What the Health? At the Movies with The Cancer Pod

01/05/22 • 41 min

The Cancer Pod: Integrative Medicine Talk

To vegan or not to vegan? The 2017 movie What the Health? presents its case for adopting an animal-free diet, but does the science the filmmakers cite support their claims?

In the latest pod, Tina and Leah go to the movies and review the first of three food-related films, separating the wheat from the chaff, fact from fiction.

Whether you’ve already seen the movie or not, you will want to hear their take!
Links we mentioned on this episode and other cool stuff:
Definition and History of Veganism The Vegan Society
IARC Definition of Group 1 Carcinogens (scroll to page 2)
Known and Probable Carcinogens cancer.org
Cancer: Carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and processed meat
The Sweet Danger of Sugar Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical School
Intakes of meat, fish, poultry, and eggs and risk of prostate cancer progression DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28474
Are Eggs Risky for Heart Health? Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical School
How It's Made: Cholesterol Production in Your Body Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical School
What is cholesterol? Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dairy and Breast Cancer Risk Study from 2013
A Study Suggests Milk Increases the Risk of Breast Cancer, but AICR Experts Say Not So Fast March 2020, aicr.org
Pesticide Drift epa.gov
Feeding Seaweed to Cattle Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emission by 82% College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, UC Davis

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To vegan or not to vegan? The 2017 movie What the Health? presents its case for adopting an animal-free diet, but does the science the filmmakers cite support their claims?

In the latest pod, Tina and Leah go to the movies and review the first of three food-related films, separating the wheat from the chaff, fact from fiction.

Support the show

THANK YOU for listening!

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Survivorship / Survivorsh!t: Chemo Brain

Chemo brain, brain farts, brain fog, cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI)... no matter what you call it, it is a debilitating side effect that may persist for months or years after treatment ends. CRCI is more than just forgetting why you walked into a room or where you left your keys. You may find yourself struggling to remember a simple word or having a hard time concentrating on a single subject and don’t even mention multitasking!

In this last episode of the year, Dr. Tina Kaczor and Dr. Leah Sherman review the possible causes of CRCI and discuss ways that you can improve brain function. Neural plasticity, which is the ability to create new neural networks at ANY AGE, means that you have the potential for bettering brain function no matter what age you are. As always, you’ll learn a little, laugh a little, and by the end you will have ideas of how to optimize your own health. Thanks for listening!
Links we mentioned on this episode and other cool stuff (Find even more on our Pinterest page!):

Brain Cloudy Blues - Merle Haggard

MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) this is posted for informational purposes only, for accurate assessment please be evaluated by a healthcare professional

Ask the Experts: Understanding and Coping with Breast Cancer-related Cognitive Changes video Breast Cancer Resource Center

Measurement, outcomes and interventions of cognitive function after breast cancer treatment: A narrative review https://doi.org/10.1111/ajco.13484

An update on cancer- and chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction: current status DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2011.03.014

Acetyl L-Carnitine may increase neuropathy in patients receiving paclitaxel

Brain Facts: A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System

Functional and Structural Connectome Features for Machine Learning Chemo-Brain Prediction in Women Treated for Breast Cancer with Chemotherapy

Cytidinediphosphocholine (CDP‐choline) for cognitive and behavioural disturbances associated with chronic cerebral disorders in the elderly

Modulation of cognitive performance and mood by aromas of peppermint a

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In Defense of Food: At the Movies with The Cancer Pod

It’s a new episode of The Cancer Pod podcast and we’re still at the movies. This week we discuss In Defense of Food, a 2015 documentary that tries to answer the question, what can I eat to eat healthy?

The documentary is based on a 2008 book by Michael Pollan, who also has written other best-sellers like The Omnivore’s Dilemma and The Botany of Desire.

Click here for the Unofficial Theme Song for this pod. It’s the song that’s played over the final credits in What the Health (E17 At the Movies), and, in our opinion, it was the best part of that shockumentary.
SPOILER ALERT

Overall Rating (out of 5🥦): Tina 🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦; Leah 🥦🥦🥦🥦 1/2
Legit Evidence (out of 5🔬): Tina 🔬🔬🔬🔬; Leah 🔬🔬🔬

Links we mentioned on this episode and other cool stuff:
Prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States (2017-2018), cdc.gov
Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity, and Severe Obesity Among Children and Adolescents Aged 2–19 Years: United States, 1963–1965 Through 2017–2018, cdc.gov
Clinical growth charts
Prevalence of self-reported obesity among U.S. Adults by state and territory, cdc.gov
Foods from subsidized commodities tied to obesity
Association of Higher Consumption of Foods Derived From Subsidized Commodities With Adverse Cardiometabolic Risk Among US Adults, JAMAAssociation of Specific Dietary Fats With Total and Cause-Specific Mortality, JAMA
Schlitz Vitamin D Beer, Wisconsin Historical Society
Susan Allport, author of The Queen of Fats
The Bigger Picture Campaign
Stanford Nutrition Studies Research Group, Christopher Gardner, Director