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tyrannosaurus_r t1_itvq8d2 wrote

God, this is awful. And, seriously, something's up with digestive cancers-- it feels like a lot more young people are getting them, which is an extremely disconcerting thought.

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JayV30 t1_itw9mkp wrote

Maybe it's the credit card amount of plastic we ingest weekly.

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SenTedStevens t1_itvqpp6 wrote

And autoimmune diseases in general. Every time I go to a bar/restaurant, the TV is filled with drug commercials to treat these symptoms. There's something nasty in our environment and foods.

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MintyLacroix t1_itw982r wrote

Is it a mystery? We eat pure trash, and our environment is filled with microplastics and chemicals like Teflon. Eating healthy, natural foods is a luxury in this country, which is kind of funny, since it's kind of the opposite in poor countries. Weird reversal.

It's not a wild leap to guess that letting our bodies get filled with foreign microplastics might send our auto-immune system into overdrive.

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kallie412 t1_ity3zbd wrote

a lot of autoimmune illnesses/chronic illnesses are also hereditary or commorbidic of each other as well.

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