Guest guest Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 Janis, My take on this, as a layman, is that our genes can be altered by chemicals and toxins in our lifetime. Saying that we carry a gene that predisposes us to breast cancer is like saying having eyes predisposes us to blindness. I don't buy it. While there is compelling evidence where Cystic Fibrosis is concerned that a child will get it from genes of the parents, it is still a 50/50 shot. In a local family, 3 out of six have it, and in another family, two out of three, but all the children carry the gene, yet all do not get the disease. What triggers the gene in one, and not the others? There was an article and study done on Autism concerning people from Leominster, MA, when it was discovered that several of them, who were perfectly healthy, had a large incidence of autism in their offspring. Leominister is home to a super clean up site of toxins left from the Grant factory that was there. The residents always knew what color sun glasses were being made that day, by the color of the surrounding sky. So, did breathing in these toxins change their genes? I don't know if they ever found anything conclusive in that study, but it leaves one to question whether genes can be altered during our lifetime and then passed down to children as a mutant of some sort. I believe it to be true, simply based on the theories of evolution. So, to answer your question, no, I don't think it is the gene at all, but I do believe that toxins, chemicals, pesticides, and other harmful pollutants in our air, water, household cleaners, cosmetics, can invade and alter your genes, body chemistry, etc and result in many illnesses, not just cancer, which can then be passed on to a fetus. You can live a healthy, risk free lifestyle, and still breathe in toxic vapors, ingest chemicals, smear toxins on your skin, be subjected to vaccines, etc. Our bodily functions and what makes us ill is not ever one simple thing. It is an accumulation of many things, over periods of time, working for and against our health. We and the world we live in today are very complex. Diane vganmom@... wrote: >Hi again- I showed my nurse friend the information about mammograms. She >wanted me to ask thegroup what you thought about the so called breast cancer >gene. And what are the chances of getting breast cancer with this gene and a >healthy risk free lifestyle. I would also be curious. My nurse friend is very >medically minded.. uggh. So this information may be good for her... > >thank you. > >janis > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 You believe in evolution? -- In Dr , Diane Mackey <dmackey00@c...> wrote: > Janis, > > My take on this, as a layman, is that our genes can be altered by > chemicals and toxins in our lifetime. Saying that we carry a gene that > predisposes us to breast cancer is like saying having eyes predisposes > us to blindness. I don't buy it. > > While there is compelling evidence where Cystic Fibrosis is concerned > that a child will get it from genes of the parents, it is still a 50/50 > shot. In a local family, 3 out of six have it, and in another family, > two out of three, but all the children carry the gene, yet all do not > get the disease. What triggers the gene in one, and not the others? > > There was an article and study done on Autism concerning people from > Leominster, MA, when it was discovered that several of them, who were > perfectly healthy, had a large incidence of autism in their offspring. > Leominister is home to a super clean up site of toxins left from the > Grant factory that was there. The residents always knew what > color sun glasses were being made that day, by the color of the > surrounding sky. So, did breathing in these toxins change their genes? > I don't know if they ever found anything conclusive in that study, but > it leaves one to question whether genes can be altered during our > lifetime and then passed down to children as a mutant of some sort. I > believe it to be true, simply based on the theories of evolution. > > So, to answer your question, no, I don't think it is the gene at all, > but I do believe that toxins, chemicals, pesticides, and other harmful > pollutants in our air, water, household cleaners, cosmetics, can invade > and alter your genes, body chemistry, etc and result in many illnesses, > not just cancer, which can then be passed on to a fetus. You can live a > healthy, risk free lifestyle, and still breathe in toxic vapors, ingest > chemicals, smear toxins on your skin, be subjected to vaccines, etc. > > Our bodily functions and what makes us ill is not ever one simple thing. > It is an accumulation of many things, over periods of time, working > for and against our health. We and the world we live in today are very > complex. > > Diane > > vganmom@a... wrote: > > >Hi again- I showed my nurse friend the information about mammograms. She > >wanted me to ask thegroup what you thought about the so called breast cancer > >gene. And what are the chances of getting breast cancer with this gene and a > >healthy risk free lifestyle. I would also be curious. My nurse friend is very > >medically minded.. uggh. So this information may be good for her... > > > >thank you. > > > >janis > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Diane, I totally agree with what you said. The Leominister story is interesting. Articles keep saying autism has a genetic link. More likely that the genes are altered by vaccines, in my mind. Articles say there is strong proof because twins both have autism - but what about the fact that the twins are vaccinated on the same schedule and face the same environmental toxins at the same level/rate. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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