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But then also when you look at a lot of these chronic diseases, whether it's diabetes, whether it's cancer, these things seem to be on the rise. So... As a nation, it feels like we've got more information than ever before. But when you look at the objective numbers, for some reason, we're not going in the right direction. What's your 30,000 foot view on it?
When I think about something like cancer, it's slightly terrifying because it feels like a game of roulette. It feels like the people that get cancer, it's completely random, and that our outcomes are also a game of roulette. And this is as someone that knows very little about cancer.
When I think about something like cancer, it's slightly terrifying because it feels like a game of roulette. It feels like the people that get cancer, it's completely random, and that our outcomes are also a game of roulette. And this is as someone that knows very little about cancer.
I hear someone that I thought was very, very healthy get cancer, and then their outcomes, whether they beat it or not, also seem to be largely down to chance sometimes. That's how it seems. What do you think of that view?
I hear someone that I thought was very, very healthy get cancer, and then their outcomes, whether they beat it or not, also seem to be largely down to chance sometimes. That's how it seems. What do you think of that view?
Randomly. Well, there's so many cells in my body, so it's going to be a big number, a million.
Randomly. Well, there's so many cells in my body, so it's going to be a big number, a million.
Wow.
Wow.
I'm assuming the opposite also applies. I could eat foods, I can drink things that cause my body to malfunction, i.e. makes the blood vessels unregulated and starts to feed the cancer, right?
I'm assuming the opposite also applies. I could eat foods, I can drink things that cause my body to malfunction, i.e. makes the blood vessels unregulated and starts to feed the cancer, right?
So what are those things then that bring the shield down? It's down, you were saying.
So what are those things then that bring the shield down? It's down, you were saying.
Okay, I've got a question here. Obviously, there's a big movement at the moment around hydration and electrolytes. And these electrolytes have magnesium, potassium, they have sodium in them. So a lot of people are now taking electrolytes to hydrate themselves. Is there a risk here?
Okay, I've got a question here. Obviously, there's a big movement at the moment around hydration and electrolytes. And these electrolytes have magnesium, potassium, they have sodium in them. So a lot of people are now taking electrolytes to hydrate themselves. Is there a risk here?
And I was thinking about stress as well.
And I was thinking about stress as well.
Yeah, I've noticed that with myself. I've spent the last 10 years running businesses, a little bit more than 10 years now, but probably the last 13 years running businesses. And the only times when I really get sick, where I'm like out for a week, and I really, really feel it, is one week after two weeks of stress.
Yeah, I've noticed that with myself. I've spent the last 10 years running businesses, a little bit more than 10 years now, but probably the last 13 years running businesses. And the only times when I really get sick, where I'm like out for a week, and I really, really feel it, is one week after two weeks of stress.
So when I say two weeks of stress, what I mean there is when something happens in my life, business, where that it's kind of chronic and it's enduring stress, I can deal with having a stressful day. I can deal with having two stressful days in a row. But when I've had like two weeks of an enduring issue, like an enduring angst or a problem,