Sunday surprise: what’s your health tipple?
October 25th, 2015 by Charles Cameron
So — how much got lost in translation?
Sources:
HuffPo, A Glass Of Red Wine Is The Equivalent To An Hour At The Gym, Says New StudyIBT, Drinking Beer Slows Down Alzheimer’s And Parkinson’s DiseaseOf related interest:
HuffPo, Drinking Red Wine May Help Regulate Blood Sugar**
Or is it blonde vs brunette?
extrovert vs introvert?
or just another skirmish in the class wars, perhaps?
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Cheryl Rofer:
October 25th, 2015 at 9:40 pm
My general rule is not to believe any news about health in the popular press.
Charles Cameron:
October 25th, 2015 at 10:04 pm
So in your view, Cheryl, truth is the first casualty?
Grurray:
October 26th, 2015 at 2:00 am
Health studies come and go, but in these matters I defer to tradition
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+31%3A6&version=KJV
larrydunbar:
October 26th, 2015 at 11:44 pm
I was told once in health class that we would live much longer if we just didn’t eat anything.
My Russian daughter seemed to confirm this fact by events, but, as I told her, “once the body devours fat it goes after muscle”.
Apparently, the act of eating creates poisons to our system that have adverse effects at the cell level.
When our cells are in an environment not conducive to life (poisonous atmosphere)they tend to stop evolving generationally and look to the big-picture.
The “big picture” being immortality (see new film “Lucy”).
Of course the downside of not eating is that one eventually runs out of resources and, for the lack of a better term, dies. As noted…death comes once the body devours the fat content and it goes after the muscle.
Without muscle, the heart and body stops moving.
So it comes down to: “…name your poison”. 🙂
Charles Cameron:
October 27th, 2015 at 4:47 am
How about some bacon with your beer?
Steak is apparently not as bad as bacon, though still bad — and it would go nicely with a bottle of burgundy, no? Waiter, I think I’ve decided..
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Grurray:
October 28th, 2015 at 4:40 pm
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/news/article/russian-orthodox-official-warns-eating-potato-chips-is-sinful/540307.html
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“‘The Church has laid down a strict rule — sin is that which harms human health,’ Bogdasarov said.
Problematic products include foods containing “various trans fats, alcoholic beverages of poor quality, potato chips, energy [drinks] — everything that negatively affects a person’s health,” he was cited as saying in the report.”
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I normally ignore dogmatic overreach but have to agree about “alcoholic beverages of poor quality”. Life is too short to drink bad liquor.
The Orthodox label may be a tough sell. I just don’t see xerophagy going over well with the fad diet world.
Charles Cameron:
October 28th, 2015 at 6:19 pm
That’s very timely and helpful, Grurray, in terms of a job proposal I’m putting together!