Comments on: She Blinded Me with “Science”

By: TheMother

TheMother — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:03:56 +0000

And yet again, it's probably associative. Vegans tend to live cleaner lifestyles to begin with. They are thinner, generally don't smoke, and avoid any number of other vices. If you treat your body like a temple, good things happen.

Although for colon cancer, it's pretty well documented. Higher fiber content, and lower intake of nitrates, equals lower colon cancer rates.

By: Hazel

Hazel — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:45:47 +0000

Mother, there's a new BBC article which I think relates very well to this, stating in the headline that vegetarians avoid more cancers. I think it's a superb example of what you were saying here. The actual article says that more research is needed before people change their diets radically, but the headline screams that vegetarians avoid more cancers, so that is probably what will stick in peoples' heads. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8127215.stm

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:23:48 +0000

Thanks for this post. I've thought similar things many times when I hear all the coverage in the media. I wish commentary like yours made it out there more. Amy’s last blog post..Does Having Children Make You Happier?

By: themother

themother — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:17:02 +0000

I haven’t seen a study on that. I’ll have to get back to you.

By: the Mayor

the Mayor — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:50:28 +0000

Maybe it's because I just finished your post on Amazon/pornography censorship but my first thought after reading your scientific data primer was: how long can a hot virgin remain a virgin? Can that be measured in weeks, months, years? the Mayor’s last blog post..Anger & Rage?

By: Darla

Darla — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:16:16 +0000

I love how you dumbed that down even for some one like me who is scientifically challenged. Darla’s last blog post..Sofa Tables

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:18:40 +0000

What you're reminding me of is that stupid "calcium makes you lose weight" study. I looked at the details of the study a little and found that the participants were eating TEN little tubs of yogurt per day, as a replacement for two of their meals. That is called CALORIE REDUCTION! Not CALCIUM BENEFIT. So, so stupid. I took a child psychology class in college, thinking it would be great to take as a very new mom. The only thing I really took away from that class? That the main point of any study is to manipulate data in such a way as to fund the NEXT study and keep oneself employed in that way. And that even the most innocuous and unrelated data can be manipulated enough to get some sort of result. Don't make it true. Wendy’s last blog post..No. Means. NO.

By: mrsbear

mrsbear — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:57:09 +0000

You really put it in to perspective. Personally I don’t buy carrots, since none of the kids eat them. I’m pretty confident I won’t get into any post-grocery auto accidents. Now that rooster thing, that concerns me a little.

Our former pediatrician actually held off on vaccinating kids who showed early signs of autism, just because he didn’t want the vaccine to be linked as the “cause”. This was before he stopped taking budgetary short cuts and bypassing vaccine purchases altogether. But that’s a whole other story.

Thanks for updating the links btw. I appreciate it.

By: Momisodes

Momisodes — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:51:25 +0000

I loved this post.
I even forwarded this off to a few others.

I get vaccine/autism questions all the time from parents. I may consider sending this to them as a response

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By: The Lawyer Mom

The Lawyer Mom — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:46:01 +0000

Interesting stuff. I heard about a study out of Cornell (but not the medical department) that found an association (or is it high correlation?) between autism with harsh climates. The theory was that when the weather's bad outside, children watch tv and tv causes autism. Hmm. I'm thinking the tv watching was happening on a vinyl floor while the children were eating carrots. Seriously, very informative post, Mother. The Lawyer Mom’s last blog post..The Great Geithner Heist