A BIG NO NO OR A BIG YES YES??

[Anonymous]

So many many views and medical claims about Cancers. I saw something on the news last year that researchers in Scandinavia had found that grilling foods changed its DNA and that they had statistically proven that people who had developed cancers had populated a survey document with a "yes" to them grilling most of their foods. They went on to say that grilled bacon spiked when researched in terms grilling vs cancers. Grilling is the same as BBQ isn't it? Anyone told the Aussies about this? If we listened to all the medical researchers we'd starve. I've never eaten much fruit, one time I told the GP I had a bad taste in my mouth, he said my tongue was coated and to eat pineapple as there were enzymes in it that would clear it up. Week after I go to the dentist and told him what GP had said, he threw his arms up in the air and said NO! the sugar in pineapple turns to acid. My head spins... Q out..


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Sorry if I am teaching a grandmother to suck eggs ...

It's important for scientists to publish something from time to time in order to further their career, and, I suppose, to justify their existence. What's more important is that the original experimentation using the same methods, materials, assumptions, conditions etc. achieves the same results when conducted by others, the more the better. Any theory only lasts until it is disproved. A long list of references in scientific papers is not to be confused with proof of a theory. It is simply scientific 'etiquette ' to acknowledge sources of information, give credit when due and to demonstrate that the publisher has done their homework into the subject . It has nothing to do with proving or supporting the conclusions from an experiment. Personally, I look for evidence that a theory continues to hold through repeat experimentation.

 

[CazzTurner]

Reduce Carbs and all will be good. Use Oopsies bread that you make with no flour just eggs and cream cheese there are lots of recipes on google. Ditch bread and carbs, keep low, I now have salmon asparagus and poached egg for breakfats, soup for lunch and low carb dinner ie cauliflower cheese roast chicken and lots of other things its great, and stll low Cholestrol, Yippee

 

[Brunneria]

I have a friend who was depressed to discover that her cholesterol levels only fell when she cut out the carbs (white bread, rice, pasta). She could still eat small portions of brown rice or granary bread. I'm afraid I don't have the numbers to hand, but she definitely told me her cholesterol level halved.

What really upset her was that she could eat fat without her cholesterol rising (lashings of butter, mayo and oils), but could no longer have any white toast, chips or jacket potatoes to eat them with.

Depressing, eh? And completely against conventional medical thinking.

If I remember correctly, one of the first people to promote low carb eating used the Eskimo style diet of mainly meat, fish, oils and fats with no grains and virtually no veg. He did it because Eskimos have an unbelievably low rate of heart disease, and he found that his heart and blood tests improved dramatically on the diet.

Me? I think I would struggle to appreciate all that seal, whale, blubber and oily fish.