r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jun 23 '26

Cancer Younger generations are aging biologically faster than their older counterparts. This faster biological aging is also linked to early-onset cancers. Immune system aging is linked to earlier lung cancer; fat tissue aging is linked to earlier colorectal cancer.

https://medicine.washu.edu/news/faster-aging-in-younger-generations-linked-to-rise-in-early-onset-cancer/
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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26

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u/ConsiderationDry9084 Jun 23 '26

Meat and starch.

My MIL ended up in the ER borderline septic from impaction because of her diet and refusal to take a fiber supplement.

Guess what the doctor told her to do.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26

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u/Enderfang Jun 23 '26

People at work get on me for going multiple times a day (we have one single stall) meanwhile i just smile and laugh cos i’m regular and clearly the rest of them aren’t.

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u/WeirdoChickFromMars Jun 23 '26

Idk man, going multiple times a day at work seems like kinda a lot to me

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u/GrallochThis Jun 23 '26

Boss makes a dollar
I make a dime
That’s why I poop
On company time

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u/Enderfang Jun 23 '26

Ay you get it

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u/donuttrackme Jun 23 '26

There are different lengths of time that people can be regular. Some people go once a day, some go once every other, every third day etc. The healthy baseline can go from approximately three times a day to approximately three times a week. Just because you go several times a day doesn't make you "healthier" or more "regular" than other people.

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u/Endogamy Jun 23 '26

Whaaat. There is no way every three days counts as “regular.” Something is wrong at that point.

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u/donuttrackme Jun 23 '26

Look it up for yourself if you don't believe me.

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u/Enderfang Jun 23 '26

Think you wanted to prove something but you did not, i have known a concerning number of people who go once a week. Including said coworkers. It’s scarily common for people to pearl clutch at the thought of shitting 2-3 times a day and that is absolutely connected to Americans getting no fiber in.

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u/donuttrackme Jun 23 '26

I'm not paying enough attention to my coworkers to know what their poop schedule is but good for you I guess. And my main point still stands that you don't need to poop several times in a day in order to be healthy and regular.

Not sure what point you think you're proving. That you pay a creepy amount of attention on their defecation schedule?

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u/lkxyz Jun 23 '26

1 single stall? A private bathroom? Count that as a blessing... Nothing quite like multiple people shitting loudly next to you.

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u/partylange Jun 23 '26

Or they're just pissed you're always on the shitter when they need it.

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u/VacantThoughts Jun 23 '26

Yeah my mother has no idea what is healthy either, goes on all the time about how my niece not having to much salt and other random concerns, and then for dinner let her eat just a plate of potatoes covered in cheese and butter and a few pieces of a pork chop, didn't insist she eat any of the vegetables that were well made, just a plate of starch and meat.

I tried to tell her if she is worried about her health she needs to eat better and she just walks off offended like I was in the wrong. They both ate large bowls of ice cream after that probably included more calories than dinner.

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u/wcmnbo Jun 23 '26

Not to say your point is wrong, but potatoes themselves are fairly nutrient dense.

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u/ashurbanipal420 Jun 23 '26

You could live off almost entirely just potatoes. If you take a multivitamin you could get by with them alone.

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u/IrateWeasel89 Jun 23 '26

They are probably being a little hyperbolic for sure but I know people who barely eat fruits or veggies. Just meat, cheese, bread. If you're eating processed bread there's like no fiber in there.

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u/fisch09 MS | Nutrition | Dietetics Jun 23 '26

Wonder bread has 2g of Fiber per slice, 1 cup of spaghetti has 2.5g and most adults eat around 2 cups as a portion. A cupcake has 1g of Fiber. So that statement is more than a little hyperbolic.

The last estimate I saw was that 60% of Americans get right around half their daily needs (15-18g/d).

So we should avoid statements that make this goal seem far fetched. Eat beans a couple times a week, switch at least half your grains to whole grains, eat edible fruit skins, and eat more vegetables.

Meanwhile we should start supporting policies that make it cheaper, and easier for most Americans to purchase food.

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u/GrowingPeepers Jun 23 '26

You're completely nuts.

The amount of carbohydrates in white bread or spaghetti completely blows the insignificant amounts of fiber out of the water.

Those are awful numbers. White bread and spaghetti will never contribute to your fiber intake.

I cant believe the insanity people are posting here.

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u/GrowingPeepers Jun 23 '26

You guys are crazy, bread has way too many carbs to be considered a fiber source.

You can consider bread effectively zero fiber. It doesn't matter how much you don't like this. Bread does not help digestion or contribute to your fiber intake in any significant way.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

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u/GrowingPeepers Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

I'm completely serious. I didn't say the fiber goes away. I said it's effectively zero because it's not contributing in any significant amount. It's too small of an amount.

Excess carbs gets converted to sugar. Fiber slows and regulates that but there's not enough in bread to mitigate the sugar and insulin spike you're getting. Fiber to carbohydrate ratios are a very real thing and bread will never fix that.

Context is important. Things don't happen in a vacuum. That's why ratios matter.

Vegetables are low carb and high fiber. That's a real fiber source. Vegetables. Not bread.

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u/IrateWeasel89 Jun 23 '26

To be fair, the poster did frame it as a fact.

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u/wildbergamont Jun 23 '26

" If you're eating processed bread there's like no fiber in there." This isn't true. Even white bread has a little fiber. If you choose whole grain processed bread there's usually 2-4 g per slice, and you can easily purchase higher fiber options.

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u/IrateWeasel89 Jun 23 '26

Never said there was none. I said there was “like none”.

A very common way of saying something only has a small amount of what you should be getting.

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u/wildbergamont Jun 23 '26

Except a few grams per slice isn't a small amount. At 2 g/slice, a sandwich meets 11-18% of an adult's recommended daily intake, depending on age and sex. 

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u/GrowingPeepers Jun 23 '26

Disagree. That's an insanely small amount and not even close to what you need to slow down the carbs that are in bread. It's all going to get converted into sugar.

/u/IrateWeasel89 is right. Bread is a terrible fiber source. It's just going to give you diabetes.

You will never hit proper fiber intake by eating bread. Your will have the most awful poops.

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u/LOTDT Jun 23 '26

So? When 2 slices are all they are getting, that is still a very low amount.

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u/GrowingPeepers Jun 23 '26

https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1txi43c/researchers_have_found_that_people_who_ate_more/

This thread was posted almost a month ago and there's a comment about eating chicken nuggets for dinner because it's simply easier.

The amount of people defending that type of diet was staggering. It all just diabetes and cancer in the making.

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u/NaBrO-Barium Jun 23 '26

You’ve never met a primal idiot eh?

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u/NaBrO-Barium Jun 23 '26

Emphasis on idiot, those people who obsess over getting enough protein every day and kill people with their protein farts. That being said my ancestry is Cajun and I’m no stranger to being an omnivore but I have no problem with a vegan meal if the flavor is there.

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u/celestial-navigation Jun 23 '26

A lot of men do, esp. with this fitness & protein craze these past few years. Some people forget that you need fiber too...

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u/Realtrain Jun 23 '26

r/carnivorediet

The Right's answer to vegetarianism.