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More than half of New Zealanders surveyed say the alcohol industry should not be involved in policy-making.  

The Otago University-Cancer Society research shows of more than 1400 respondents, 16% disagree and 29% are neutral.  

For banning alcohol sponsorship at sporting and community events, 58% are in favour and 19% are opposed. 

Virginia Nicholls, the Alcohol Beverage Council CEO, joined Francesca Rudkin to give another view on the topic of alcohol related health risks. 

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In this episode of the Balancing Chaos podcast, Kelley is joined by Dr. Sanjay Juneja, a triple-board-certified hematologist and medical oncologist. Shortly into his professional career, he became regarded as a seasoned thought leader for his media presence as the 'TheOncDoc’, where he educates over half a million followers on cancer concepts and the latest therapies through relatable, entertaining content.

In this episode, Kelley and Dr. Juneja discuss the importance of mindset and positivity in medical outcomes, highlighting the statistical difference in quality of life and survival for individuals with optimism, self-image positivity, and even prayer. Dr. Juneja also highlights the importance of educating patients with a cancer diagnosis in order to decrease levels of anxiety and to create an empowered path through treatment. Kelley asks Dr. Juneja to describe all of the different lifestyle factors from diet, to exercise, to stress and how each impacts the potential for a cancer diagnosis. Finally, the two talk through the future of cancer treatments and prevention. 

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A suggestion that long workouts aren't essential for those looking to improve their health. 

Australian researchers have discovered three or four minutes of incidental high intensity movement a day is enough to reduce cancer risk.

Sydney University Physical Activity Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis told Heather du Plessis-Allan that it can be small every day activities that will help.

He says that can be things like power walking, carrying groceries, and climbing the stairs.

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Hot dogs are a classic summer cuisine. In fact, Americans will eat 150 million of them on the Fourth of July alone. But hot dogs, as well as other types of processed meat, have a dark side — they’re classified by the World Health Organization as a Group 1 carcinogen and linked to stomach and colorectal cancers, heart disease and more. If this is news to you, you're not alone. In this episode, we discuss everything from how processed meat affects the body to how much we can eat without taking on health risks. 

Hosts: Zach Moore, Katie McCallum (interviewer)
 

Expert: Dr. Valentine Millien, Gastroenterologist 

Notable topics covered: 

• What counts as processed meat 
• Why processed meat is classified as a Group 1 carcinogen 
• What's in processed meat that makes it so bad for us? 
• It's more than digestive issues — processed meat leads to inflammation throughout the body 
• It's not a bad idea to let your doctor know if you've eaten a lot of it in your lifetime 
• Deli meat, charcuterie, beef jerky: Are some types of processed meat less harmful? 
• The truth about "nitrate-free" deli meat 
• You don't have to stop eating processed meat, but how much is too much? 
• Whether the deli meat sliced behind the counter is better than pre-packaged options 
• Dr. Millien's recommendations for healthy swaps 
• The importance of following colorectal cancer screening guidelines 

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Did you know that the air fresheners in your home could be impacting your family's health, weight, and learning abilities?

In this episode, we dive into a topic that affects not only the smell of our homes but also our family's health, weight, and learning abilities: air fresheners.

Discover the surprising connections between air fresheners and asthma attacks, cancer risks, ADHD, and decreased IQ.

We will explore the harmful effects of common household products and chat about how to reduce indoor air pollution without sacrificing a fresh and inviting home environment.

Simple changes can not only safeguard your family's well-being but also contribute to weight loss and increased energy levels.

It's time to create a safer, healthier, and more vibrant home for your loved ones.
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Did you know that the American Cancer Society publishes cancer stats every year? 

There’s good news, bad news and everything in between. 

The Docs read the report, and are breaking it down for you this week. Tune in to find out what you should be paying attention to and how to keep your loved one’s healthy, too. 

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Have you been hearing a lot about the possible connection between growth hormones and cancer risk? Listen to this episode to get more info on what this means and if you should be worried. 

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Dr. H. Peter Soyer is a thoughtful voice in dermatology and dermatopathology who has been studying many different important issues like overdiagnosis and the utility of Fitzpatrick skin typing as a cancer risk factor. He also relates that emotional intelligence has been key throughout his career. Dr. H. Peter Soyer has over 30 years of experience in dermatology. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Graz. He has been the inaugural Chair in Dermatology at The University of Queensland since 2007. He has also been the Director of the Princess Alexandra Hospital Dermatology Department since 2008. His research areas include translational skin cancer research. He is internationally recognized and has particular expertise in dermoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy. He has over 600 publications and an h-index of 70 (Google Scholar). He has been awarded numerous grants, including the Medical Research Future Fund Next Generation Clinical Researchers Program Practitioner Fellowship, the NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship, and the Australian Cancer Research Foundation Australian Centre of Excellence in Melanoma Imaging and Diagnosis. Here are links to some of his recent work: the Fitzpatrick scale and a call for diversity and inclusion, patient-led self-screening after a melanoma diagnosis, second opinions to reduce under- and over- calling of melanoma, and rethinking melanoma in situ and severely dysplastic nevi.

Julie Thompson, ARNP-BC, genetics nurse practitioner at the Nassif Community Cancer Center, joins Dr. Arnold to discuss genetics and its role in prostate cancer risk. 

If you would like to schedule an appointment at our Genetics and Cancer Risk Assessment Clinic, call (319) 558-4876. For more information, visit communitycancercenter.org/genetics.

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How do we define “older” in our older patients living with hepatitis B virus (HBV)? What monitoring and treatment options should be considered for these older patients with chronic HBV infection?

Listen as Nancy Reau, MD, discusses strategies and considerations for monitoring and treating older adults with HBV, illustrated with a patient case.

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Nancy Reau, MD
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Hello everyone and welcome back to Let's Talk Health with Mairi! Today's podcast is coming to you from Tiree. We have been here a week now! How has your week been?

Today's topic: artificial sweeteners and cancer risk.

In this episode:

What are artificial sweeteners?
What is the hype and why are they used as an alternative to  sugar?
What the research suggests about cancer and sweetener consumption - is there a link?
Does artificial sweeteners cause cancer?
Should we be consuming artificial sweeteners or sugar?

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References

Gallus, S., Scotti, L., Negri, E., Talamini, R., Franceschi, S., Montella, M., Giacosa, A., Dal Maso, L. and La Vecchia, C., 2007. Artificial sweeteners and cancer risk in a network of case–control studies. Annals of Oncology, 18(1), pp.40-44.

Andreatta, M.M., Muñoz, S.E., Lantieri, M.J., Eynard, A.R. and Navarro, A., 2008. Artificial sweetener consumption and urinary tract tumors in Cordoba, Argentina. Preventive medicine, 47(1), pp.136-139.

Schernhammer, E.S., Bertrand, K.A., Birmann, B.M., Sampson, L., Willett, W.C. and Feskanich, D., 2012. Consumption of artificial sweetener–and sugar-containing soda and risk of lymphoma and leukemia in men and women. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 96(6), pp.1419-1428.

Bassett, J.K., Milne, R.L., English, D.R., Giles, G.G. and Hodge, A.M., 2020. Consumption of sugar‐sweetened and artificially sweetened soft drinks and risk of cancers not related to obesity. International Journal of Cancer, 146(12), pp.3329-3334.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, worldwide. Geetha Manjunath joins host Pavan Srinath to share how breast cancer is an easily treatable illness in 2020 if caught early.

Over 80,000 women in India still die annually from breast cancer, largely from late detection of cancer. Geetha discusses why breast cancer is so frequent, what factors can lead to a higher risk of cancer, how it can be detected early through regular screening, and how it can be managed.

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KETOGENIC DIET

What is it?

• Very low-carb, moderate-protein and high-fat diet. It typically contains 75% fat, 20% protein and only 5% carbs.
• 20g CHO per day  - Eg 1 apple + ½ cup peas + 4tbsp milk  OR sk latte + ¼ cup chickpeas OR 1 small banana   OR 1 small slice sourdough bread 

Does it work?

• Weight loss - very low CHO intake leads to increased fat metabolism for ketones. 
• The rise in fat burning does not necessarily mean loss of fat stores given the intake of fat in the diet has significantly increased. 
• Studies suggest that the overall body fat balance is equal if not in favour of fat storage!
• CHO insulin model - reduced insulin so less fat stored. Good in theory but a very intensive $40 million study of 17 men were admitted to metabolic wards for intensive monitoring for 2 months - one month high carb, one month ketogenic. Matched calories on both. Subjects spent 2 consecutive days each week residing in metabolic chambers to measure changes in exergy expenditure and underwent DEXA to measure body composition. The study found that the subjects lost more body weight on the ketogenic diet, but rate of fat loss was 50% slower on the keto diet and instead the on the ketogenic diet that subjects lost more water weight and suffered more LBM (muscle protein) catabolism. Interestingly, this was a study funded to explore their hypothesis which was the opposite!

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/104/2/324/4564649

• Epilepsy that is refractory to medication - often as third or fourth line therapy. 
• Cancer - theory based on Warburg effect that cancer’s preferred fuel source is sugar and that by reducing CHO intake we can deplete tumour tissue of the glucose required for tumour cell metabolism. Unfortunately, that’s the case of most of the healthy cells in our body. Sugar fuels everything and cancer can feed off everything, including ketones. 
• As it stands, there are no clinical trials demonstrating a benefit of a ketogenic diet in cancer patients. Studies underway exploring the ability to slow the growth of certain brain tumours. 
• What our best practice guidelines do specify though is that while it may be difficult to induce tumour responses with a ketogenic diet, this does not argue against preferring fat to supply energy to patients with advanced cancer and inflammation-induced insulin resistance - so more avo, nuts, seeds and extra virgin olive oil and less refined sugars. 

DRAWBACKS

Gut Health

• Our carbohydrate sources in our food supply don’t just provide energy. Think about a chickpea. Yeah it’s got carbs, but it’s also loaded with fibre, protein, folate and iron.
• One important factor that we miss when we significantly restrict CHO intake is fibre, prebiotics and the impact on our gut. 
• Bowel cancer risk + digestive health 

Diabetes (T2DM)

• Some proponents suggest ketogenic diet to manage diabetes
• Managing the symptoms - high blood glucose levels - rather than the cause - insulin resistance (may be as a result of being overweight, lack of PA + poor dietary patterns).
• Ketogenic diet has been associated with development of NAFLD and associated hepatic insulin resistance in mice. This can induce or worsen insulin resistance
• Some human studies show an initial improvement in insulin response on a ketogenic diet but this seems to only be temporary - which makes sense given the KD is reducing the symptoms (high blood glucose levels), but may actually be worsening the cause (fatty deposits in the liver and cells)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5452247/

Cardiovascular disease 

• KD are often high in saturated fats
• Breakfast of egg, bacon, bullet coffee; lunch and dinner of M/C, small amount of veg and some cream for dessert...it’s no surprise that this will take its toll.  
• The majority of animal studies suggest that when KD are rich in saturated fats they negatively impact blood lipid profiles and cardiovascular disease risk 
• In human studies, there are really varied results, often depending on the length of time subjects are followed and the profile of their fat intake.
• Some studies highlight that even in cases where KD show a reduction in total and LDL cholesterol, these were significantly more reduced with a high-protein medium-carbohydrate diet than with a KD

Compliance

• Hard! 
• Even in retractable epilepsy compliance may drop to 50% after a few months. For epilepsy this is disappointing for ability to gain disease control, but for the general population this could be a protective mechanism...children have died from scurvy and selenium deficiency and the long term implication for cardiovascular and gut health just might not be what your human control centre wants. 
• 20g CHO per day 
• Eg 1 apple + ½ cup peas + 4tbsp milk OR 1 small banana  OR 1 small slice sourdough bread 

Exogenous ketones

• Introducing ketones from external source can mean you will test positive for the presence of ketones - suggesting you're in “ketosis”. Simply because the ketones exist doesn’t mean you’ve gone through the pathways to get there.
• The presence of ketones signals to the body that you’ve been making them, and therefore may slow or even stop it’s own production of ketones from fat stores. This is a particularly important safety mechanism because ketone blood levels become too high, your blood can become dangerously acidic.
• Therefore, taking exogenous ketones may prevent body fat from being used as fuel, at least in the short term
• One benefit of exogenous ketone esters or slats - often taken as a drink - is that they may reduce circulating levels of our hunger hormone ghrelin. One study of 17 people found reportedly lower levels of hunger after taking the ketone drink. But only effective after a fast, not after a meal
• You’ve also got to bare in mind that ketones contain calories. A single serving of exogenous ketone salts typically contains less than 100kcal or 420kJ, but to maintain a state of ketosis, you’ll need several servings each day = could add up to the energy in a main meal! 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5813183/

• Bulletproof coffee/ MCT oil - contains medium-chain triglycerides, can help keto dieters add more fat to their diets and stay in ketosis. It’s digested more rapidly than traditional fats but can have digestive side effects and again a caloric load.

Action

• If you’re going keto, prioritise unsaturated fats - avo, nuts, seeds, EVOO
• Make your carbs count
• Don’t rely solely on the white ones (white bread, white rice, white potatoes, white pasta)
• Choose CHO sources that offer something else: fibre, protein, vit, min 
• Eg 
  • Fibre: wholegrains such as barley, bulghur, freekeh, spelt, quinoa, oats, legumes, peas, corn, pulse pasta  
  • Protein: legumes, ricotta or cottage cheese
  • Vitamins: sweet pot, peas, corn
  • Minerals: greek yoghurt, milk, ricotta, cottage cheese

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