[lambdaba]

> The discovery that chronic inflammation can provide the impetus for cancers to develop is forcing clinicians to rethink their approach to the disease’s prevention.

Alternative health has been saying this for decades. Ketogenic diets + medicinal plants/mushrooms can do a lot, even after the fact.

[danielbln]

Alternative health says a lot of things, many things unsubstantiated. The difficult part is figuring out what's true and what's quackery.

[dsr_]

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[morsch]

It's not hard to say all kinds things if you don't do it with scientific rigor. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to know which of the things are true.

[Spooky23]

Inflammation is typically an immune response. Chronic inflammation is a standard flag that is measured a used by doctors in diagnoses for many years, and by oncologists in particular when treating cancer.

There’s a lot of work right now into immunology and cancer, and they are discovering specific correlations as that progresses. This has nothing to do with mushroom tea, although that probably helps with acute inflammatory issues.

[lomase]

Scientific health has also been saying it for decades.

[amelius]

That's exactly what influencers on TikTok also tell me. These kinds of statement really need proof, otherwise they say very little.

[dapperdrake]

Correlation is symmetric (by "accident") while cause and affect are asymmetric on purpose.

[Der_Einzige]

Intermittent fasting and keto are not alternative health. The science for both of these is excellent especially for reducing diabetes.

[themk]

As far as I understand, Keto helps manage the symptoms of diabetes, but will not prevent it, and (without a source on hand), might actually increase your chances of developing it relative to a healthy diet that includes (mostly unrefined) carbs.