Everything Causes Cancer

From the food and drink we consume to the air we breathe, the tools we use, and the products we use to wash our bodies, each one of us takes extreme risks just by trying to live in a comfortable manner.

Too much sugar causes cancer, but then, what about sugar substitutes? The answer? Give up the sugar and artificial sweeteners and eat your vegetables -- but WAIT - vegetables cause cancer, too!

Have a hard time getting the sleep you need? Not only are you at greater risk for things like obesity, high blood pressure, mental illness, or accidental death, your poor sleeping habits are putting you at a higher risk for cancer.

Even seemingly benign and often helpful computer monitors are being accused of causing cancer, but unlike the causes I've cited above, there isn't any real research that backs up that claim.


I won't go into tobacco and alcohol. If you don't know those cause cancer already, you have been living under a rock -- and if it has lead in it, you may have cancer already. In that case, you may as well have a cig and a shot of whiskey. To be really rebellious, why not eat some freshly-picked vegetables, down some coffee, wash your hair with a popular shampoo, and chew on a piece of gum that has been sweetened by saccharin -- and for goodness' sake, get some cancer-causing sunlight. The lack of melatonin in your body increases your risk for cancer.... er.... um...

The number one cause of cancer is life. Living  puts us all at risk for cancer and the selfishness each of us exhibits just by doing so is raising carbon levels in the air and is putting everyone at an even higher risk for cancer.

If you are thinking that I do not care about all the people who suffer from cancer, you are wrong. Cancer is not a laughing matter.  Friends of mine have lost their parents to cancer, I have lost relatives, and one of my best friends nearly lost her life to it. My intention is not to poke fun at cancer - but to point out the paranoia that surrounds it.

We worry and fret about it, but guess what? Worrying and fretting are symptoms of stress.

Guess what stress does?

Stress causes cancer. In fact, I suspect stress has more of an impact on whether or not you get cancer than the type of shampoo you use.

There is no way to ensure that you will never get cancer. There are some preventative measures you can take that will decrease your risk, but even with these, you may still get cancer:

1. Get adequate sleep.
2. Eat a healthy diet, but eat all things in moderation.
3. Avoid radiation. 
4. Get some sunlight, but limit your time in the sun. 
5. Exercise.
6. Reduce your stress levels. 
7. Don't smoke.
8. Steer away from alcohol.
9. Lower your risk by not being promiscuous. Those who do not get an STD are less likely to get reproductive cancer and those who avoid oral sex are less likely to get oral cancer.

Be aware that doing these things will not ensure that you will not get cancer. You may also die in a car accident, expire from an embolism, drop from a heart attack, or choke on broccoli. By the way, you can decrease your chances of choking on broccoli by not eating broccoli.

Not eating that cancer-fighting broccoli could reduce your chances of getting cancer from the broccoli.

Want to increase your own chances of surviving cancer? Don't contribute to the paranoia.

  Contribute to finding a cure.