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Post by spindrift on May 5, 2010 12:46:32 GMT
Kerouac wrote:
And do you know why you shouldn't take allopathic medicine with grapefruit/grapefruit juice? No? then I shall tell you. It's because the natural chemicals found in grapefruit enhances the effect of any medicinal substance taken alongside it. Grapefruit extends it's 'life' and prevents the liver from breaking down and expelling the molecules. You could view it like this - you could take half the prescribed dose and get the same effect as if you took the whole dose.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2010 10:44:10 GMT
Thanks. I was more afraid that it just cancelled the medical benefits completely.
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Post by bazfaz on May 21, 2010 10:13:11 GMT
Statins lower cholesterol but researchers claim that there is increased of liver and kidney failure.
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Post by Kimby on May 23, 2010 0:25:05 GMT
And statins are now linked to all kinds of scary conditions, including diabetes, muscle weakness and memory loss.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2010 8:47:37 GMT
Consuming too many dairy products can cause prostate cancer in older men.
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Post by bazfaz on May 26, 2010 14:29:24 GMT
"Research" shows that 520,000 Britons go to work with a hangover every day. Closer reading shows that is twice a week. And don't you like the precision of that number. Men are advised to drink one and a half pints of beer a day. Women are allowed one glass of wine.
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Post by rikita on May 26, 2010 18:54:27 GMT
what about men that want to drink wine or women that want to drink beer? kinda funny how the prefered drinks for each are assumed in those advices...
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Post by bazfaz on May 26, 2010 20:15:01 GMT
For 50 years I have drunk wine with my evening meal (when I was young I could have wine at lunch also, but no longer). I have four glasses. I think the research was carried out by Mormons.
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Post by bazfaz on May 28, 2010 7:10:43 GMT
Researchs claim that brushing your teeth twice a day helps prevent heart disease.
I am curious why the report I read on-line had an ad at the top for Scientology.
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Post by spindrift on May 28, 2010 10:10:35 GMT
Tooth disease and heart disease have been linked for a long time.
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Post by Kimby on May 28, 2010 13:52:58 GMT
Technically, I think it's gum disease (periodontal disease) that's linked to heart problems. Something about inflamation in general not being good for your system.
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Post by bazfaz on May 28, 2010 16:54:55 GMT
I also suspect people who can't be bothered to clean their teeth also take no exercise and gorge on cakes and fatty snacks.
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Post by spindrift on May 28, 2010 17:25:08 GMT
Well, not to split hairs, it's bacteria in the mouth/teeth/gums that can contribute to heart disease.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2010 20:46:34 GMT
Doesn't chewing on raw garlic disinfect and sanitize the mouth?
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Post by paristraveler on May 28, 2010 21:25:08 GMT
Spinny is correct:
"One theory is that oral bacteria can affect the heart when they enter the blood stream, attaching to fatty plaques in the coronary arteries (heart blood vessels) and contributing to clot formation. Coronary artery disease is characterized by a thickening of the walls of the coronary arteries due to the buildup of fatty proteins. Blood clots can obstruct normal blood flow, restricting the amount of nutrients and oxygen required for the heart to function properly. This may lead to heart attacks."
Source:http://www.perio.org/consumer/mbc.heart.ht
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Post by bazfaz on May 29, 2010 7:28:38 GMT
The research was conducted in Scotland and involved 11,000 people over an 8 year period. During this time there were 170 fatal heart attacks. The researchers said that poor teeth cleaners had a 70% greater risk of a fatal heart attack.
I am no statistician but it seems to me that the actual increased danger for those 11.000 people over 8 years is not really very great.
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Post by bjd on May 29, 2010 11:45:13 GMT
If the research was carried out it Scotland, the fatal heart attacks could also have been caused by the fried Mars bars.
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Post by bazfaz on May 29, 2010 14:55:12 GMT
Looking at the figures again...
180 fatal heart attcks over 8 years equals about 21 deaths per year. If non-brushers are 70% more likely to have a heart attack that means, say, 8 good guys had a heart attack and 13 non-brushers did.
So, every year an extra 5 people out of eleven thousand had a heart attack each year. OK, it is measurable as a piece of research but a scare-mongering headline to say (as the BBC did): Brush teeth to avoid heart attack. The increased risk is very very tiny
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Post by bazfaz on Jun 4, 2010 7:20:57 GMT
A psychiatrist in Australia claims that being grumpy helps you think more clearly.
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Post by bazfaz on Jun 6, 2010 20:30:07 GMT
An unmade bed is more healthy, I read today. The average bed contains one and half million dust mites but they don't like the conditions of an unmade bed.
One and a half million? And I thought we had a double bed.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2010 21:04:38 GMT
I washed the sheets this week. Is that bad?
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Post by spindrift on Jun 6, 2010 21:22:08 GMT
I can call the National Accident Line and make a claim for an injury.
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Post by bazfaz on Jun 7, 2010 8:35:25 GMT
I read today that a woman in middle age who lives with a much younger man runs a 20% risk of dying younger (this is not true for a man living with a much younger woman). The research was carried out in Denmark and reportedly involved 2 million couples. I find this research suspect as the population of Denmak is 5.4 million. I would think that children, unmarried people and widows/widowers account for more than 1.4 million.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 8, 2010 6:25:19 GMT
I read today that a woman in middle age who lives with a much younger man runs a 20% risk of dying younger . Did they rule out being murdered by one's spouse who was after her money?
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Post by bazfaz on Jun 9, 2010 7:14:37 GMT
Today I read that short people are 50% more likely to die of a heart attack than tall people.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 9, 2010 15:36:36 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 9, 2010 16:19:17 GMT
That article seems to put the cart before the horse, plus the terminology is confusing. Very logical people would be less gullible which could become cynicism, which could be called "grumpy". But it makes no sense to assume that all grumpy people became that way because of their clear-sighted, thus dismayed, way of viewing the world.
Neither a low state, such as grumpiness, nor an excessively optimistic one would be the ideal frame of mind for making a decision.
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Post by bazfaz on Jun 11, 2010 15:30:03 GMT
I read today that virtually everybody in Scotland is unhealthy because of poor diet, smoking and lack of exercise (and probably not drinking cheap red wine).
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Post by Kimby on Jun 11, 2010 17:01:01 GMT
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Post by bazfaz on Jun 15, 2010 11:32:18 GMT
Hello! I saw the headline: Mobile phone users five times more likely to get a brain tumour. We are among those Luddites who have a mobile phone but only for use in emergencies so I read no further.
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