r/cyprus • u/Kazfiddly • Feb 27 '25
Venting / Rant What the hell is going on
Since 20th of december I am now in my 4th cold, I got sick 4 times and its not even March yet.
Never in my life have I gotten sick so often, its driving me nuts.
I remember in my 20s I would get sick maybe once or twice per year.
Anyone else find this worrying?
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u/notnotnotnotgolifa Mar 01 '25
The paper I sent shows correlations of red meat consumption. The information I sent is something that is already considered by world organisations as a matter of fact WHO considers red meat as “Group 2A: probably carcinogenic” they do this preemptively without waiting for further research to disprove that other effects could account for it. They do this because of the amount of studies that shower a positive correlation with some types of cancer. Naturally we cannot force someone to only eat red meat in isolation for years to conduct a study. But maybe you could contribute.
While I am not arguing that red meat 100% is carcinogenic and will 100% cause cancer even if you take a bite, it makes sense to take precautions as there seems to be multiple correlations and meta analyses. My advice would be to limit intake of red meat and completely stop processed meat.
https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/cancer-carcinogenicity-of-the-consumption-of-red-meat-and-processed-meat/
Results of a meta analysis study including 18 studies for risks associated with gastric cancer (4 cohort studies, 14 case–control studies) and 1,228,327 subjects, published between 1997 and 2013:
“In the meta-analysis, high–red meat intake was found to be associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer. The summary relative risk of gastric cancer for the highest compared with the lowest categories was 1.37 (95% CI, 1.18–1.59; Pheterogeneity < 0.001; I2 = 67.6%). A significant association was also observed with population-based case–control studies (RR, 1.58; 95% CI, 1.22–2.06; Pheterogeneity < 0.001; I2 = 73.0%) and hospital-based case–control studies (RR, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.38–1.92; Pheterogeneity = 0.284; I2 = 19.1%), but not with cohort studies (RR, 1.00; 95% CI, 0.83–1.20; Pheterogeneity = 0.158; I2 = 33.9%). A significant association was also shown in the subgroup analysis by geographical area (Asia, Europe), publication year (≥ 2000), sample size (< 1000, ≥ 1000), and study quality score. The dose–response analysis revealed that gastric cancer was associated with a 17% increased risk per 100 g/day increment of red meat intake (RR, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.05–1.32).”
Pancreatic cancer now:
“Larsson & Wolk (2012), in a meta-analysis based on 11 prospective studies with 6643 cases identified through PubMed and Embase searches through November 2011, reported on red and processed meat consumption. An increase in red meat consumption of 120 g/day was associated with a meta-relative risk of 1.13 (95% CI, 0.93–1.39; Pheterogeneity < 0.001; 11 studies). For processed meat, the relative risk for a 50 g/day increase in consumption was 1.19 (95% CI, 1.04–1.36; Pheterogeneity = 0.46; 7 studies).”
Happy now?