[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by Indydealmaker

Actually, what I mean is why ruin one's quality of life on the basis of pure theory.

You mean you don't think there's any reliable knowledge that can be used to maintain or improve one's health? What must you think of those who have a PhD in nutrition? Those poor suckers must have wasted a lot of time and money on a degree that's worthless?

For every life-saving diet report, there is a study that invalidates it.

Can you give an example of a "life-saving diet report" and then "a study that invalidates it." Interesting, but I think perhaps you are talking about the normal process by which science is conducted. The earth was thought to be flat until someone came along and proved it to be round. Should we say that because the two ideas conflict with each other that we cannot be sure weather the earth is flat or round?

Not one thing that a human can digest (other than poison) is bad for you when consumed in moderation.

Is that your theory? Where did you get that information? And who decides what amount constitutes "moderation"? If I want to drink soft drinks, eat pastries, pizza, chips & dips, cookies, cakes, pies, processed meats etc. you can tell me just the right amount (moderation) that won't cause me any harm?

Most of the things that cause cancer in animals only do so in HUGE quantities.

Animal studies are usually a stepping stone to human studies. Animal studies are less expensive and provide an indication. Animal studies were never intended to be taken as conclusive proof of what will happen in humans.

Bad things are not universally bad and that is the fatal flaw in all of the medical advice. For example, my grandparents consumed red meat, starch and fried foods in prodigious quantities well into their 80s until they were killed in a car accident.

The purpose of a study is to indicate how various behaviors affect outcomes or risk. If a study indicates that red meat will raise one's risk for cancer or heart disease, it doesn't mean that everyone who eats meat will get cancer or heart disease.

If you drive down 466 at 100 miles per hour, you will likely raise your risk of getting into an accident. But it doesn't mean that you will get into an accident. Getting into an accident is not a certainty.