“We’ve long known that being overweight isn’t healthy, but recent research has now definitively linked excess pounds to an increased risk of cancer. In the largest study of its kind, researchers with the American Cancer Society followed almost one million cancer-free men and women for 16 years. At the end of the study, people who were overweight or obese had a higher risk of dying from cancer than those of normal weight.
In both men and women, extra weight was linked to higher rates of death from cancer of the esophagus, colon, rectum, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and kidney, as well as from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and multiple myeloma. Heavier men also had a greater chance of dying from stomach or prostrate cancer while overweight women were more likely to die from cancer of the breast, uterus, cervix, and ovaries. Although it’s still unclear why excess pounds contribute to cancer, researchers point out that extra body fat raises levels of insulin in the blood and estrogen in women, which can both cause cancer cells to multiply (New England Journal of Medicine, April 24, 2003).
Comment: I think that this study gives overweight Americans one more reason to shed pounds, especially since researchers say losing weight could prevent about one out of every six deaths from cancer each year.”
Dr. Andrew Weil, Self Healing, June 2003
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Liver Damage Caused By Acetaminophen
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association determined that it only takes TWO WEEKS for healthy adults to sustain liver damage from acetaminophen use.
The study involved 106 people taking 4 grams of acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and other pain killers) a day for two weeks. Four grams is the maximum daily dose recommended by the manufacturer, so we're not even talking about an "abuse" situation here.
Not one person who received the placebo showed any signs of liver damage. The people taking acetaminophen, however, started having abnormal liver test results—an indication of damage.
The study's co-author determined that people should not exceed 4 grams of acetaminophen per day. Which has me scratching my head—if taking 4 grams a day caused damage, shouldn't people avoid getting even CLOSE to that amount? Let alone over it!
The FDA, in one of their rare sensible moments, saw these findings as cause for limiting the maximum daily dose of drugs containing acetaminophen to 3,250 milligrams per day, and for stronger labels warning of liver side effects. Of course, they're still riding the "increased risk to people who use them improperly" line.
Again, they're maintaining that position even in the face of damage caused to people who were using the drug according to the label's instructions!
Who can blame them, though, when they've got OTC drug makers breathing down their necks? A statement released by McNeil Consumer Healthcare (the manufacturers of Tylenol) said they fear the FDA recommendations could steer consumers away from an "appropriate and safe drug."
"While we share the FDA's mutual goal of preventing and decreasing the misuse and overdose of acetaminophen, we have concerns that some of the FDA recommendations could discourage appropriate use and are not necessary to addressing the root causes of acetaminophen overdose," the statement reads.
You know, it's easy to pay lip service to the "overdose" issue, especially when we're inundated with the message that we can just pop a little pill and pain will go away. But the fact remains—the subjects in the study weren't going over the very limits put in place by the FDA. And no amount of spin is going to change that.
~ Nutrition and Healing - Christine O'Brien
Vertigo and Dizziness Can Be Eliminated. Find Out How Here.
Dave Kazda
Health Educator/Healer
Aromatologist
Herbalist
Quantum Touch Therapist
Member: SelfGrowth.com
knowledge_quest2002@yahoo.com
The study involved 106 people taking 4 grams of acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and other pain killers) a day for two weeks. Four grams is the maximum daily dose recommended by the manufacturer, so we're not even talking about an "abuse" situation here.
Not one person who received the placebo showed any signs of liver damage. The people taking acetaminophen, however, started having abnormal liver test results—an indication of damage.
The study's co-author determined that people should not exceed 4 grams of acetaminophen per day. Which has me scratching my head—if taking 4 grams a day caused damage, shouldn't people avoid getting even CLOSE to that amount? Let alone over it!
The FDA, in one of their rare sensible moments, saw these findings as cause for limiting the maximum daily dose of drugs containing acetaminophen to 3,250 milligrams per day, and for stronger labels warning of liver side effects. Of course, they're still riding the "increased risk to people who use them improperly" line.
Again, they're maintaining that position even in the face of damage caused to people who were using the drug according to the label's instructions!
Who can blame them, though, when they've got OTC drug makers breathing down their necks? A statement released by McNeil Consumer Healthcare (the manufacturers of Tylenol) said they fear the FDA recommendations could steer consumers away from an "appropriate and safe drug."
"While we share the FDA's mutual goal of preventing and decreasing the misuse and overdose of acetaminophen, we have concerns that some of the FDA recommendations could discourage appropriate use and are not necessary to addressing the root causes of acetaminophen overdose," the statement reads.
You know, it's easy to pay lip service to the "overdose" issue, especially when we're inundated with the message that we can just pop a little pill and pain will go away. But the fact remains—the subjects in the study weren't going over the very limits put in place by the FDA. And no amount of spin is going to change that.
~ Nutrition and Healing - Christine O'Brien
Vertigo and Dizziness Can Be Eliminated. Find Out How Here.
Dave Kazda
Health Educator/Healer
Aromatologist
Herbalist
Quantum Touch Therapist
Member: SelfGrowth.com
knowledge_quest2002@yahoo.com
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