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The Eight Types of Cheese You Should Have in Your Fridge at All Times
My fridge is very dairy-heavy. Currently, it is stocked with whole milk, half & half, heavy whipping cream, two types of yogurt (store-bought Greek and a homemade recipe I’m tweaking), sour cream, butter, and all of my various cheeses. (I usually have some labneh in there as well, but I just ran out.) The cheeses are a category onto themselves. At any given moment, I need at least eight.
I do not need eight specific cheeses, but I do need at least one cheese from each of the following categories. (If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen me tweet that I need seven cheeses, but someone pointed out I was missing cream cheese.) These are the cheeses I need to keep myself full and functioning. They are tailored to my particular lifestyle and desires, but I think everyone could benefit from identifying and categorizing their specific cheese needs.
My cheese needs are as follows:
- Snacking cheese: These are my string cheeses, my Babybells, my sticks and pre-wrapped Tillamook “snack portions” that I shove into my mouth as a pre-lifting snack, or in those moments when I’m feeling peckish, but don’t know what to eat.
- Cooking cheese: This is cheese that gets mixed and melted into dishes. It’s usually bagged and pre-shredded, but Velveeta also counts.
- Salad cheese: Ah, my crumbles. This is usually a pre-crumbled blue cheese, though it can be a nice feta, and sometimes there is overlap with our next category (finishing cheese).
- Finishing cheese: This is the cheese you use to finish a dish. It is usually “nice,” and packed with flavor, like Parmigiano Reggiano, Pecorino Romano, and cotija. Finishing cheese can sometimes double as salad cheese.
- Sandwich cheese: These are (obviously) sliced cheeses that go on sandwiches. I usually have two—Dubliner (either a block or pre-sliced) and deli white American (both honor my heritage in their own way).
- Hangry cheese: This is just cottage cheese. It fills a more urgent need than snacking cheese, as it can be shoveled into my mouth.
- Cream cheese: She’s in a category of her own.
- Treat cheese: This is usually a small portion of something aged and crystal-flecked (I’m really into aged gouda right now), but sometimes it’s a super gooey washed rind specimen. I usually eat it with a really good apple.
That’s just me, and though I value my own opinions, I’d love to hear yours. How many cheeses do you keep stocked in your fridge? How many do you need to function? How many do you want? Tell me your cheese categories, your cheese desires, your cheese dreams. Identify your cheese needs, then demand they be met.
When is the next Nintendo Direct? Overview, types of events, more
Since it’s January, a topic of discussion that tends to pop up around this time is when the next Nintendo Direct will be. That’s not much of a surprise, especially since fans are always curious as to what Nintendo has in store. It’s not out of the question for a new presentation to happen as we start the new year so that we can get a better idea as to what’s planned from a first and third-party perspective.
What is a Nintendo Direct?
If you’re somehow stumbling into this post without knowledge of what a Nintendo Direct actually is, we thought we’d give you a brief introduction. To put it simply, a Nintendo Direct is a presentation in which it shares new information directly with fans.
Nintendo Directs have been around for over a decade with the very first presentation airing on October 21, 2011. They have evolved over time in terms of their content, style, and presentation.
With major events during the Switch era, typically we see a host at various points to open and close the show and they often introduce some of the bigger segments. Late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata was the host for many years, but these days it tends to be either Yoshiaki Koizumi or Shinya Takahashi. Also for the general Directs, a different narrator covers various games in a quickfire manner.
Something worth noting for the big Directs is that the content can differ by regions. There have been many instances where a certain title, including a brand new announcement, is covered in the Japanese broadcast but not in the North American / European versions.
What types of presentations are there?
Even when a new Nintendo Direct is announced, it’s not always in the form you might expect. However, the “general” presentations are always the biggest of the bunch. These tend to be announced a day or two in advance, are live streamed, and show off a ton of games from both Nintendo and other companies.
Here’s a brief rundown:
- “General” Nintendo Direct: usually around 40 minutes or so, with first and third-party news; the biggest of the bunch
- Nintendo Direct Mini: a shorter presentation, often not announced in advance, that has first and third-party news
- Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase: only for third-party news, was mostly used in 2020 due to the coronavirus but one did appear in 2022
- Topic-specific Nintendo Direct: usually focusing on one specific game, movie, franchise, etc.
Pokemon Presents and Indie World Showcases are often labeled as Nintendo Directs by some fans, but in reality aren’t associated with the official branding – this is a common mistake. While they have the style of Directs, they are their own thing. There has never actually been a “Pokemon Direct” or “Indie Direct”.
If we’re looking strictly at the main presentations, the longest Direct happened on February 17, 2021, and clocked in at 50 minutes and 45 seconds. Something to keep in mind that lengthier presentations don’t always translate to more announcements. Some fans would even argue that some of the best reveals have happened during shorter ones.
When is the next Nintendo Direct?
Looking at the history of Nintendo Directs since the middle of the Switch era, there are typically three major presentations throughout the year. The first is held in Q1, often in February, but January and March are also possibilities.
The second Nintendo Direct we’re likely in for tends to happen in June to coincide with E3. However, we’ve seen clear disruptions to that – notably in 2020 and 2022. There was nothing at all in 2020 likely due to the coronavirus pandemic, and 2022 only saw a Partner Showcase, which was probably due to the cancellation of E3.
As for the last one of the year, it always happens in September. Announcements are usually made just ahead of the Tokyo Game Show. Over the years, Nintendo has never broken the cycle of September presentations.
We should note that it’s ultimately futile in predicting when a new presentation will air. Although fans will often look at patterns from past years, Nintendo always operates to the beat of its own drum. Even if a Direct is expected at a certain point, there’s no guarantee that one will air.
When the next presentation is announced, we’ll be sure to let you know. You can find the official website here.
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If you have diabetes or high blood sugar, what cannot and can be eaten becomes a major topic of concern. Diet plays a significant role in controlling Type 2 diabetes and as Sumaiya A, Clinical Dietitian, Fortis Hospital, Kalyan, points out, one such beneficial food item for people with diabetes is nuts as they have many nutritional benefits. Nuts are high in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, fibre, vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. The dietitian points out that when a diabetic person consumes nuts, they feel fuller. Due to this, when they have a proper meal, the consumption of the quantity of rice or chapati decreases, which in turn, helps in getting the sugar level under control.
High blood sugar: Why you should have THESE nuts
Sumaiya A lists the different types of nuts that are good for people with diabetes and why:
1) Almond: Consumption of this nut is especially good when it comes to glucose control in pre-diabetes. Almonds are high in many nutrients along with fiber, vitamin E, magnesium, and vitamin 12, so include them in snacks.
2) Pistachio: It has a low glycemic index and eating pistachios improves glycemic status in people having Type 2 diabetes. A Mediterranean diet rich in pistachios improves glucose levels, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and total cholesterol levels.
3) Walnut: It is a store house of omega 3 and is also used to make walnut oil. Walnut contains protein and polyunsaturated fats. Unsaturated fatty acids (monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids) present in walnut may play a role in glucose control and also suppress your appetite by allevating hunger.
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4) Cashew nut: Cashew nut extract has anti-diabetic properties. And while fat content in cashews are relatively higher, most of this is good fat which is healthy for diabetes patients. When it comes to saturated, monosaturated, and polyunsaturated fat, cashews have an ideal fat ratio of 1:2:1. Regular consumption can lower bad cholesterol (LDL) and raise good cholesterol (HDL), which reduces risk of heart ailments. It also helps in lowering blood sugar levels.
5) Peanut: It is high in protein, fats and fibre, while at the same time has a low glycemic index; thus peanuts can reduce the spike in sugar levels.
While nuts are good for health, other health conditions should also be kept in mind and people should consult doctors in case they have problems like heart issues, cholesterol problems, hypertension etc. “All nuts should be consumed in moderate amount to control the sugar levels, and other health conditions,” Sumiaya adds.
A former Google therapist shares the 5 types of perfectionists—and what makes them so successful
Perfectionists aren’t balanced people, and that’s okay.
As a psychotherapist, I’ve worked with many self-described perfectionists, all of them bright, ambitious, hardworking people who inexplicably felt that something was wrong with them.
But as I delved into their stories, as well as the research on perfectionism, I came to a startling realization: Perfectionism is not a pathology, and treating it like one is causing countless people — mostly women — to suffer needlessly.
Which type of perfectionist are you?
Based on my clinical work, I’ve identified five types of perfectionists. As you read through the profiles, keep in mind that perfectionism is a fluid and context-dependent construct.
For example, you could be a messy perfectionist when it comes to dating and an intense perfectionist at work. Understanding your profile will help you appreciate and manage your unique tendencies.
1. Intense perfectionists
Intense perfectionists are effortlessly direct and maintain razor sharp focus when it comes to achieving their goals. Left unchecked, their standards can go from high to impossible, and they can be punitive with others and themselves for not meeting their standards.
2. Classic perfectionists
Classic perfectionists are highly reliable, consistent and detail-oriented, and they add stability to their environment. Left unchecked, they struggle to adapt to spontaneity or a change in routine, and can have a hard time developing meaningful relationships.
3. Parisian perfectionists
Parisian perfectionists possess a live-wire understanding of the power of interpersonal connection and hold a strong capacity for empathy. Left unchecked, their desire to connect to others can metastasize into toxic people-pleasing.
4. Procrastinator perfectionists
Procrastinator perfectionists excel at preparing, can see opportunities from a 360-degree perspective, and have good impulse control. Left unchecked, their preparative measures hit a point of diminishing returns, resulting in indecisiveness and inaction.
5. Messy perfectionists
Messy perfectionists effortlessly push through the anxiety of new beginnings, are superstar idea generators, adapt to spontaneity well, and are naturally enthusiastic. Left unchecked, they struggle to stay focused on their goals, ultimately spreading their energy too thin to follow through on their commitments.
What’s your perfectionist profile?
If you’re not sure which profile best fits you, take the quiz here.
It’s important to understand that when people say, “I’m a perfectionist,” they’re not saying that they expect themselves, others, the weather, or even all events that unfold in life to be perfect.
Perfectionists are powerful, intelligent people who recognize that everything can’t work out perfectly all the time. What they sometimes have trouble with is understanding why they feel so compelled to endlessly strive, or why they can’t just enjoy relaxing “like a normal person.”
Perfectionism is a power, and like any power, it can be harnessed constructively. If you recognize yourself in the perfectionist profiles above, consider exploring your perfectionism. It may surprise you how much power you have.
In the midst of that exploration, also consider this idea: There’s nothing wrong with you.
Katherine Morgan Schafler is a psychotherapist, writer and speaker. Formerly, she was an on-site therapist at Google. She earned degrees and trained at the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University, with postgraduate certification from the Association for Spirituality and Psychotherapy in New York City. Her first book, “The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control” is out now.
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There Are 3 Perfect Types of Men, According to Cheesy Hallmark Christmas Movies
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As a proud girlfriend guy, I’ve seen a lot of cheesy Hallmark Christmas movies. At first, I watched them begrudgingly. Then, I was watching them ironically. Now, I’m a full on fan.
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My long-time girlfriend’s parents literally used to own a Hallmark store in Rochester, New York, so I never really stood a chance. (She’s re-watching The Princess Switch 2: Switched Again again as I type this.)
Hallmark may have invented this holiday movie sub-genre, but I believe it’s been perfected by Netflix. This holiday season, you can also watch overworked girl bosses head back to their hometowns and fall in love with charming innkeepers on Lifetime, Hulu, Prime Video and HBO Max.
The cheesy Hallmark Christmas movie has entered the American zeitgeist with all the enthusiasm of Buddy the Elf, and in between the cliche Mad Libs plots and sappy dialogue, I believe these movies have a lot to reveal about our nation’s troubled id. These movies speak to our deepest desires and innermost longings. They take our cultural grievances and innate fears as human beings and turn them into harmless caricatures.
Sure, on the surface, A Cozy Christmas Inn might be about a big city real estate executive falling in love with the handsome bed and breakfast proprietor in her hometown, but look a little deeper, and you’ll find that the movie speaks to all of the anxieties and fears of professional women in this particular cultural and historical moment. Lean-In style feminism and “You can have it all” urgings have created a generation of unmarried, childless women, a demographic that’s growing fast and amassing major political capital. Depending on where you fall on the tribal divide, these professionals are either singlehandedly destroying the American family, like the whore of Babylon herself, or they’re fiercely independent women who are on average much happier than their married friends.
But in A Cozy Christmas Inn, these fears — of a culture that’s leaving you behind, of growing old, of dying alone, of never having children, the nagging sense that somewhere along the winding path of life you made the wrong choice, the fear that it’s too late for you — is sublimated into whimsical holiday joy.
These movies are filled with cliches that actually speak to something deep inside us all. At a time of skyrocketing inequality and institutional distrust, should we be surprised that heartless business tycoons are the go-to villain of these movies? And as American society gets gayer and gayer, so too does the cheesy Hallmark Christmas movie. Last year, Kristin Stewart, Aubrey Plaza and David Levy teamed up for Hulu’s Happiest Season, a queer take on this genre. Meanwhile, Hallmark is leaning into themes of Christianity in its holiday programming, which means there truly are cheesy Hallmark movies for us all.
These movies are also about second chances, both on camera and off. This year, Lindsay Lohan made her comeback in Netflix’s “Falling for Christmas”.
Because the cheesy Hallmark Christmas movie is at its root a rom-com, they almost always feature a male love interest. And these men, played by a menagerie of C-list actors and used-to-be-famous leading men, have a lot in common.
If my theories about the cheesy Hallmark Christmas movie are correct, then we can actually learn a lot about ourselves by examining the heart-throbs at the center of these movies. And after watching some of the exemplars of the genre, I’ve observed that three types of men appear over and over in these stories.
They are the dream men that appear on the Pinterest board of the soul, and they tell us what we really want — even if we can’t admit it to ourselves.
The Handsome Widower and Single Father
At first, the handsome single dad might seem like an odd choice for a romantic interest, but this man appears over and over again in rom-coms and holiday movies. (Jude Law in The Holiday, Liam Neeson in Love, Actually, and most recently, Chord Overstreet in Falling for Christmas).
What is it about the handsome single father with a tragic past that we find so appealing? Single parents may be anathema on actual dating sites, but in the safe glow of our television screens, they offer stability and safety. Plus, the culture is obsessed with daddies at the moment, as SPY has written before.
At a time when many people put off having children until it’s too late, the handsome widower comes with a ready-made family, like a present wrapped up under the Christmas tree.
A Literal Prince
It doesn’t get more perfect than actual royalty, at least on the silver screen. There are now dozens of cheesy Hallmark Christmas movies about women having an unexpected meet-cute with a royal beau. Netflix has an entire franchise dedicated to the premise, and Vanessa Hudgens alone has starred in four separate Christmas prince movies and counting (see The Princess Switch, The Princess Switch: Switched Again, The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star, and The Knight Before Christmas).
While it might seem like four movies is enough to saturate the market, there are enough Christmas princes for everyone. Though he’s technically more of a Christmas Earl, Asa Butterfield takes his turn as a Christmas prince in the recently released Prime Video movie Your Christmas Or Mine? (See also: The Royal Nanny, Christmas at Castle Hart and A Castle for Christmas.)
Unlike the single dad with a tragic past, it’s easy to see the appeal of the Christmas prince. As more women put off marriage to focus on their career, it seems we still long for a knight in shining armor who can whisk us away to our dream life, where we can be pampered and feted — as we deserve.
The Small Business Owner With a Heart of Gold
The small business owner with a heart of gold is the quintessential American hero. He’s the lifeblood of his local economy. He’s a job creator. He’s constantly besieged by evil bankers, rival businesses and heartless creditors. In real life, he may be the victim of a heartless capitalist system that pits us against each other in a zero-sum, dog-eat-dog competition, but in the cheesy Hallmark Christmas movie, the struggling small business owner always comes out on top, even if it takes an actual Christmas miracle.
Maybe he owns a bakery, or a toy store. In Hallmark’s The Christmas Ornament, he literally owns a “Christmas tree shop,” whatever that means. There’s even a well-known sub-class of the struggling small business owner — that charming innkeeper.
There’s often a lot of overlap between the struggling small business owner and the widowed single father, as in Lohan’s Falling for Christmas, where Overstreet plays a widowed single father who also owns a struggling ski lodge. For another movie in this tradition, check out Hallmark’s Christmas in Homestead, where a Los Angeles movie star must choose between her hot-but-totally-wrong-for-her co-star and the the small-town innkeeper.
Honorable Mention: The Old Flame
Check out Hallmark’s schedule of Christmas movies this weekend and you’ll find no less than 12 movies featuring ex-boyfriends, high school crushes, old flames and former rivals. As with the lovable small business owner, these archetypes aren’t mutually exclusive, and it’s even better if your high school sweetheart now owns a rival inn or is navigating the trials of single fatherhood.
While he’s not quite as appealing as the Christmas prince, his appeal is obvious. Many people nurse feelings for “the one who got away” or mourn a failed relationship where the timing just never worked out. Now, you discover that your ex-boyfriend has matured beyond your wildest dreams. Ultimately, it’s another fantasy. Your high school boyfriend who stayed in your hometown hasn’t become a successful bakery owner — or the lead singer of a famous band, as in Christmas in Tahoe. He’s more likely to live with his parents and have a middle-manager job at a regional flooring distributor.
Still, a girl can dream.
If you’re watching any sappy holiday rom-coms this year, then you won’t have to look very hard to find these leading men.
These movies may be easy to mock, but if you look past the the spunky little girls, the amnesia plotlines, and the aforementioned innkeepers, you’ll find a cinematic cultural tradition that holds up a mirror to our hopes and insecurities.
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Why Certain Types of Music Make Our Brains Sing, and Others Don’t
Summary: Music can induce a range of emotions and help us to better understand different cultures. But what is it that makes us tune in to some songs more than others? Researchers say when we listen to a song, our brains predict what happens next, and that prediction dictates whether we like that song or not.
Source: The Conversation
A few years ago, Spotify published an online interactive map of musical tastes, sorted by city. At the time, Jeanne Added prevailed in Paris and Nantes, and London was partial to local hip hop duo Krept and Kronan. It is well established that music tastes vary over time, by region and even by social group.
However, most brains look alike at birth, so what happens in them that causes us to end up with such disparate music tastes?
Emotions – a story of prediction
If one presented you with a unknown melody and suddenly stopped it, you could be able to sing the note you think fit the best. At least, professional musicians could! In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience in September 2021, we show that similar prediction mechanisms are happening in the brain every time we listen to music, whithout us being necessarly conscious of it.
Those predictions are generated in the auditory cortex and merged with the note that was actually heard, resulting in a “prediction error”. We used this prediction error as a sort of neural score to measure how well the brain could predict the next note in a melody.
Back in 1956, the US composer and musicologist Leonard Meyer theorised that emotion could be induced in music by a sense of satisfaction or frustration derived from the listener’s expectations. Since then, academic advances have helped identify a link between musical expectations and other more complex feelings.
For instance, participants in one study were able to memorize tone sequences much better if they could first accurately predict the notes within.
Now, basic emotions (e.g., joy, sadness or annoyance) can be broken down into two fundamental dimensions, valence and psychological activation, which measure, respectively, how positive an emotion is (e.g., sadness versus joy) and how exciting it is (boredom versus anger). Combining the two helps us define these basic emotions.
Two studies from 2013 and 2018 showed that when participants were asked to rank these two dimensions on a sliding scale, there was a clear relationship between prediction error and emotion. For instance, in those studies, music notes that were less accurately predicted led to emotions with greater psychological activation.
Throughout the history of cognitive neuroscience, pleasure has often been linked to the reward system, particularly with regard to learning processes. Studies have shown that there are particular dopaminergic neurons that react to prediction error.
Among other functions, this process enables us to learn about and predict the world around us. It is not yet clear whether pleasure drives learning or vice versa, but the two processes are undoubtedly connected. This also applies to music.
When we listen to music, the greatest amount of pleasure stems from events predicted with only a moderate level of accuracy. In other words, overly simple and predictable events – or, indeed, overly complex ones – do not necessarily induce new learning and thus generate only a small amount of pleasure.
Most pleasure comes from the events falling in between – those that are complex enough to arouse interest but consistent enough with our predictions to form a pattern.
Predictions dependent on our culture
Nevertheless, our prediction of musical events remains inexorably bound to our musical upbringing. To explore this phenomenon, a group of researchers met with the Sámi people, who inhabit the region stretching between the northernmost reaches of Sweden and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Their traditional singing, known as yoik, differs vastly from Western tonal music due to limited exposure to Western culture.
For a study published in 2000, musicians from Sámi regions, Finland and the rest of Europe (the latter coming from various countries unfamiliar with yoik singing) were asked to listen to excerpts of yoiks that they had never heard before. They were then asked to sing the next note in the song, which had been intentionally left out.
Interestingly, the spread of data varied greatly between groups; not all participants gave the same response, but certain notes were more prevalent than others within each group.
Those who most accurately predicted the next note in the song were the Sámi musicians, followed by the Finnish musicians, who had had more exposure to Sámi music than those from elsewhere in Europe.
Learning new cultures through passive exposure
This brings us to the question of how we learn about cultures, a process known as enculturation. For example, musical time can be divided in different ways. Western musical traditions generally use four-time signatures (as often heard in classic rock ‘n’ roll) or three-time signatures (as heard in waltzes).
However, other cultures use what Western musical theory calls an asymmetrical meter. Balkan music, for instance, is known for asymmetrical meters like nine-time or seven-time signatures.
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To explore these differences, a 2005 study looked at folk melodies with either symmetrical or asymmetrical meters.
In each one, beats were added or removed at a specific moment – something referred to as an “accident” – and then participants of various ages listened to them. Regardless of whether the piece had a symmetrical or asymmetrical meter, infants aged six months or less listened for the same amount of time.
However, 12-month-olds spent considerably more time watching the screen when the “accidents” were introduced into the symmetrical meters compared to the asymmetrical ones.
We could infer from this that the subjects were more surprised by an accident in a symmetrical meter because they interpreted it as a disruption to a familiar pattern.
To test this hypothesis, the researchers had a CD of Balkan music (with asymmetrical metres) played to the infants in their homes. The experiment was repeated after one week of listening, and the infants spent an equal amount of time watching the screen when the accidents were introduced, regardless of whether the meter was symmetrical or asymmetrical.
This means that through passive listening to the Balkan music, they were able to build an internal representation of the musical metric, which allowed them to predict the pattern and detect accidents in both meter types.
A 2010 study found a strikingly similar effect among adults – in this case, not for rhythm but for pitch. These experiments show that passive exposure to music can help us learn the specific musical patterns of a given culture – formally known as the process of enculturation.
Throughout this article, we have seen how passive music listening can change the way we predict musical patterns when presented with a new piece. We have also looked at the myriad ways in which listeners predict such patterns, depending on their culture and how it distorts perception by making them feel pleasure and emotions differently. While more research is needed, these studies have opened new avenues toward understanding why there is such diversity in our music tastes.
What we know for now is that our musical culture (that is, the music we have listened to throughout life) warps our perception and causes our preference for certain pieces over others, whether by similarity or by contrast to pieces that we have already heard.
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5 types of cancer linked to alcohol consumption
This article is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Contact a qualified medical professional before engaging in any physical activity, or making any changes to your diet, medication or lifestyle.
Although there is no cure for cancer, researchers are working harder than ever to find a solution.
Over time, studies have concluded that the development of cancer is linked to a variety of risk factors such as genetics, diet and exercise.
Lifestyle factors also play a role in the development of certain cancers.
Specifically, drinking alcohol has been linked to multiple types of cancer including breast, colon, esophageal, liver and mouth.
How certain foods and beverages are linked to cancer
Substances known as carcinogens have been scientifically proven to cause or contribute to the development of cancer.
Carcinogens can be found in our environment, in chemicals and substances we come in contact with, and are found in the food and drinks we consume.
Certain foods like red meat and processed meats are considered carcinogenic. Additionally, sugary drinks have been indirectly linked to cancer because they contribute to weight gain, which is a risk factor for the condition.
Alcohol is considered a group one carcinogen and a significant contributor to the development of cancer.
Canadian guidelines for drinking
Abiding by Canada’s low-risk alcohol drinking guidelines is a good way to ensure you don’t increase your risk of developing alcohol-related cancer.
The current Canadian guidelines for drinking are as follows:
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Women should have no more than 10 drinks per week or two drinks per day most days.
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Men should have no more than 15 drinks each week or three drinks each day most days.
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On special occasions, women should have no more than three drinks, and men should have no more than four.
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All individuals should avoid drinking every day.
Additionally, Canada’s alcohol guidelines recently suggested that people should refrain from drinking more than three alcoholic beverages per week to lower the risk of developing certain diseases including cancer.
Five types of cancer linked to alcohol consumption
Below are five common cancers that have been scientifically linked to drinking alcohol.
1. Breast cancer
The link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer has not been unanimously defined.
However, the leading theory is that alcohol consumption contributes to estrogen circulation in women who have not yet undergone menopause, which is necessary for breast cancer to develop.
According to Cancer Care Ontario, females who have at least two drinks of alcohol per day increase their risk of developing breast cancer by up to 31 per cent compared to individuals who don’t drink.
This risk is lowered to a 10 per cent increase in women who only drink one alcoholic beverage daily.
2. Colon cancer
Alcohol contributes to the development colon cancer through the creation of polyps. This happens when your body processes alcohol, which can damage colon cell DNA.
In 2020, a study by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer found that alcohol consumption was linked to 20 per cent of new colon cancer cases in Canada.
3. Esophageal cancer
Drinking alcohol can dramatically increase your risk of developing esophageal cancer.
A study from McGill University found that heavy drinkers increased their risk of esophageal cancer by seven times compared to non-drinkers.
The risk of developing esophageal cancer increases when combined with smoking tobacco.
4. Liver cancer
People are encouraged to avoid alcohol for their liver health, but are often unaware that drinking can contribute to alcohol-induced liver cancer and disease.
However, the link between alcohol and liver cancer has been defined as “probable” by the American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research Fund because liver cirrhosis typically encourages people to stop drinking.
5. Mouth and throat cancers
Alcohol consumption increases the risk of developing mouth and throat cancers.
Aside from altering your DNA and affecting your hormonal balance, alcohol can alter your cellular makeup in this area of the body.
As a result, the cells of your mouth and throat may be more permeable to potential carcinogens.
How to lower your risk for cancer linked to alcohol use
While alcohol is directly linked to the development of certain cancers, it’s not a guarantee that you will develop the condition.
However, the best way of lowering your risk of cancer linked to alcohol consumption is to abide by Canada’s low-risk alcohol drinking guidelines.
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‘Ground Breaking’ Patient Who Survived 12 Different Types of Cancer Could Hold Key to Detection and Treating
A unique patient who has survived a dozen different types of cancer tumors over a lifetime could provide the key for researchers to develop new early detection and immunotherapy treatments, say scientists.
A cancer diagnosis can change someone’s life, but 12 is nothing that any of us could probably comprehend.
The course of this individual’s life has been nothing short of extraordinary. They first developed a tumor when almost still a baby, followed by others every few years. In less than forty years of life, the patient has developed twelve tumors, at least five of them malignant, each in a different part of the body.
Despite this death sentence as most would see it, the patient’s immune system seems to be supercharged, and capable of producing anti-inflammatory responses strong enough to fight off all these various cancers.
When the patient first came to Spain’s National Center for Investigative Oncology (CNIO), a blood sample was taken to sequence the genes most frequently involved in hereditary cancer, but no alteration was detected in them. The researchers then analyzed the individual’s entire genome and found mutations in a gene called MAD1L1.
This gene is essential in the process of cell division and proliferation. CNIO researchers analyzed the effect of the mutations detected, and concluded that they cause alterations in the number of chromosomes in the cells—all cells in the human body have 23 pairs of chromosomes.
In animal models, it has been observed that when there are mutations in both copies of this gene—each coming from one parent—the embryo dies. To the astonishment of the researchers, the person in this case has mutations in both copies but has survived—something that has simply never been seen before.
“Academically we cannot speak of a new syndrome because it is the description of a single case, but biologically it is,” said co-author of the study, Miguel Urioste from CNIO.
“Other genes whose mutations alter the number of chromosomes in cells are known, but this case is different because of the aggressiveness, the percentage of aberrations it produces and the extreme susceptibility to a large number of different tumors.”
It is the hypothesis of the reporting authors that the constant production of these double-mutated copies has created a chronic immune system defense to these types of cells, which helps tumors disappear more quickly.
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The discovery that the immune system is capable of unleashing a defensive response against cells with the wrong number of chromosomes is, according to the authors, “one of the most important aspects of this study, which may open up new therapeutic options in the future.” Seventy percent of human tumors have cells with an abnormal number of chromosomes.
Furthermore, this literally one-of-a-kind person could pave the way for better diagnoses.
An individual cell by cell analysis of the patient and some relatives who have single mutations of the MAD1L1 gene revealed, among other anomalies, that the blood cells contained several hundred chromosomally identical lymphocytes, thus coming from a single, rapidly proliferating cell.
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Lymphocytes are defensive cells that attack specific invaders; sometimes, however, a lymphocyte proliferates too much and spreads to form a tumor. That is the process which in this work the single-cell analysis would be capturing: the earliest stages of a cancer.
Based on this finding, the researchers propose in their paper that single-cell analysis can be used to identify cells with tumor potential long before the appearance of clinical symptoms or markers observable in analytical tests.
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