i was asked to watch a documentary from a US senator Gore, who gave some talks about global warming. and in one of his slides, he showed a very shocking and, at the same time, funny (and lame) picture which appears to be an advertisement back in the older days:
Actually there has been a link made between those who smoke and reduced chance of developing Alzheimer's disease.
I value my mind, however I will never smoke to preserve it. I know smoking preserves meats, however then big creatures called humans eat them, I don't want anyone to eat my brain, smoky good or not.
It's real, all right. If you've ever listened to radio drama from the forties and fifties with the commercials intact, you'll find that four out of five doctors smoke Camels, that Solium is an active ingredient in washing powder made from sunshine, that drinking Pepsi will make you sociable and gay, and that more women choose Lux to wash their husband's work shirts than any other brand.
Of course, speaking of things which may be made legal or illegal more for political than medico-pharmaceutical ones, you all do realize that Heroin, that bogeyman of the streets, is (was) a registered trademark of Bayer, not something concocted in some backyard lab ...
this makes me wonder, what things are we consuming today that might be laughing stock in the next, say, 20 years?
I am thoroughly convinced that the energy drinks people consume like water are actually really really bad for you. Nothing can taste that bitter and do a body good. Nature makes some things taste bad because they are poisonous. I am taking the hint LOL
Please don't take this as a personal attack if you drink those things. Just voicing an opinion here :)
Cigarette ads in magazines in the mid-'60s featured major league ball players, too. I remember some with players in uniform saying that their brand didn't cause them to get winded!
Not quite the same thing, but here's one I found by googling:
Yes, the opioid drugs are all effective antitussives (cough suppressants), which is why you can still get prescription syrups with codeine, and OTC forms with dextromethorphan, a related compound, and a leading cause of youth opiate intoxication.
FWIW, the opioid class of drugs are among the most effective and least harmful (when used correctly) drugs out there. Virtually all of the problems with them are related to the risks involved in obtaining and using them, not to their ingestion; the opioids do not cause significant long-term damage to the liver, kidneys, or nervous system.
this makes me wonder, what things are we consuming today that might be laughing stock in the next, say, 20 years?
I am thoroughly convinced that the energy drinks people consume like water are actually really really bad for you. Nothing can taste that bitter and do a body good. Nature makes some things taste bad because they are poisonous. I am taking the hint LOL
Please don't take this as a personal attack if you drink those things. Just voicing an opinion here :)
I agree and won't be surprised if the gov gets involved in some sort of warning to be printed on the labels of these drinks. I see some younger folk drink 6 to 8 of these in one day. Yikes
Actually there has been a link made between those who smoke and reduced chance of developing Alzheimer's disease.
I value my mind, however I will never smoke to preserve it. I know smoking preserves meats, however then big creatures called humans eat them, I don't want anyone to eat my brain, smoky good or not.
Actually smokers did not live long enough to develop Alzheimer's.
I would also predict a negative correlation with other diseases of the aged, like prostate cancer and stroke.
Of course all statistical analysis can be skewed, cancer can be demonstrated to have a 100% correlation with swallowing saliva in small amount over a long period of time.
