Experts link chemicals to obesity, diabetes

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Experts link chemicals to obesity, diabetes
Topic Started: Oct 1 2015, 03:32 AM (374 Views)
Darcie	Oct 1 2015, 03:32 AM Post #1
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Quote: New evidence ties hormone-disrupting chemicals to two of the biggest health threats we face today: obesity and diabetes. A task force issued a statement this week on the harm that can come from hormone- or endocrine-disrupting chemicals, also known as EDCs. The statement, released by the Endocrine Society, is based on a review of more than 1,300 studies. The research found mounting evidence to support a connection between the chemicals and health problems including: Diabetes Obesity Heart disease Infertility Hormone-related cancers in women (breast, ovarian, endometrial) Prostate cancer Thyroid disorders Neurodevelopmental issues in children New evidence ties hormone-disrupting chemicals to two of the biggest health threats we face today: obesity and diabetes. Quote: A task force issued a statement this week on the harm that can come from hormone- or endocrine-disrupting chemicals, also known as EDCs. The statement, released by the Endocrine Society, is based on a review of more than 1,300 studies. The research found mounting evidence to support a connection between the chemicals and health problems including: Diabetes Obesity Heart disease Infertility Hormone-related cancers in women (breast, ovarian, endometrial) Prostate cancer Thyroid disorders Neurodevelopmental issues in children http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/experts-link-chemicals-obestiy-diabetes In my know nothing mind I have always thought this was possible, my granddaughter told me it was probable.



angora	Oct 1 2015, 03:51 AM Post #2
WWS Book Club Coordinator Posts: 14,494 Group: Member Member #717 Joined: March 31, 2010	Sure it's probable. We human beings are a short sighted lot. "It's new! it's exciting! We've got to use it!" No, never mind probable problems. " I tell you, we're masters of the universe and get to destroy our environment in any way we please."



heatseeker	Oct 1 2015, 04:07 AM Post #3
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	My problem with stories like this is that they give some people an excuse to ignore other, more obvious contributors to ill health, such as poor diet and lack of exercise.



Darcie	Oct 1 2015, 04:13 AM Post #4
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	heatseeker Oct 1 2015, 04:07 AM My problem with stories like this is that they give some people an excuse to ignore other, more obvious contributors to ill health, such as poor diet and lack of exercise. I unfortunately know lots of people who have a good diet and exercise lots and still have diabetes and other neurological problems. You can't have one without the other. You can exercise and eat right and still have a bad problem. That is a fact that can't be hidden. Unfortunately this is known the chemicals need a lot more airing as we either do not know about it or minimize the importance, easier for us to do as we really don't know what to do to control what goes into our body. Others do that.



Trotsky	Oct 1 2015, 04:16 AM Post #5
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: Bisphenol A (BPA), found in food can linings and cash register receipts Well, there goes my favorite salad of cash register receipts and blue cheese dressing.



Darcie	Oct 1 2015, 04:18 AM Post #6
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Trotsky Oct 1 2015, 04:16 AM Quote: Bisphenol A (BPA), found in food can linings and cash register receipts Well, there goes my favorite salad of cash register receipts and blue cheese dressing. Not to worry Trotsky, I will send you my box of receipts. We are so old we are walking chemical warehouses.



Dana	Oct 1 2015, 05:13 AM Post #7
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	"We are so old we are walking chemical warehouses. " Only if we were prone to using all those chemical containing products rather than trying to limit our exposures to them. Plastic was safe until it wasn't any longer. It has long been thought, by health nuts, that these chemicals are bad for human bodies. I wonder how they are faring compared to those who used.



Darcie	Oct 1 2015, 05:16 AM Post #8
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Dana - my grandfather was a health nut. No insecticide or pesticide etc. touched his crops or cattle. Apart from accidents, and one case of TB all lived to ripe old ages.



Dana	Oct 1 2015, 05:20 AM Post #9
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	I hope my children benefit from the care I took in food prep and the avoidance of unnecessary chemicals in the home and garden. Funny that as I worked in a greenhouse that grew tomatoes hydroponically in the '70's I was growing them in the home garden organically.



angora	Oct 1 2015, 05:31 AM Post #10
WWS Book Club Coordinator Posts: 14,494 Group: Member Member #717 Joined: March 31, 2010	Trotsky Oct 1 2015, 04:16 AM Quote: Bisphenol A (BPA), found in food can linings and cash register receipts Well, there goes my favorite salad of cash register receipts and blue cheese dressing. You never fail me, Trotsky. laugh123



Durgan	Oct 1 2015, 06:08 AM Post #11
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	heatseeker Oct 1 2015, 04:07 AM My problem with stories like this is that they give some people an excuse to ignore other, more obvious contributors to ill health, such as poor diet and lack of exercise. That is my take on such revelations.



Darcie	Oct 1 2015, 07:46 AM Post #12
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Durgan Oct 1 2015, 06:08 AM heatseeker Oct 1 2015, 04:07 AM My problem with stories like this is that they give some people an excuse to ignore other, more obvious contributors to ill health, such as poor diet and lack of exercise. That is my take on such revelations. I feel the same when some of my beliefs are proven to be iffy at best.



wildie	Oct 1 2015, 07:55 AM Post #13
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	There's more to it than diet! We had three kids, all raised in the same environment, fed the same diet. Two are OK but one was Type 1 (juvenile) diabetic. His maternal grand-father was diabetic, as was his maternal great grand-mother! I have a hunch that its caused by a genetic weakness, aggravated by exposure to something environmental. For instance, I wonder about chlorine and fluoride in our water?



heatseeker	Oct 1 2015, 07:57 AM Post #14
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	Of course it is not all down to diet and exercise. But if you eat bad stuff and lots of it and never budge off the sofa you are not doing yourself any good.



Darcie	Oct 1 2015, 08:00 AM Post #15
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	heatseeker Oct 1 2015, 07:57 AM Of course it is not all down to diet and exercise. But if you eat bad stuff and lots of it and never budge off the sofa you are not doing yourself any good. Figure most people know this, but many don't know about the chemical links.



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