Is cigarette smoking especially heavy smoking a great way to lead a long healthy life ? Is eating fatty foods everyday in enormous quantities guaranteed to give a great healthy heart that works till 100 ? Please answer these questions before you proceed ...
Now another question .. Do all smokers die young in their prime when they have a family and kids in college often of cancer or heart attack ? Do all gluttons die early say in their 40 s or 50 s of heart disease ....
Any educated person irrespective of whether they are a lawyer ,engineer or an accountant know that heavy smoking and gluttonous eating " increase " your chance of an early grave . But its equally known that all smokers dont die young . Just like most rash drivers die not from motor vehicle accident many factors also play in who will die of smoking and gluttonous eating . So should we recommend "eat and be merry ", "smoke and be merry" .
From the days of bubonic plague when millions died a horrible death due to lack of knowledge and no good treatment , science has progressed to such an extent that we know much about many diseases curing many ,preventing many . Polio, small pox , some cancers , list goes on , But still there are many more discoveries to be made, as compared to a car , human body is not designed nor the design print given to humans . Over many centuries many scientists have used the scientific method including statistics to study diseases , their causes and their cures . Just because we do not know hundred percent of some diseases doesnt make the 60 percent we know useless . Thats neither logical or rather is a disrespect to scientists who toiled hard like Madam Curie who dicovered Radium and died in the process .
If one of your relatives these days says he is going to give massage therapy for acute appendicitis you will in all probability shout at him . Why then is it that we smile and encourage seemingly "educated " people who tell other people eat what they want the body will take care ? Is it because we want to eat gluttonously and dont be guilty about it ? It is true that human body is remarkable and in rare cases even certain cancers can disappear by itself .And some people who eat gluttonously live till 100 . But does that mean that cancer shouldnt be treated ? My point is thanks to the internet and google.com people have now the opportunity to learn about science of the human body and its treatments . If you google you will see that many research focussed on rats which were overfed with fatty foods who died early and research to prolong life focus on low calorie diet . Coming back to the cigarette smoking with 4000 or more chemicals many of which are known cancer producers and many studies showing it increases risk of cancer by upto 10 times and heart disease significantly . Though all cigarette smokers dont die early at least my maternal uncle though survived even a brain surgery and eating a low calorie diet died one early morning suddenly of heart attack . He was 52 . He used to smoke a cigarette every 10 minutes from the day i knew him .
. I never try to teach an engineer the microchip to be replaced or the wire to be connected . I am not an expert at that . I never teach a lawyer whether section 302 or 420 should be applied in case of murder . While i am an expert in the clinical science with some idea of its application in engineering . Isnt it then justifiable to blog about it when some "educated " people make random comments about a science which they know little about nor are they keen in learning .
Or is it that im hypersensitive about "freedom of expression in any matter " which is the boon (or bane ) of our democratic country ...
P. S : I sincerely hope that people do some research at least on the books or internet (good quality medical sites ) before giving health advice to people including recommended eating etc . Maybe we can prevent some premature deaths due to wrong but " pleasing advice " .especially since obesity is becoming a major health problem these days ...Please comment .
Now another question .. Do all smokers die young in their prime when they have a family and kids in college often of cancer or heart attack ? Do all gluttons die early say in their 40 s or 50 s of heart disease ....
Any educated person irrespective of whether they are a lawyer ,engineer or an accountant know that heavy smoking and gluttonous eating " increase " your chance of an early grave . But its equally known that all smokers dont die young . Just like most rash drivers die not from motor vehicle accident many factors also play in who will die of smoking and gluttonous eating . So should we recommend "eat and be merry ", "smoke and be merry" .
From the days of bubonic plague when millions died a horrible death due to lack of knowledge and no good treatment , science has progressed to such an extent that we know much about many diseases curing many ,preventing many . Polio, small pox , some cancers , list goes on , But still there are many more discoveries to be made, as compared to a car , human body is not designed nor the design print given to humans . Over many centuries many scientists have used the scientific method including statistics to study diseases , their causes and their cures . Just because we do not know hundred percent of some diseases doesnt make the 60 percent we know useless . Thats neither logical or rather is a disrespect to scientists who toiled hard like Madam Curie who dicovered Radium and died in the process .
If one of your relatives these days says he is going to give massage therapy for acute appendicitis you will in all probability shout at him . Why then is it that we smile and encourage seemingly "educated " people who tell other people eat what they want the body will take care ? Is it because we want to eat gluttonously and dont be guilty about it ? It is true that human body is remarkable and in rare cases even certain cancers can disappear by itself .And some people who eat gluttonously live till 100 . But does that mean that cancer shouldnt be treated ? My point is thanks to the internet and google.com people have now the opportunity to learn about science of the human body and its treatments . If you google you will see that many research focussed on rats which were overfed with fatty foods who died early and research to prolong life focus on low calorie diet . Coming back to the cigarette smoking with 4000 or more chemicals many of which are known cancer producers and many studies showing it increases risk of cancer by upto 10 times and heart disease significantly . Though all cigarette smokers dont die early at least my maternal uncle though survived even a brain surgery and eating a low calorie diet died one early morning suddenly of heart attack . He was 52 . He used to smoke a cigarette every 10 minutes from the day i knew him .
. I never try to teach an engineer the microchip to be replaced or the wire to be connected . I am not an expert at that . I never teach a lawyer whether section 302 or 420 should be applied in case of murder . While i am an expert in the clinical science with some idea of its application in engineering . Isnt it then justifiable to blog about it when some "educated " people make random comments about a science which they know little about nor are they keen in learning .
Or is it that im hypersensitive about "freedom of expression in any matter " which is the boon (or bane ) of our democratic country ...
P. S : I sincerely hope that people do some research at least on the books or internet (good quality medical sites ) before giving health advice to people including recommended eating etc . Maybe we can prevent some premature deaths due to wrong but " pleasing advice " .especially since obesity is becoming a major health problem these days ...Please comment .
My friend in gulf just got an angioplasty for heart attack yesterday evening ... he was only 37 . Let us exercise , eat but healthily and pray for the good odds (genetics ) . And stop smiling when ignorant advice is given ...
ReplyDeleteinteresting... did something happen to bring about this blog?
ReplyDeleteof course ... all blogs are in reaction to my observations :) let people read about medical science and then comment especially "educated" kerala people. I am soon writing a blog on "educated " kerala where they pass comments or protest without at least going through basic facts ...
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