E:09/11 Win 10x organic hampers, worth £100 each

nash0819

The answers to Question 2 and 10 are still a little dubious but we think they're correct...

Click here for details. Entry is via e-mail. this is from Saturday's The Independent newspapers; for once they've put the details online, possibly because the comp is linked to an article; you have to scroll down past that to see the comp details.

Answer these questions to win an organic hamper

How well do you know your onions? Take our healthy food quiz and you could win one of 10 organic food hampers from Healthy Pulses (01392 250 552, healthypulses.co.uk)*. Each hamper is worth £100 and contains adelicious [sic] combination of wholesome goodies. All you have to do is answer the following:

TRUE OR FALSE?

1 The average person eats a third less dietary fibre (oats, bread and cereals) than is recommended for health
TRUE (see clicky here)

2 Eating fruit and vegetables is the best way to prevent cancer
TRUE (apart from giving up smoking)
-or- FALSE (giving up smoking is the best way)

3 Stomach cancer in the UK has risen over the past 50 years
FALSE (see link here and other link here)

4 A nutraceutical is a food which has been adapted to have a medicinal effect
FALSE (see Wiki cliki)

5 Folic acid, found in broccoli, marmite and brown rice helps prevent birth defects
TRUE (it may be a bad thing for other reasons however - see link here)

6 Meat is a good source of Vitamin C
FALSE (We think. It can be a source but not a good source - read this)

7 A Body Mass Index of 26 is overweight
TRUE (over 25 is "overweight", according to this wiki cliki)

8 Breastfeeding protects the health of mothers as well as babies
TRUE (see clicky)

9 Beer is more effective in moderate amounts than wine in preventing heart disease
FALSE (see clicky)

10 It is possible to lose weight without eating less or exercising more
TRUE (could be contentious answer; you can lose weight by eating the same volume of food but reducing your calorie intake, or through some illnesses)

Send your answers with your name and contact details to: Food Hamper Competition, PO Box 55705, London E14 1AQ. Please state your name and address on the back of the envelope. Or, email your answers and details, to comps@independent.co.uk Entries must be received by Friday 9 November. Winners will be selected at random from the correct entries and notified in writing by 14 November.

To summarise the answers:

1 - TRUE
2 - FALSE (giving up smoking is best way)
[or you could say TRUE (except for giving up smoking)]
3 - FALSE
4 - FALSE
5 - TRUE
6 - FALSE
7 - TRUE
8 - TRUE
9 - FALSE
10 - TRUE (you can lose weight by eating same amount of food but reducing calorie intake, or through some illnesses that do not affect your appetite)

Any more improvements on the above?

ginjim

for 10 is so ambiguos

i would say false too but i bet they want you to say true
because nutritionists always tell you to eat less(fatty foods) and exercise more

BabyGiant

ginjim wrote: »

for 10 is so ambiguos

i would say false too but i bet they want you to say true
because nutritionists always tell you to eat less(fatty foods) and exercise more

I'd say True. If you changed what you eat to more healthy foods, but the same amount, then you must "lose Weight" . Same with the type of exercise. :j

Moocow5

Thanks for posting this comp Nash0819.

Question 2. I'd have thought was true. Eating fruit and veg provide antioxidents (keeping free radicals down) which help protect against cancer.

Question 3. I think the link you've given shows the figures for Scotland as on the site it states 'Information about Scotland's people'. So I'm not sure about the answer being 'false'. People's diets have certainly got worse over the past 50 years, so I'd have thought stomach cancer would increase?

Question 10. I'd have thought was true. But are they talking QUANTITY of food (weight) or AMOUNT of calories? I presume they mean quantity of food, in which case the answer would be 'true'.

misslander69

I'm going to say true for 10 aswell. It would be possible to loose weight without changing anything due to health matters e.g. thyroid problems etc.

nash0819

Question 2 - I have found (in this link)

To quote the Secretary of State for Health – Alan Milburn:

"Experts agree that eating fruit and vegetables is the second most effective way to prevent cancer and heart disease after reducing smoking."

I cannot agree with this statement.

So, ignoring the person who advocates a balanced diet in that article and going with the Health Secretary, the answer they want depends on whether they are talking about diet only. If yes, the answer is TRUE. If no, the answer is FALSE.

Moocow5

Just found this about stomach cancers in the uk 1975 - 2004:

http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/types/stomach/incidence/#trends

So I think you were correct, Nash, regarding question 3. :-)

nash0819

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T42

For number 10... wouldn't you lose weight if you had diabetes, hyperthyroidism, cancer, HIV, leukaemia, lymphoma, stress, drug abuse, heart disease, etc? whether or not your food intake/exercise were changed?

I think I'll put TRUE.

Cheers for posting this comp nash :beer: and Good luck!

nash0819

T42 wrote: »

For number 10... wouldn't you lose weight if you had diabetes, hyperthyroidism, cancer, HIV, leukaemia, lymphoma, stress, drug abuse, heart disease, etc? whether or not your food intake/exercise were changed?

I think I'll put TRUE.

Cheers for posting this comp nash :beer: and Good luck!

I understand that all those illnesses could cause you to lose weight but they would do so by reducing your appetite, I would have thought? So I don't think we can include those as reasons for a TRUE answer.

However I do reckon the accurate answer is "TRUE (you can lose weight by eating the same size meals but using lower calorific foodstuffs)". But they probably want the answer FALSE.

Teerah

In relation to Q.10:

If you sat in a warmer environment you would lose weight through sweat alone.