Everything you like is going to kill you

[stui magpie]

So hot on the news that Bacon causes cancer, apparently if you crisp up your toast or Baked spuds a bit, they cause cancer too. FMD.

Add that to basically all processed meats like Ham or Salami, a bit of char on the outside of your steak is also ingesting a deadly time capsule.

So you can't drink alcohol, can't smoke, butter and eggs are bad, salt will kill you as will takeaway food and sugar is deadly poison.


Screw you.

Living on a strict vegan diet and abstaining from everything that tastes good may not add decades to your life, but it would sure feel like it.

I'm sick of this crap. Apart from snorting asbestos or baking in the sun all day, the primary cause of cancer is shit luck. Random gene mutations.

I like bacon, I like Alcohol, I like crunchy baked potatoes. Thank you for you well meaning advice oh wowsers of the world, I suggest you take your research papers, roll them into a nice tight roll and bach then straight up your arse.

The only positive note is that apparently Coffee is now good for your liver. I may have to start drinking more irish coffees.

Anyone else like eating stuff that is supposedly going to kill them and DGAF?

[Morrigu]

^ Yep and drinking and (don't read this Jo) smoking

I'm a fatalist - when your number is up then your number is up!!

Guess that's why I never fancied any of the jobs in health promotion or prevention

[Skids]

Everything in moderation, with a good exercise routine is the key... and beer, drink lotsa beer, it's yummy and very good for the soul.

[Dave The Man]

Said the Same Thing.

Every Week there is something new that will give you Cancer

[And]

If you live long enough you will get cancer.

If you have lived an enjoyable life, blame something.
If you haven't, blame your parents.

[pietillidie]

Thank goodness coffee has some redeeming health virtues, or I'd be knackered!

It's the media that messes up the science, Stui, by not explaining the significance of these things in practical terms; often it's very small. That said, scientists are becoming media hos, too, so they play along.

I'm just praying for a pill that deals with the calories and liver strain of beer; surely there's a Nobel prize in that!

[Mugwump]

[The Prototype]

I have no doubt some of the stuff is bad for your health in other ways, but the whole cancer thing with everything is getting a bit silly. This could give you cancer, that could, or maybe that could. I am going to look at eating healthier but I am not going to eliminate most of those foods completely.

[Mugwump]

^ You're right Proto, The key is to eat in a way that is broadly healthy, indulging in bad stuff here and there for the sake of enjoying life, and let your genes do what they plan to do. That seems to be where the medical advice points, as well.

[think positive]

[think positive]

oops

[luvdids]

I remember the first (and I think only) time I've heard my Nan swear.

She'd just been to the Dr, same theme, everything's bad for you. Came home none too thrilled, I asked what was wrong, she said "you can't bloody do anything, can't drink, can't smoke, can't even cross your legs anymore. But you can swear - f.uck f.uck f.uck"

Still makes me chuckle, good on you Nan

[think positive]

i like your nan!!

[Jezza]

Now roast potatoes, chips and even toast can cause cancer according to the British government's food standards agency.

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/619968/Roast-potatoes-chips-toast-cancer-FSA-government

[HAL]

Where did [b] A new study by the Food Standards Agency FSA get revealed the nation's favorite roast dinner accompaniment could be harming your health?