The Astonishing Truth Behind Why Cancer Cases Are Almost Nonexistent in These Three Countries
So here we are, in an era where obsessing over our bodies feels as normal as obsessing over the latest TikTok dance trend. Everyone’s suddenly a self-appointed food guru, armed with diets from vegan kale crusades to full carnivore carnivals, thanks to whatever sneaky algorithm decided to pop up on your feed today. But honestly, amidst all this noise, shouldn’t we just listen to the folks who actually studied the stuff—doctors, scientists, and our own gut feelings? Believe it or not, young people are ditching booze and reaching for cleaner, more natural grub, spooked by skyrocketing rates of cancer and chronic diseases that some experts thrill to call worse for us than smoking. And here’s the kicker: how come the wealthiest countries, with all their avocado toasts and fancy health kale shakes, end up with far worse cancer stats than some less affluent nations? Maybe it’s not about having endless food options but about how close we stick to what our Paleolithic ancestors might nod at approvingly—simple, organic, active lifestyles that keep our mitochondria happy little powerhouses inside us. Could the secret to dodging cancer really be about skipping the ultra-processed junk and just eating like a slightly less greedy caveman? Food for thought, huh? LEARN MORE
In a time where we’re all increasingly obsessed with our bodies and our health, it’s no surprise that our diets are being studied so closely.
If you dare to seek advice on what you should be eating online, then you’ll likely come across a mixture of vegan diets or carnivore diets, depending on your particular algorithm.
Doctors and scientific experts are probably the only people we should be listening to, as well as ourselves and our own bodies, when it comes to deciding what to eat and drink.
Many young people are moving away from alcohol and trying to eat more natural foods, and it’s no surprise given the rapid rise of cancers and chronic illnesses among young people, which has been linked with a diet that is said to be worse for the human body than ‘smoking‘.
One would assume that people living in an affluent country such as the US would have access to the best foods and diets, but the recent explosive diarrhoea outbreak from ‘lettuce’ suggests that that is not alway the case.
In fact, it’s stereotypically poorer countries who seem to boast the lowest cancer rates in the world, which is a question that Steven Bartlett posed to cancer expert Thomas Seyfried on the latest episode of his Diary of a CEO podcast.
Steven Bartlett asked: “High-income countries like Australia, New Zealand, and the United States have the highest rates of cancer. Countries like Niger, Gambia, Nepal consistently rank at the very bottom. Why is that?
Seyfried, a professor of biology at Boston College, replied: “It’s because of our technology. We are still Paleolithic man and our biology has allowed us to store energy efficiently because of times of famine.
“But in diets and lifestyles and the way we are today, exposure to carcinogens and whatever, we chronically damage this (he holds up a replica) organelle. And you can elicit dysregulated cell growth as the result of that.
“This is what Albert Schweitzer found, the famous humanitarian physician. He was specifically looking for cancer in African tribes.
“Paleolithic man, our ancestors from 500,000 years ago. Or modern men, like you said, in these countries, living according to traditional ways, with minimal interference from modern diet and lifestyle issues, have lower amount of cancer in general. What are these guys doing? Well, they have a lot of exercise. They’re eating all organic foods. They’re not under the same kind of stress or exposure to chemicals that modern societies have.
If you can keep your mitochondria healthy, remarkably, [the chances of developing cancer is] extremely low.”
Essentially, the professor suggests that humans evolved to survive on very little food, whereas nowadays a lot of people who are well off will have an almost unlimited source of food at their disposal.
Ultra-processed foods have long been linked with cancer (Getty Stock)
Experts have long linked the growth of ultra-processed foods into our diets as a factor for the increase in colorectal cancer cases and the professor is convinced that they are having an incredibly detrimental impact on our health.
He clarified earlier in the episode that we should all seek to stay away from a ‘red zone’ diet which is extremely high in fatty, ultra-processed foods and instead aim for natural, plant-based foods without all the added chemicals that we see on our supermarket shelves.
We already knew that eating a little less food and not gorging ourselves too much on processed foods, might be the key to keeping our bodies happy and healthy, but it might just be crucial in keeping cancer away as well.
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