CANCER RESEARCH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20365, 20 September 1929, Page 16

CANCER RESEARCH.

Sir,—Mr. W. J. Connor's letter on the 18th inst.. mußt strike a responsive note in many minds.. _ " Why not seek for the cause in something men do or fail to do. . . . Probably some simple breach of the conditions of natural living. . . . Probably. . . . the gradual accumulations of poisons in : the body." I suggest, for discussion and criticism, that the simple habit of over-eating is 85 per cent, of the cause of this scourge; not so much what we eat, as how much. Is it possible that a vigorous campaign on this simple lino—not beclouding the issue with involved considerations of food values—would lead to that reasonable restriction of quantity in diet which would enormously increase the health of the community, and relieve, our. hospitals? I write from some personal and practical experience. Several doctors havo strongly advocated this course. I suggest that 5 per cent, bad chewing, 5 per cent, wrong diet, 5 per cent, irregularity of eating times, 85 per cent, too great quantity have a great deal to do with tho fundamental cause: of cancer, and many other diseases, too. May I also remark that possibly some motor accidents may be due to a heavy dinner taking the blood from the brain, and causing " under-alertness " at the wheel? CA3IABYL.