most heart attacks caused by an unhealthy lifestyle...

[MeanMeosh]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-08-19-heart-riskfactors_x.htm

Two sweeping studies out today appear to explode the long-held myth that half of heart attacks result from bad genes or bad luck.

The studies, focusing on different populations totaling about half a million people, indicate that roughly 90% of people with severe heart disease have one or more of four classic risk factors: smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

That means the vast majority of the 650,000 new heart attacks each year could be prevented or delayed for decades by quitting smoking, reducing cholesterol and controlling hypertension and diabetes.


... you think???

 

[bolomite]

OMG no way!!

 

[apoppin]

I thought this is old news . .. or just a new study confirming old news?

 

[Ryan]

Dude, seriously, I thought they were caused by eating your boogers!!!!! Phew, now i know that I'm not going to die!! 😛

 

[amnesiac]

You realize that these studies are NECESSARY to substantiate medical warnings and claims, right?

Even if it's "common knowledge" if it hasn't shown to be proven true in a clinical study it can't be taken as fact.

 

[Glitchny]

no sh!t

 

[IcemanJer]

The joys of formal scientific proofs...

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
You realize that these studies are NECESSARY to substantiate medical warnings and claims, right?

Even if it's "common knowledge" if it hasn't shown to be proven true in a clinical study it can't be taken as fact.

Sure . . . so the drug companies can justify $10 a tablet . . . 😛

 

[ElFenix]

i like the studies that say that, "XXX can help you lower your cholesterol as part of a healthy diet"

now, just think about that for a bit. "as part of a healthy diet," is the ultimate disclaimer.

"bacon fat can help you lower your cholesterol as part of a healthy diet." you can eat healthy and have some bacon fat every once in a while and your cholesterol will go down and this statement is true. i can say anything i want and put, "as part of a healthy diet," and it becomes true!

 

[Mill]

Well no fvcking sh!t.

 

[deerslayer]

OMG, you're kidding right?

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i like the studies that say that, "XXX can help you lower your cholesterol as part of a healthy diet"

now, just think about that for a bit. "as part of a healthy diet," is the ultimate disclaimer.

"bacon fat can help you lower your cholesterol as part of a healthy diet." you can eat healthy and have some bacon fat every once in a while and your cholesterol will go down and this statement is true. i can say anything i want and put, "as part of a healthy diet," and it becomes true!

No . . . not true - the bacon fact does in fact raise cholesterol - even as part of an extremely healthy diet - that is fat's function.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i like the studies that say that, "XXX can help you lower your cholesterol as part of a healthy diet"

now, just think about that for a bit. "as part of a healthy diet," is the ultimate disclaimer.

"bacon fat can help you lower your cholesterol as part of a healthy diet." you can eat healthy and have some bacon fat every once in a while and your cholesterol will go down and this statement is true. i can say anything i want and put, "as part of a healthy diet," and it becomes true!

No . . . not true - the bacon fact does in fact raise cholesterol - even as part of an extremely healthy diet - that is fat's function.

yes but the "as part of a healthy diet" part means the aggregate effect of the food on your body