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Friday pessimism

I’m behind on a knitting deadline. Someone’s going to break my thumbs.

Studies showing that drinking wine on a regular basis help prevent heart disease are fatally flawed, according to a new UC study (although that doesn’t mean that moderate indulgence doesn’t have some benefits).

I bet dark chocolate is next.

On a vaguely related note, for those of you annoyed with unsolicited blessings or prayers on knitting mailing lists, note that a Harvard study determined that prayer had no effect on heart bypass patients, and that patients who knew they were being prayed for suffered more complications.

10 Responses to “Friday pessimism”

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   mamacate said on March 31st, 2006 at 7:58 am

   Crap.

   They better not mess with the dark chocolate finding. It’s a cold and harsh world out there, and I for one rely on the comfort that wine and chocolate are good for me. Okay, chocolate.

   Sigh. Truth hurts, I suppose.

   Pray for me. Heh.

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   Chris said on March 31st, 2006 at 8:23 am

   *sniff*

   Did you have to post the wine thing on a Friday?! The humanity, the humanity…

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   amyknitty said on March 31st, 2006 at 9:03 am

   if I broke your thumbs, how would you get the work done? you’ve got me by the skeins, dammit.

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   Celia said on March 31st, 2006 at 9:20 am

   Dammit.
   That moderate drinking thing would have to be too good to be true.

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   Stephanie said on March 31st, 2006 at 10:44 am

   Curses! Trying to ruin knitters’ faith in the power of good wine and chocolate again…

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   3c said on March 31st, 2006 at 11:03 am

   Someone sent me the URL for that study about prayers/heart surgery and I (literally) checked 3x to make sure that it wasn’t a spoof site.

   As for wine and the UC study, well, they’re contradicting the value of earlier studies sponsored by UC and they’re also kinda contradiction broad population experience in Europe, no? Or maybe the key is that you have to have a European view for the wine thing to work?

   Hey, your US tax dollars at work, why would anyone question a UC finding

   -3c, an advanced degree graduate of the Cal (UC Berkeley) School of Public Health….

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   Emily said on March 31st, 2006 at 12:15 pm

   They *have* said the thing about chocolate, just today, at least as far as depression is concerned - apparently may make you worse!

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   AmyP said on March 31st, 2006 at 1:37 pm

   Good job I’m teetotal then! Although I second them not touching studies to do with dark chocolate. IT’S GOOD FOR YOU!!!

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   Carol said on April 2nd, 2006 at 1:59 am

   What if you eat chocolate while drinking wine and knitting? Any studies on that?

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    Taphophile said on April 4th, 2006 at 6:41 am

    Chocolate = cocoa beans. Beans = good for you type vegetable. Just saying.

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