tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post442984880778390952..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: All in one.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-17826726311035284992011-12-28T13:01:58.335+00:002011-12-28T13:01:58.335+00:00I'm told that if reflux leads to Barret's ...I'm told that if reflux leads to Barret's oesophagus, as it has with me, then there is a correlation with an increased risk of throat cancer. It's not a strong one and it hasn't led to them doing anything else than telling me to keep taking my reflux meds. They may "extend and embrace".Surreptitious Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393411103584747731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-47033912877027359852011-12-25T08:51:10.645+00:002011-12-25T08:51:10.645+00:00They love trying to quantify these things and blam...They love trying to quantify these things and blame every ill under the sun to living 'incorrectly'. Of course the problem with cancer is a lot of people die from it now because they're not dying of tuberculosis etc. Doubtless once all the cancer are magic-bulleted we'll all be getting dementia because we didn't eat five-a-day.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-24798778823759483622011-12-25T07:45:20.705+00:002011-12-25T07:45:20.705+00:00"All those fat people who delighted in sneeri..."All those fat people who delighted in sneering at smokers are now in the cross-hairs"...<br /><br />And there are an awful lot more of "them fatties" than there are of us!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165615283953837706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-42716598519060133622011-12-25T07:31:11.066+00:002011-12-25T07:31:11.066+00:00"But are we seriously to be scared of heartbu...<i>"But are we seriously to be scared of heartburn now? Don't they make Milk of Magnesia any more? "</i><br /><br />Yes, and I'm sure there are still people who buy it. <br /><br />The modern equivalent (or so I glean from the ads) is to pour two tiny pink and white firemen (in American firemen's uniforms, for some reason) down your throat.<br /><br />*immediately stifles 'Deep Throat' imagery*JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-51180595310441154602011-12-24T22:21:27.827+00:002011-12-24T22:21:27.827+00:00I agree, there's nothing wrong with the yoga-a...I agree, there's nothing wrong with the yoga-and-tofu lifestyle. I don't want it but I would never seek to persuade anyone to live like me. <br /><br />The problems arise with those who feel forced into it because they've been scared to death by doctors telling them that even associating with smokers, drinkers and chubbies will kill them.<br /><br />Many of those people don't really want the gym-and-green-tea life but they believe they'll die if they don't live that way.<br /><br />Then they get resentful and start with 'Well if I have to live this crappy way, everyone should have to'.<br /><br />It's a common theme these days. people think 'I don't like this' but instead of then thinking 'I should change it', they think 'I have to suffer this, so everyone must'.<br /><br />If that attitude changed, the world would change.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-88625231321602404352011-12-24T20:27:35.113+00:002011-12-24T20:27:35.113+00:00We're all bound to die of something, so we mig...We're all bound to die of something, so we might as well enjoy ourselves while we're here.<br /><br />I know of someone who jogged every morning, did yoga,and was a vegetarian.<br /><br />He's in a wheelchair now, because he suffered from a stroke (in his mid-forties, I think).<br /><br />That's not to criticise his kind of lifestyle (I've done yoga myself and made a pathetic attempt at jogging for a while). If you enjoy that lifestyle, then go for it.<br /><br />Just don't think that it will make you immortal, or immune from any of the afflictions that we outcast smokers, drinkers, and people who enjoy bacon sarnies might suffer from.Rob F (not Dickie!)noreply@blogger.com