Are you obese? How often do you exercise? Do you make your own food or do you eat out of packages? Three critical questions that can lead to type 2 diabetes in anyone

You "inherited" it from your mom by adopting her way of eating. Your wife caught it from you because you infected her with an American diet.

Three books you should read immediately: "Eat to Live", and "Fasting for health" by Dr Joel Fuhrman, and "Sugar, Salt, Fat" by Michael Moss

Both my parents had cancer. My mom had breast cancer and beat it. My dad passed away last year from glioblastoma, brain cancer. I'm cancer free but maybe one day it will be my demise. I remember the docs telling us, me and my two siblings, that it is not hereditary. I don't think they really know.

Have any of you read about the cancer that was or still is attacking the Tasmanian devil population? It’s quite interesting. They have a form of cancer that is like a skin rash that turns into a tumor. Totally contagious and that they pass it along to one another when they touch. Researchers expected it to possibly kill them all off, (awful little creatures) but that was years ago and I have not followed up on the situation. It would be interesting to see what happened to them. I don’t see why human cancer couldn’t mutate into a stronger form and start doing the same thing, like butt cancer, another commenter mentioned.

Type 2 Diabetes is entirely acquired through diet. You can have a genetic predisposition, but it's always about the amount of starch and sugar you are eating. If you switch to a ketogenic diet (which one doesn't matter much) and actually stick to it, the diabetes will go away.

You may have such a strong disposition that it's going to come back whenever you eat any amount of starch or sugar, but while you are eliminating those, the diabetes will go away.

Not discounting gut flora and epigenetics (both are huge factors that we are just barely getting to the heart of) but for diabetes specifically its diet.

What causes cells to go mutant and become cancerous? That is (literally) a multi billion dollar question.

In the past the belief was that it was hereditary, diet, and environmental. But, we are now learning how key the roll of viruses are in cancer.

Some (like cervical cancer) are clear. But, most other cancers, we really have no clue if there is a viral trigger link and which virus triggers the cancer.

So - to answer the question - yes, there is a trigger thru viruses for some cancers, but little is known on this topic.

Phthalates man, shit is everywhere. Massive endocrine disruptor. Linked to just about everything. It's known but nobody wants to talk about it because it's convenient having males feminised and a population sick.

Phthalates, look it up

Interesting idea, but too many variables. Could be issues caused by diet, environment, a bit of both, etc.

There's a lot of evidence that when living with somebody, you share much of their gut flora. Forensics teams have actually tried looking at the bacteria in a household, and identifying if somebody in that household has been in another location by looking at the bacterial signature they left behind. Married couples have a much more similar gut Flora than siblings are parents and children, even accounting for differences in diet and lifestyle. It really does seem to be an exposure thing vs a genetic or even lifestyle thing, although diet and lifestyle does directly effect gut flora.

We believe that gut flora influences behavioural issues, autism, IBS, dementia. Why not diabetes? The bacteria in our gut help break down our food, I bet they do have an effect on how much sugar goes into our bloodstream how quickly, and perhaps has effects on our pancreas as well. This seems quite plausible to me.

Some people have tried an interesting therapy called helminth therapy, which is basically giving a patient parasite, usually one that cannot reproduce, often those found in rats. People have tried it with some effect for individuals with Type 2 diabetes. The theory is that we evolved closely alongside rats and only recently in our hyper-sanitized state have we been without parasites. These parasites also evolved alongside us, humans and parasites both depending on each other for survival in a symbiotic relationship. Helminths were a big part of our gut flora and helminth therapy has shown interesting results for some individuals with ADHD and many chronic diseases.