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Picture kinda describes my yesterday—had that tooth pulled—naturally it broke off and they had to dig the roots out—took quite a while, but I am in a whole lot less pain–now if the cold would just go away and I get use to the big hole in my gum. Today is gonna be a less productive day than Monday (all I did yesterday was lay around and read and swallow ADVIL–Book is one of the best I have read on Henry VIII and that’s saying a lot–GRAVEN WITH DIAMONDS by Shulman….http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11196152-graven-with-diamonds ). That picture is one of my favorite Holloween ladies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween kinda my alter-ego. The other picture is one I took abroad—I believe it’s from the wall (http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/the-york-city-walls) in York on my last trip—http://www.visityork.org/ a city I would recommend next time you visit the UK http://www.visitbritain.com/en/US/
TODAY I’m continuing on my you can’t believe everything you hear week—or just reading the headline doesn’t make you an expert thing.
EXHIBIT ONE Coffee
Tests about coffee have been going on for years and if you’re not confused then you haven’t even read the headlines.
This study was about 2001 and appeared in a legit journal:
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/156/9/842.long and there were over 1,500 participants—
“Among women aged 80 or more years,
lifetime coffee intake was non-significantly associated with better performance on 11 of the 12 tests. No relation was found between coffee intake and
cognitive function among men or between decaffeinated coffee intake and cognitive function in either sex. Lifetime and current exposure to
caffeine may be associated with better cognitive performance among women, especially among those aged 80 or more years. ” so here you have a study with a lot of people and with a maybe as results….but a lot of people will pick up on the associated cognitive performance among women and not going any farther—plus the findings are definitely tentative at best.In another study dealing with coffee: consumption being related to
increased in malignant melanoma www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/jnci/press…/loftfielddju421.pdf This was deduced from thousands of surveys and then repeat surveys. It concluded that higher coffee intake was associated with a modest increase in the risk for melanoma. But again this was just a series of surveys and health testing etc. was not done so it is based on the general populations conception of their health which is not always correct. Also if you just read the headlines you may stop drinking coffee because of this even if you are low on other factors pre-disposing you to this type of cancer:. The conclusion which again you may not have read goes on to say “Additional investigations of coffee intake and its constituents, particularly caffeine, with melanoma are warranted.“ So you may want to watch your consumption till the jury is in–especially if you have a previous history or a family one of this condition.
VITAMIN E is a popular subject lately. One study I read was from the
Oregon State University (in Healthy Edge Magazine
http://www.chamberlins.com/retailer/store_templates/shell_id_1.asp?storeID=2CB86C7B36BE4CFD914079104818C49B headlines
“Vitamin E: Brain Essential” It goes on to say that
if Vitamin E is inadequate “we’re cutting I half by more than half the amount of materials which we can build and maintain the brain.” I have no problem with this other than as a smart consumer you wouldn’t buy a car (or at least I hope you wouldn’t) on so little evidence.
So I went on to the study site
http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2015/apr/mechanism-outlined-which-inadequate-vitamin-e-can-cause-brain-damage and found out tests were done on
Zebra fish “The year-old zebra fish used in this study, and the deficient levels of vitamin E they were given, are
equivalent to humans eating a low vitamin E diet for a lifetime.” Some other research was also quoted: has shown that the
progression of Alzheimer’s disease can be slowed by increased intake of vitamin E, including one study published last year in the
Journal of the American Medical Association” Also was noted that E is commonly
found in almonds, sunflower seeds and avocados,And no I don’t expect you to research all the studies but even reading the full article—in this case taking vitamin E is a win situation—now the effectiveness of eating it or taking (oh and by the way Peanut butter contains 2.5 mg of vitamin E and 192 calories per two tablespoons. http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/g2079/top-sources-vitamin-e-44111408/?slide=9) supplements —which my dear a whole other group of studies.
Oh and one thing that it didn’t mention is how the digestion of Zebra Fish and their uptake of minerals as well as development can be related to a human who lives in a complete other environment to name just one item of difference.
THE SMALL GROUP: This is a common problem that I find with studies to a study in the American Society of Nutrition www.nutrition.org/ eating eggs with veggies increases absorption (compared to eating without. Which isn’t really any major part of your life style but there are lots of studies out there that are quoted but with only 16 healthy young men involved: Where was the test done? Persons from some limited geographic area have similar patterns of nutrition etc. What was their usual diets? Given such a small group were any related, employed or educated in the same facility? And you could go on and on. There’s lots of other questions too on any testing large or small:
1. How did they determine they were healthy? A physical, a questionnaire, appearance?
2. Would the result be the same for women, older men, unhealthy men, children?
3. How much did they eat? A cup, a spoonful, an entire salad serving bowl?
4. What age? Is young 15 – 21 or 21 – 30 or some there in between?
I could go on and on but when you look at any testing its something you should think of before you can accept this all as gospel.
I guess what I’m trying to say is use some sense when looking at media account, or the company sponsored study or your best friend’s account on that life-changing drink or life affirming diet. Discuss them with your doctor, if it’s something that involves a radical change or looks too good to be true research it—and go to multiple sites and use that brain for something besides Facebook.
