BS Article from Men's Health on Lowering Heart Attack Risk

Nothing wrong with anything there unless you are some kind of whacked out vegan or pimply health store employee.

The problem is, it stresses excess more than anything. The guy who drinks 2 cups will probably start drinking 4 now. And fat man who ate only one burger will eat 1 for every meal now.

I see exercise mentioned, but nowhere does it mention moderation with the food choices.

BGuyJMilleniumXII wrote:

The problem is, it stresses excess more than anything. The guy who drinks 2 cups will probably start drinking 4 now. And fat man who ate only one burger will eat 1 for every meal now.

Are you nuts?

Ok, now here is the problem with all of this.

1. Americans are living longer now than at any time in history. This may be due more to fewer people smoking than any other factor.

2. Who wants to live into the 90's if you have a family history of alzheimer or dementia? Or if you are in such poor health (heart disease, diabetes, etc)? Let me tell you from experience. It is not fun.

So, here is what I learned a long time ago. If you want a healthy lifestyle, exercise, eat non processed foods, preferably grown in your own garden. Keep alcohol to a very reasonable limit and don't smoke and don't do drugs.

You will live a much better life with less illnesses and enjoy quality years. Eventually, your body starts to deteriorate and you will die. Some will die later due to getting some good genes (not always guaranteed). Keep things in balance as much as possible and don't fret over the little stuff. Most of all I don't think you need to eat like a grasshopper to have a quality life.

Besides hanging around too long isn't all it's cracked up to be.

MEN'S HEALTH IS ALL BS! They constantly quote non-peer reviewed studies, without even reading them and even contradict the same advice in the same issue.

All those statements are qualified if you scan through the actual studies.

Coffee MAY reduce the risk of heart-failure by UP to 11%.

Exposure to the sun may produce proteins that increase V02 max while you get cancer.

3/4 pint of beer can increase vitamin B6 levels by up to 30% but so can meat, fish, nuts and whole grains.

As for the burger, don't forget the cheese and the fries.

It drives me nuts. And studies on Brazilian cockroaches show that nuts can decrease your cholesterol by up to 1 billion per cent!!!

I'm bewildered at how you managed to post some of their best advice in your "ridiculous" list. Coffee, particularly, is clearly linked to lower risk of heart attack.

Nonsense.

Caffeine is a poison and has many bad effects, just a few of which are chronic hardening of the arteries, high blood pressure, fibrillations, wearing out the thyroid and adrenal glands.

Even decaf coffee is high in caffeine plus contains toxic solvents.

Coffee causes headaches and addition, plus there are other harmful substances besides caffeine in coffee.

Medical journals are pseudo science but have nothing to do with real sciences. Medical practices are based on paying lip service to the toxic chemical industry, and denying anything to do with real health. It is a waste of time, harmful to the body and brain, to read or listen to anything regarding medical science.

These days be careful as "health" is often linked to the toxic drug medical "science" industry, they even name their buildings "health science" which have nothing to do with either real health or real science.

*addiction

Tao wrote:

MEN'S HEALTH IS ALL BS! They constantly quote non-peer reviewed studies, without even reading them and even contradict the same advice in the same issue.

I just peed, and I reviewed the article, so it has been peer reviewed.

Hahahaha, you are going to have a much higher risk of heart attack or stroke based on your personality. Relax, man. I bet your heart rate and blood pressure skyrockets every time you walk by a starbucks. You are probably that guy who proselytizes against coffee at the office.

You sound like a lot of fun, George Costanza.

Lack of sun exposure=less vitamin D which is associated with increased cancer risk. Most sunscreens are procarcenogenic which is why skin cancer rates are up.

Tao wrote:

MEN'S HEALTH IS ALL BS! They constantly quote non-peer reviewed studies, without even reading them and even contradict the same advice in the same issue.

All those statements are qualified if you scan through the actual studies.

Coffee MAY reduce the risk of heart-failure by UP to 11%.

Exposure to the sun may produce proteins that increase V02 max while you get cancer.

3/4 pint of beer can increase vitamin B6 levels by up to 30% but so can meat, fish, nuts and whole grains.

As for the burger, don't forget the cheese and the fries.

It drives me nuts. And studies on Brazilian cockroaches show that nuts can decrease your cholesterol by up to 1 billion per cent!!!

BGuyJMilleniumXII wrote:

1. Drink two cups of coffee a day.

"5. Soak up the sun.

"8. Have a beer.

"14. Eat a burger—just make sure it’s grass-fed.

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Coffee: moderation - there is probably nothing wrong with drinking a cup in the morning and one in the afternoon. Just make sure you're not drinking 20 cups a day

Sun: this is probably more about being outside and enjoying yourself/relaxing. You will die of skin cancer instead of heart attack.

Beer: drinking a nice after work beer is relaxing, also enjoying a beer with your friends helps relax and brings up a good mood. Binge drinking is not good.

Burger: the worst about a burger is the bread. Just take the top of. Only grass fed helps, too. No bacon, absolutely no bacon. That stuff will kill you.

No need to ask here, you are nuts.

Hope the tin foil isn't leaving marks on your forehead.

You diet gurus and Nazis crack me up. Short of smoking and heavily overeating and extreme consumption of alcohol you will live as long as your parents and grandparents lived- diet be damned.

Yeah totally; I only eat gummy bears and Cool Ranch Doritos, but I'm still going to live to 92. Diet is totally unimportant. You can trust me, because although I don't know anything about diet or nutrition, I do post on the World Famous Letsrun message boards.

Ho Hum wrote:

Yeah totally; I only eat gummy bears and Cool Ranch Doritos, but I'm still going to live to 92. Diet is totally unimportant. You can trust me, because although I don't know anything about diet or nutrition, I do post on the World Famous Letsrun message boards.

You really sound like an idiot. Over simplify and generalize everything he said to fit your obtuse viewpoint.

Short of smoking and heavily overeating and extreme consumption of alcohol you will live as long as your parents and grandparents lived- diet be damned.

Please explain what I oversimplified, because he seems to be saying diet doesn't matter.

Where does he say diet doesn't matter?

Looks like a broad generalization, and you chose to interpret it to suit you needs.

Ho Hum wrote:

Yeah totally; I only eat gummy bears and Cool Ranch Doritos, but I'm still going to live to 92. Diet is totally unimportant. You can trust me, because although I don't know anything about diet or nutrition, I do post on the World Famous Letsrun message boards.

I think you'd do fine eating a few gummy bears, and cool ranch doritos are delish. Hell I'd be willing to bet you could eat some of those every day and still struggle on past the age of 50 (sarcasm).

Look man, life lasts about 80 yrs for men, a few more for women. Enjoy it.

Now a crazy person like yourself will take a simple statement like that and say "Enjoy it? Well I guess you're saying I should eat until I'm 350 lbs and shoot heroin in my veins, maybe snort rails of coke too!"

To which I would say, "No." Just eat "normally" and avoid heavy alcohol/drug use and you will live as long as your grand parents.