant-based diet for all their patients? Why? Because the actuary tables and statistics show that it greatly reduces future health issues, health costs, and thus increases their profits.

This research apparently was funded by Kaiser Permanente, those hippies.

[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A healthy, plant-based diet requires planning, reading labels, and discipline. The recommendations for patients who want to follow a plant-based diet may include eating a variety of fruits and vegetables that may include beans, legumes, seeds, nuts, and whole grains and avoiding or limiting animal products, added fats, oils, and refined, processed carbohydrates. The major benefits for patients who decide to start a plant-based diet are the possibility of reducing the number of medications they take to treat a variety of chronic conditions, lower body weight, decreased risk of cancer, and a reduction in their risk of death from ischemic heart disease.

The same is true for my health care, Sutter Health.

Not to mention, the most exciting nutrients we have found, are phytonutrients, literally, plant chemicals that act as antioxidants destroying free radicals and thus the "rust" or bad cells in the body.
These are not found in animal products.

Animal products contain no fiber. That's on of the reasons the WHO has linked eating meat
with cancer of the colon.

Both Medicare and Railroad Retirement now will pay for training in Neil Barnard's Plant-Based, low-fat diet as it is a CURE for diabetes, not covers symptoms, but an actual cure.

You might enjoy watching, Dr. Greger, how not to die. He reviews all the research published in the top scholarly journals in the world.

And, while I'd recommend Dr. Greger's documentary, here's some actual scholarly research.

[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[pcrm.org]

[researchgate.net]

Really when insurance companies are recommending it, that says all you need to know.

And, the research says most humans actually were eating a plant based diet.
[blogs.scientificamerican.com]

@Bob4Health I appreciate that you are a scientist. I am just a business guy. A few comments:

-I get the moral argument. Nonetheless, we are apex predators, it is how we evolved. No matter what you eat, other living things die.
-Yes, methods could be improved. I am not a big fan of antibiotics
-Be careful of the "science" in favor of plant-based diets. Confounding factors, research bias etc. It is not as clear as you may believe
-I suggest you follow Shawn Baker of Instagram. He can be strident at times, but he frequently cites research on this topic. He also points out that the climate change argument is overblown.

If your way of eating works for you, great. Mine works for me.

@Mitch07102 That may have been a point in time. The Plains tribes.
But, still, their diets were mostly plant-based. Even the Plains Tribes. For example, I lived
on the Pine Ridge Reservation and worked for the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Tribe and am quite familiar with their diet and hunting. While everyone knows they hunted the Bison, most of their diets were gathering. They knew every edible plant in their biosphere. They loved fruit and berries. Woshopi was an example of a dish created with wild blueberries. Mother Earth was their pantry.

Apex predator? For a short period of our evolution., but, I digestive system did not evolve from that of a frugarious primate. Thus, the long-term consequences of eating meat. Thus, the high incidences of things like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and worse, cancer of the colon. Meat putrefies in the intestines which is not what we are designed for. that is why carnivores have short digestive systems.

Human's and other primate digestive systems are at 10x longer than carnivores. Thus, we are not truly evolved, when it comes to our health to consume meat. It is an emergency food when homo sapiens couldn't easily get enough healthy food.

The lack of fiber is one of the biggest problems for our health, as fiber is essential to our digestive systems. All plant protein and food contain fiber. Animal products contain none.

@Bob4Health Let's disagree. I will continue to monitor the science as it comes through my feeds and most importantly, me. So far, so good.

As a scientist, you can be open minded re: the dangers of plants and over-stated dangers of meat.

Time will tell. Good health, however you attain it.

Yes fossil fuels and toxic dumpers with slow cancer nukes are exceeding the tolerance levels of most youth and aging seniors. ...one in 7 women get cancer so no cure for them but males are not dropping dead until age 81 so prEyer and corrupt theocracy rules the roosts

@indirect76 Kill all people born in late June & July?

@Stephanie99 He's being facetious . Referring to the zodiac- Cancer sign for people born in that time period.

@UrsiMajor Thanks. I'm not so into the zodiac signs. I completely missed that one.

^^Winner