Re:If Doctors Learned to Cook, They Might Give Better Advice
by noondip on Monday December 28, 2015 @11:02AM
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Everything? Even cigarettes? Of course not, so a better rule of thumb would be to avoid things which are known to cause health problems altogether, at least to an extent which is practical.
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Re:If Doctors Learned to Cook, They Might Give Better Advice
by ams6110 on Monday December 28, 2015 @11:27AM
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Sure, an occasional cigarette probably won't hurt much, all things considered.
Exercise (beyond a point) can cause health problems. I know of a guy who is a quadriplegic because he liked to bike on trails.
Re:If Doctors Learned to Cook, They Might Give Better Advice
by SilasX on Monday December 28, 2015 @12:32PM
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But health authorities won't say that; once it gets to the level of advice to laymen, it's been heavily filtered. A quick search returns this page, which claims that "there is no safe level" of cigarette smoke:
http://www.cancer.org.au/preventing-cancer/smoking-and-tobac...
Really? One cigarette per year (per lifetime?) will show up? Of course, what they mean is that, if you're in the population susceptible to nicotine addiction and you're trying to quit, some smoking will make it harder than not at all. But the claim is still false as taken literally.