Eskimo used to get their vitamin C together with fish tapeworms.

Modern health personalities and health enthusiasts continue believing dubious stories about the endless nutritional wisdom of primitive people. The reality is more prosaic. Eskimo liked their meat and fish raw, preferably fermented, and used to get their vitamin C by eating raw. Ample amounts of vitamin C, however, used to come at a price.

Does estrogen cause breast cancer? The opinion of Avrum Bluming and Carol Tavris.

Does estrogen cause breast cancer? The opinion of Avrum Bluming and Carol Tavris.

Avrum Bluming and Carol Tavris argue convincingly against estrogen as a causal factor in breast cancer. It is to note, however, that in our review of the published literature, we did notice a correlation between breast cancer and a phenotype where both estrogen and IGF-1 were elevated at the same time. Additional research in this area is needed. Simply dismissing estrogen involvement in postmenopausal breast cancer and being enthusiastic about hormone replacement are not the conclusions that we draw at our current understanding of the problem.