FOOD influencers The Happy Pear have apologised “forany offence caused” after posting a video claiming a vegan diet could help prevent cance.
We will endeavour to ensure that this does not happen again.” Issues an apologising on the matter, the brothers said: “The Happy Pear acknowledges that some of the content in a recent post (on Instagram and Facebook) promoting an upcoming podcast with Dr Nitu Bajekal, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist from London UK, has caused offence as a few of the statements were not qualified appropriately. This is NOT true.”
Meet twins Stephen and David Flynn who faced a backlash after they posted a video online suggesting ways to reduce breast cancer risk through diet.
Recently, news has been seen that a couple’s who facing breast cancer and facing it for a long period of time sharing the experience on online media. All we are trying to say is, that breast cancer things will yet to come out. The vegan brothers who were suffering from it, all are fine now. And it was sad that people who bear the breast cancer. But don’t know what’s the point of removing that video. We can’t say that one thing can eliminate the disease.
Breast surgeon and breast cancer survivor Dr Liz O'Riordain called the pair out on social media, stating, "Don't believe everything you see. This video by The ...
He said, "But one of my pet hates about this is the idea that you're responsible for your cancer that you can just eat a healthy diet or and do this or do that and you're not going to get cancer. Your modifiable risk for breast cancer is the amount of risk that you can control by doing everything right or wrong is about 30%." "It's like 'Ooh if you eat the good food you'll be fine' and 'You eat the bad food, you kind of deserve it', and you would be surprised by the amount of patients I have talked to that have struggled with guilt over thinking that they're responsible for their cancer when they are not. I assume they're basing that confident assertion off studies like [Dietary intakes of mushrooms and green tea combine to reduce the risk of breast cancer in Chinese women by Min Xhang et al] because there's very limited data on this. There is very limited data to support that kind of contention, and particularly giving frequencies like two to three times per day, that is nonsense." "Firstly, the evidence based on dairy and breast cancer is incredibly inconsistent and mainly spurious. There are some that find that red meat might slightly increase risk, there's other studies that find eating poultry and chicken products decrease your breast cancer risk, and again you're dancing on the edge of significance, you're dancing on the end of spurious things. But the idea you suddenly have to eat a plant-based diet to avoid this is not evidence-based. "If you on an autopsy table look at someone in their 90s, if they're a woman they'll have the beginnings of breast cancer. Earlier this week, Dr Grimes filmed a video expanding on his criticism of the advice, stating, "We need to stop blaming people for incidences of cancer. Cancer for example is primarily a disease of ageing. Breast surgeon and breast cancer survivor Dr Liz O'Riordain called the pair out on social media, stating, "Don’t believe everything you see.
The Happy Pear twins Stephen and David Flynn have deleted a video claiming changes to your diet can reduce your chances of breast cancer.
‘Diet is not a panacea. ‘Here’s five things to reduce your risk; aim for a healthy body weight, eat mostly whole food, plant-based. One woman wrote: ‘The article was insulting to women who have contacted breast cancer just like me.
In the short snippet, the Irish company claimed that some of the main risk factors for cancer included high levels of saturated fats, dairy products, and animal ...
We will endeavour to ensure that this does not happen again.” It also claimed that “mushrooms reduce your risk of breast cancer" and that you should "eat soy products two to three times per day.” The Happy Pear twins released a statement of apology acknowledging that some of the content of the video may have "caused offence".
The Happy Pear twins have apologised for sharing a controversial video that claimed a vegan diet could help prevent breast cancer.
Former breast cancer surgeon and breast cancer survivor Dr Liz O’Riordan slammed the initial video, saying ‘Don’t believe everything you see. ‘The Happy Pear never represents itself as a medical professional or medical expert,’ the statement continued. We will endeavour to ensure that this does not happen again.’
The Happy Pear twins Stephen and David Flynn have apologised for causing upset after posting a video online suggesting ways to reduce the risk of developing ...
The WHO echoes this, saying it’s “at most 30pc”. “Here’s five things to reduce your risk; aim for a healthy body weight, eat mostly whole food, plant-based. Over video footage, a voiceover on the clip said: “One in seven women in the UK and other high-income countries will get a diagnosis of breast cancer in their lifetime, versus one in a hundred in Hong Kong and one in a thousand in China.