Our ancestors did not suffer from cancer!

Cancer is not a natural human disease - is a consequence of modern lifestyles. Such a conclusion was made based on the results of a new study.

Sick whether   cancer our ancestors as actively as we do? Researchers from the University of Manchester examined more than a thousand mummies from ancient Egypt and South America. Only a few people have died from cancer, accounting now account for every third death.

The study's authors believe that the epidemic of cancer should not blame nature, and modern Lifestyle   Rights as well as the level of air pollution caused by industrial development. Today, cancer is not a disease that occurs naturally.

A British study shows how cancer rates began to grow dramatically with the beginning of the industrial revolution. This is most clearly by the example of childhood cancer - the most powerful argument against those who claim that we are increasingly ill cancer   because we live longer.

"In industrialized countries mortality cancer is second only to cardiovascular disease - says Professor biomedical Egyptologist Rosalie David. - But in ancient times, this disease occurs extremely rarely. In the natural environment, there is nothing that could cause cancer , a disease created by man. We develop swelling due to air pollution, changes in our diet and lifestyle . Cancer - a modern disease created by modern life. "

The popular view of some scholars that today humanity has cancer   due to the increase in life expectancy, it was refuted by British scientists by the fact that they have found many typically "age" disease in mummies. For example, arthritis or arterial occlusion

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