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  1. The rates of melanoma depend on exposure. While the rate is about 2.1 persons per 100,000 people in the US, it's 71 persons per 100,000 in Australia. This, of course, affects more whites than persons of any other skin color. This means people with lighter skin in sun-bathed areas, such as light-skinned persons in India, are at a higher risk. To compare approximate latitude and general skin color, countries like China and South Korea have very low mortality from skin cancer while the US has relatively high rates from skin cancer. The reason is because people in these countries take precautions against UV exposure through special UV clothing. Tanning is also seen as something to avoid for aesthetic reasons, so most of them do not deliberately expose themselves to the sun even when on the beach. Comparing rates between the US and South Korea, it seems like a good step would be to avoid UV exposure. That doesn't mean wearing sunscreen, which can have carcinogens, but just using things like a sun umbrella, long-sleeved loose clothing, and so on. These practices are also used in places like the Middle East, which has a high sun exposure and some light-skinned persons, and the death rate for melanoma is quite low there as well.
  2. This looks yummy! Just curious what makes it Japanese.
  3. Hi everyone. I've been plant-based before for about three years and went back to it recently due to health issues. I wasn't really "vegan" because I didn't care about the animals. I had a really rough 2016 that included deaths and other issues (including a cancer scare with some tumors) and late 2015 some deaths occurred. I think that's why seeing a factory farming documentary finally got to me. I've seen them before and they never really phased me; they weren't pleasant but never moved me. This time, though, everything just clicked. I wanted to reduce the misery and suffering around the world because this world will give us plenty of suffering...we don't need to add to it. If anyone cares, the documentary was "Lucent" (full-length on YouTube: ). I was actually a member of this forum a few years ago but don't remember any login details. I can say it feels good to be back and I'm happy to say I'm actually, fully vegan. For anyone curious about veganism in Korea, it's pretty much not a thing. I was really surprised when I moved here. I expected there to be soy alternatives and such but they simply do not exist in stores or restaurants. There are a couple vegan restaurants that exist (they're run by a religious group) and there are products you can order online, and they're only available through websites. When I came here, I was plant-based and tried to explain that to the Korean woman I was working with. She said, "No problem" and proceeded to buy me a seafood noodle soup. I explained I couldn't eat it and she offered to buy me pizza, kimbap (it has egg and Spam), and sweet bread with whipped cream. The idea is so foreign that there's not even a word for it, they just use the English word. There's a Korean word for "vegetarian", which I expected because of Buddhism...the problem is that, except for a couple monks I've met, every single Buddhist I met eats meat.
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