Bollinger begins chapter 5 using a metaphor, comparing cancer to a car. He uses this analogy in order to show how many people feel when it comes to understanding their bodies in relation to cancer. I agree with Bollinger on page 6, many people are deprived of the information on how to keep themselves healthy and disease free. Bollinger supports his argument on cancer development by describing glucose. He explains that glucose can be very beneficial to a well-functioning cell system, but when someone has cancer, these cells use glucose as their source of food. As a result, glucose becomes one of the body’s worst nightmares. After taking physiology, this actually makes perfect sense to me as I can understand how the internal systems within the body operate.…show more content… This is a huge concept that is not only learned in anatomy and physiology courses, but also in many of the exercise science courses I have taken. Bollinger describes Professor Rosalie David on page 93, who states that cancer is man-made. I like how the idea of cancer being genetic is not focused on, rather an alternative idea of the cause. She believes that cancer can be caused by pollution, the food we eat, and our lifestyle. To an extent, I can support Professor Rosalie David’s argument, as there are increases in cancer within our modern society along with increases in the bad choices that individuals make on a daily basis. I believe that cancer is a huge financial drain and as a society, we need to admit that the system is broke and take actions in order to end the monopolistic drug
