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Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People
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There are relatively strong views on both sides - the benefits v. the risks of stomach bleeds.
The idea that taking vitamin supplements is expected is also unwise - there is growing evidence that mortality can actually increase with the taking of them on a long-term basis.
OH and I watched a programme which covered both a few months ago on iplayer; it was covering common issues in medicine such as that and talking to people who were on both sides of the fence....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
What is this thermaskirt?
Skirting boards made out of aluminium with heating "pipes" running through them. Means you don't need radiators in the rooms you have them in, so no visually horrid lumps of painted steel in living room.
Link to website: Thermaskirt.
Our builder wasn't keen until we all went to some building/reno exhibition in Harrogate and he got to see it, how it worked, and speak to the bloke who invented it. I'm not sure how often he'd want to install it in other houses!
:rotfl: But the house he did up to sell after finishing our place he did comment how much he hated the giant radiator he had to install in the huge living room.
But it is more expensive than radiators. :eek: For most folks I think that it might be worth it for Living Room maybe, maybe not for bedrooms.
We love it though, last winter was cold, and we found it worked well for us. This winter pretty mild here, so not really a good measure of it, though on those grey dank miserable days that you come home to a chilly house it does seem to heat rooms up fast. Always a plus!
Sorry, prob too much info! :rotfl: And I prob sound like an advert too!
But we do really love it. 0 -
I get the impression that in the US taking daily low dose aspirin is expected like taking vitamin supplements and yet here it is frowned on. Anyone know the statistics behind it?
It's quite routine in the US. For a nation that seems to overindulge, they don't half consume preventative medicine. You'd struggle to get a kid into school if the vaccine record's not sparkling, everybody over 50s on the flu vaccine, and yes aspirins are givern out like vitamins.
Even low dosage aspirin can be damaging to the gut and joints. My pal started to develop gout and had to give it up. I'd consider it (and should provbably start soon) but would chat to my doc first. It's a bit like HRT - probably better for some than others.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »There are relatively strong views on both sides - the benefits v. the risks of stomach bleeds.
The idea that taking vitamin supplements is expected is also unwise - there is growing evidence that mortality can actually increase with the taking of them on a long-term basis.
Yes I used to take high doses of vitamins but have revised them downwards. It seems that excess antioxidants suppress the body's own antioxidants, so above a certain level the results of studies look increasingly ambiguous.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
One of my sisters does take a low dose of aspirin daily (75mg, 1/4 of a normal headache / period pain tablet). She does it for specific reasons, though; her blood is thicker or stickier than most people's blood is, so there are definite Good Reasons for doing it.
For a while she was bled fortnightly for the condition, which sounds terribly medieval....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Yes I used to take high doses of vitamins but have revised them downwards. It seems that excess antioxidants suppress the body's own antioxidants, so above a certain level the results of studies look increasingly ambiguous.
I would think it more likely that the problem is that antioxidants are intrinsically reactive, that it's how they work - to react with things so that other important chemicals in your body are left alone. So too many antioxidants is just add bad add not enough...?0 -
It's quite routine in the US. For a nation that seems to overindulge, they don't half consume preventative medicine. You'd struggle to get a kid into school if the vaccine record's not sparkling, everybody over 50s on the flu vaccine, and yes aspirins are givern out like vitamins.
Even low dosage aspirin can be damaging to the gut and joints. My pal started to develop gout and had to give it up. I'd consider it (and should provbably start soon) but would chat to my doc first. It's a bit like HRT - probably better for some than others.
From what I've heard, there is an optimal time to start taking a daily aspirin for cancer prevention... I think it is 50, but might be remembering that completely wrong.0 -
From what I've heard, there is an optimal time to start taking a daily aspirin for cancer prevention... I think it is 50, but might be remembering that completely wrong.
Hadn't thought of it from a cancer prevention point of view. Is there anything aspirin doesn't do? Are you sure it's not actually a forgotten vitamin? Came across the weird fact that it was invented by the same guy (Hoffman at Bayer) who "invented" heroin although that's stretching the word "invented" a bit. There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
Willow bark was a known drug in the middle ages for reducing fevers - commonly used in cases of malaria. And so was opium, of course....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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I don't take any vitamins, meds, drugs, potions, lotions, miracle tablets or anything.0
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