CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Vitamin A, Maple Syrup, Percivall Pott

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Ariel Fenster

Document Summary

Diet and obesity attribute 30% to sometimes more than 35% to cancer. One of the first observations came from scientific american in 1892, cancer is most frequent among those branches of the human race where carnivorous habits prevail . Tobacco is a leading cause as high as 30% Infections that create the opportunity for a viral invasion, 15%, 18% Radiation is another cause, air and water pollution, alcohol, and sexual situations, 3% to. Genetics: cancer runs in families, some correlation in this with respect to breast cancer in women. At least 90% are probably associated with environment of one form or another. Some cancers falling, some increasing: general cancer rate is about the same, cancer in children seems to be increasing, five or more servings of fruit a day lowered the risk of prostate cancer by 50% Mistranslation from a document originally written in spanish. Talking about soursop (graviola), tropical fruit: buddhist monk, master tomizawa in japan.