Posted on 06/18/2019 6:43:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Every week there is another health pronouncement saying what is now good for you and what is going to kill you. Unfortunately, the “what” is often interchangeable -- what was supposed to kill you last week is now suddenly good for you or vice versa.
Foods, supplements, and activities, all studied extensively and determined to be either good or bad, then subject to a new study, with the opposite conclusion. How can this be? Is the science that fickle? Or is this lousy research?
Some studies note an association which they spin as causation, like determining that older ladies who play bingo often have blue hair, an association that has nothing to do with cause and effect. Other studies are based on computer models which like most climate models, fail miserably at predicting future events.
Let’s take a look at some of the settled medical science that quickly became fake news.
Start with coffee, the morning beverage of choice for much of America. In 1981, the New York Times reported a study from the Harvard School of Public Health finding, “a statistical link between the drinking of coffee and cancer of the pancreas.” In 2014, Inc told us “19 horrible things that can happen” from drinking too much coffee.
Flash forward to today, when a British Heart Foundation study discovered, “up to 25 cups of coffee a day still safe for heart health.” Quite the turnaround. Johns Hopkins Medicine reports other benefits of coffee, reducing the risk of Type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, colon cancer, heart failure, and stroke.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Gotta have some kind of doom and gloom going down while the economy continues to boom and there’s no real reason for an American to worry about anything outside of a border crisis and Democrats legislating, which are easy enough to ignore if you know better than to vote Democrat by now.
Since the Alar in the Apples has already killed everyone that Survived the Ice Age of 1976, I don’t think I will worry about this much.
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/09/us/apple-growers-bruised-and-bitter-after-alar-scare.html
The original article with the 19 bad things list things that most people already knew about (e.g. increased heart rate).Some people are extra sensitive, and shouldn’t have too much caffeinated coffee, just like some American Indians shouldn’t have a glass of wine every day. You cannot, however, generalize from the particular.
I started drinking coffee for breakfast in grade school still drink at least four cups a day, good lord willing I’ll by 81 end of June.
I’m going to die anyway, and I don’t really care, because when I die, I’m going to find some dogs that went before me, and I really can’t wait.
I don’t want to be here forever, dear reseachers.
Now I’ma go fill up my coffee cup.
Reminds me of an old Letterman “Top 10 List” of TV shows 20 years into the future. One was called “NBC White Paper - Oat Bran: The Silent Killer”.
Thanks, I finally got the reference.
Coffee has more carcinogens than Round-Up but don’t tell those TV lawyers.
Me too. Grandpa used to serve it to me along with breakfast. I’m an ‘at least 4 cups a day’ person. Still love coffee. And real coffee, not any of that fufu stuff. Kudos to you for the almost 81. I’m not even close to that yet. lol
Have you ever eaten carrots?
Well, you are DOOMED.
You will DIE!
I wonder why Leol me doubt the science of global warming?
The latest horse $h~t to come out of study land is that you can drink 25 cups of coffee a day with no bad effects. First of all, there is no definition of a “cup.” My cup is bigger than yours. How many liquid ounces are they talking about? Secondly, the strength of coffee varies wildly, and there is no standard definition of coffee strength. Starbucks vs Dunkin Donuts.
Whatever the strength or size, 25 is far too much in one day! The “scientists” who did the false study are completely irresponsible in saying that you can drink that much. It would be interesting if someone were to die of a heart attack after 25 cups and if the family were to sue the “researchers.”
Amen!!!
I went through a 20 cups/day time period. These were regular mug-sized.
I went through a 20 cups/day time period. These were regular mug-sized.
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My coffee maker makes about 8 mugs per cycle. I drink almost 3 of those pots a day. I use the German regular from Aldi’s, these days, but I have imbibed the same amount of Kona Dark or Sumatra, in the past (too expensive, right now).
76. No major health problems I can’t remedy w/o a Dr. visit or prescription meds. I may need an antibiotic script 1-2x every couple years for also relatively minor situations. I can fall asleep after my evening cup of coffee.
I went off eggs for a while, too. Back on them. Good, affordable protein. Very little alcohol because I just don’t care for it. Red meat and whatever else I want, but nearly zero fast or processed food. A foot condition limits my exercise, but I work still and that involves 2-2-1/2 hours standing/walking limited area & carting around 10-30 pounds for short distances.
And I still smoke.
These studies are meant to inflict FUD.
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