Cinnamon pixitales ettiquette...

[Twitchy]

🙄 o.k, it's not April but another of those poxy 'eat medicinal amounts of honey & cinnamon & it will cure your diabetes / arthritis / constipation / terminal gullibility' etc articles has been posted by a well meaning but non D friend. Normally I'd sigh & ignore, but the stupid implication that a calibrated spoonful of bee goo can kick start your pancreas is downright ludicrous & dangerous...

So, what, if anything, would you say? (bearing in mind this person meant well!! 🙂 )

 

[LeeLee]

I'd say 'thank you for thinking of me' and send a link to this article on so-called miracle foods: http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/02February/Documents/BTH_Miracle_ foods_report.pdf

 

[Redkite]

I wouldn't be able to help myself saying "thanks but that's a load of nonsense"! Why are people so gullible? Anyone would think we were still living in the Middle Ages.......

 

[Cleo]

I'd say 'thank you for thinking of me' and send a link to this article on so-called miracle foods: http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/02February/Documents/BTH_Miracle_ foods_report.pdf

Excellent article LeeLee - thanks for sharing. I'll def be circulating to a few friends !

 

[Twitchy]

Fab link LeeLee! Thanks! 🙂

I hate these situations, I find it really hard to keep my mouth shut but I hate to let rubbish like this go unchecked too...so that link is perfect! 🙂

 

[LeeLee]

One of my former working lives was in the field of evidence-based medicine, albeit on the periphery, so I have an interest in such things. 🙂

 

[bev]

I'd say 'thank you for thinking of me' and send a link to this article on so-called miracle foods: http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/02February/Documents/BTH_Miracle_ foods_report.pdf

mortality. Chocolate
of any variety is high in fat, sugar and calories
and, if eaten to excess, is likely to increase
the risk of obesity, heart disease and diabetes.

Hi Leelee,

Not sure I agree with the above statement from the article.😱

Hi Twitchy,

I would turn it on its head with another ridiculous theory!🙂Bev

 

[Andy HB]

Interesting article, but I think they fell into the same trap as the people that they were 'complaining' about ...

"However, the difference in consumption between those who ate the most and those who ate the least chocolate was minimal: less than one small square (5g) of a 100g bar. Common sense tells us that this difference is unlikely to account for a 39% reduction in cardiovascular risk."

How do they know? Common sense is an unreliable guide to such things!

Andy 🙂