So how many of these are codswallop?

1 Pineapple is a natural painkiller. The fruit contains anti-inflammatory enzymes that bring pain relief from conditions such as arthritis, according to a study at Reading University.

2 Pomegranate juice could prevent a heart attack. This wonder juice is believed to improve blood flow to the heart and lower blood pressure.

3 Onions are natural antibiotics. They might make your breath pong but onions contain allicin, a powerful antibiotic that also protects the circulatory system.

4 Mushrooms can ward off colds. They contain more of an immune-boosting antioxidant called ergothioneine than any other food, say researchers at Pennsylvania State University.

5 Beetroot can pep up your sex life. It contains high levels of the mineral boron, which influences the production of sex hormones.

6 Blueberries can boost memory. A study at Tufts University in Boston showed eating half a cup of this fruit regularly could delay age-related deterioration in co-ordination and short-term memory.

7 A pint is as good as red wine. A pint of beer or stout is officially as beneficial as red wine for fighting cancer and heart disease, says scientists at Canada’s University of Western Ontario.

8 Eat chocolate, live longer Hurray! Harvard University scientists say that eating a couple of chocolate bars a week could extend your life by almost a year.

9 Grapefruit juice can stop medicine working. If you’re taking medication, avoid washing it down with grapefruit juice as there is evidence that it prevents some drugs being broken down.

10 You should never drink tea or coffee with meals. Tannins in tea and coffee prevent absorption of certain nutrients. A cup of tea with a meal will halve the iron you get from it, whereas a glass of orange juice will double it.

11 Cherries can cure gout. Cherries contain compounds that significantly reduce the chemicals in the body which cause joint inflammation.

12 Eating curry could help prevent Alzheimer’s. According to a report in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, a yellow pigment used in curry, curcumin, can stop amyloid plaques in the brain that cause the condition.

38 more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/dieting/50-mind-blowing-food-facts-576341

Could/may/possibly = unsubstantiated codswallop.

>>5 Beetroot can pep up your sex life.

Well if you put a plate of 12 fresh juicy oysters on the table and a plate of 12 beetroot on a plate on the table which would you pick?

Peak Warming Man said:

>>5 Beetroot can pep up your sex life.

Well if you put a plate of 12 fresh juicy oysters on the table and a plate of 12 beetroot on a plate on the table which would you pick?

One beetroot = 12 oysters.

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

>>5 Beetroot can pep up your sex life.

Well if you put a plate of 12 fresh juicy oysters on the table and a plate of 12 beetroot on a plate on the table which would you pick?

One beetroot = 12 oysters.

I’d still take the oysters

might have been Killen.

i have some beetroot in the fridge. got cook and pickle them as i am short.

Whoever picks the beetroot…is the one to avoid.

you can beat an egg you know.

8 Eat chocolate, live longer Hurray! Harvard University scientists say that eating a couple of chocolate bars a week could extend your life by almost a year.

but then if you eat a couple of chocolate bars in that gained year, you’ll live longer, then you are still eating chocolate.. therefore eat chocolate = never die Eureka

• Whoever picks the beetroot…is the one to avoid.

Oysters are revolting…

poikilotherm said:

Whoever picks the beetroot…is the one to avoid.

and what pharmaceutical argument do you have here?

Boris said:

you can beat an egg you know.

But you can’t beat a root?

48 Frozen vegetables are just as healthy as fresh Although generally speaking fresh is best, providing the fruit or vegetables are frozen immediately after picking, they will retain most of their nutrients and vitamins.

lol.. frozen is just as good, except they aren’t, though they are almost.

Arts said:

48 Frozen vegetables are just as healthy as fresh Although generally speaking fresh is best, providing the fruit or vegetables are frozen immediately after picking, they will retain most of their nutrients and vitamins.

lol.. frozen is just as good, except they aren’t, though they are almost.

I eat peas from the garden when they are there. The rest of the year, which is small, I eat other things.

i would imagine if you didn’t get fresh, and most in the supermarket isn’t, they would be similar in nutrition. most vegies are a few days old. plus they get a couple more days to age in your fridge.

The one about Grapefruit juice is true – That shit’s got some nasty interactions.

Boris said:

i would imagine if you didn’t get fresh, and most in the supermarket isn’t, they would be similar in nutrition. most vegies are a few days old. plus they get a couple more days to age in your fridge.

Yeah. they degrade sriously quickly. Freezing needs to happen as soon as possible.

Rule 303 said:

The one about Grapefruit juice is true – That shit’s got some nasty interactions.

Only if such situations are in place,

I use grapefruit freely though I try to avoid medications.

Rule 303 said:

The one about Grapefruit juice is true – That shit’s got some nasty interactions.

Pretty cool, eh?

OCDC said:

Rule 303 said:

The one about Grapefruit juice is true – That shit’s got some nasty interactions.

Pretty cool, eh?

Yes. All this research is very interesting to those whom attempt to eat out of their garden.

furious said:

• Whoever picks the beetroot…is the one to avoid.

Oysters are revolting…

“O oysters, come and walk with us,” The Walrus did beseech,
“A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk
Along the briny beach.
We cannot do with more than four
To lend a hand to each.”

btm said:

furious said:

• Whoever picks the beetroot…is the one to avoid.

Oysters are revolting…

“O oysters, come and walk with us,” The Walrus did beseech,
“A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk
Along the briny beach.
We cannot do with more than four
To lend a hand to each.”

I can always suck my own snot bacwards if I want an oyster in my mouth.

One should learn to appreciate Salsify.

haven’t had oysters for years.

Boris said:

haven’t had oysters for years.

Me, only the once.

and that was decades past.

>>1 Pineapple is a natural painkiller.

I don’t eat it because it makes my top lip swell up like Satchmo so I’ll just take an aspro.

Peak Warming Man said:

>>1 Pineapple is a natural painkiller.

I don’t eat it because it makes my top lip swell up like Satchmo so I’ll just take an aspro.

So, you don’t actually get, ripe pineapple?

I think the tannin and Vitamin C one is right too. Unless there has been further research that I’ve missed.

And allicin is an antibiotic.

buffy said:

And allicin is an antibiotic.

There are many such thing in many gardens.

I while ago I was reading about Napoleon in Moscow. They had pineapples. I was surprised about that.

i believe the french got the rough end of them too.

AwesomeO said:

I while ago I was reading about Napoleon in Moscow. They had pineapples. I was surprised about that.

Empires need sustenance.

AwesomeO said:

I while ago I was reading about Napoleon in Moscow. They had pineapples. I was surprised about that.

Yep Moscow in mid winter is awash with pineapples and listless ducks.

Boris said:

i believe the french got the rough end of them too.

They have survived though.

Peak Warming Man said:

AwesomeO said:

I while ago I was reading about Napoleon in Moscow. They had pineapples. I was surprised about that.

Yep Moscow in mid winter is awash with pineapples and listless ducks.

Almost a lol.

AwesomeO said:

Peak Warming Man said:

AwesomeO said:

I while ago I was reading about Napoleon in Moscow. They had pineapples. I was surprised about that.

Yep Moscow in mid winter is awash with pineapples and listless ducks.

Almost a lol.

barely. ;)

they tell you to eat fresh pineapple to start labour but I ate a whole one of them bastards on the due date of my first and it didn’t work until a week later

Boris said:

i believe the french got the rough end of them too.

Could have been worse, by all rights himself and his entire army should have ended up in prison if the Russians had been competent.

Arts said:

they tell you to eat fresh pineapple to start labour but I ate a whole one of them bastards on the due date of my first and it didn’t work until a week later

Slow digestion. Squashed by the bub…..

;)

Arts said:

they tell you to eat fresh pineapple to start labour but I ate a whole one of them bastards on the due date of my first and it didn’t work until a week later

But you enjoyed the pineapple?

roughbarked said:

I use grapefruit freely though I try to avoid medications.

Nice if you can.

The latest research I saw said diet can reduce Cholesterol levels by 10% max. My un-medicated total cholesterol was 11.1, which was about 3 times what it should be (given my other risk factors at the time).

roughbarked said:

Arts said:

they tell you to eat fresh pineapple to start labour but I ate a whole one of them bastards on the due date of my first and it didn’t work until a week later

But you enjoyed the pineapple?

it made my lips go numb

these days I only have it on pizza

Do I have to read this if I don’t want my mind blown?

Rule 303 said:

roughbarked said:

I use grapefruit freely though I try to avoid medications.

Nice if you can.

The latest research I saw said diet can reduce Cholesterol levels by 10% max. My un-medicated total cholesterol was 11.1, which was about 3 times what it should be (given my other risk factors at the time).

I’ve never been told that my chlesterol or my blood pressure is a problem, other than “You seem to be a bit on the low pressure side”, once or twice over decades.

Arts said:

they tell you to eat fresh pineapple to start labour but I ate a whole one of them bastards on the due date of my first and it didn’t work until a week later

I thought it was laxatives, sex, chocolate, and a ride in a badly sprung ute?

Arts said:

roughbarked said:

Arts said:

they tell you to eat fresh pineapple to start labour but I ate a whole one of them bastards on the due date of my first and it didn’t work until a week later

But you enjoyed the pineapple?

it made my lips go numb

these days I only have it on pizza

Pineapples, like any fruit, should be eaten when ripe.

party_pants said:

Do I have to read this if I don’t want my mind blown?

Not really miuch in here anyway.

Rule 303 said:

roughbarked said:

I use grapefruit freely though I try to avoid medications.

Nice if you can.

The latest research I saw said diet can reduce Cholesterol levels by 10% max. My un-medicated total cholesterol was 11.1, which was about 3 times what it should be (given my other risk factors at the time).

if you’re still on crestor u dont need to worry about grapefruit interaction

Rule 303 said:

Arts said:

they tell you to eat fresh pineapple to start labour but I ate a whole one of them bastards on the due date of my first and it didn’t work until a week later

I thought it was laxatives, sex, chocolate, and a ride in a badly sprung ute?

And a jump off the kitchen table.

buffy said:

Rule 303 said:

Arts said:

they tell you to eat fresh pineapple to start labour but I ate a whole one of them bastards on the due date of my first and it didn’t work until a week later

I thought it was laxatives, sex, chocolate, and a ride in a badly sprung ute?

And a jump off the kitchen table.

twas probably a jump on the kitchen table that got them in that predicament in the first place…

buffy said:

And a jump off the kitchen table.

Not what I would ever countenance.

Rule 303 said:

Arts said:

they tell you to eat fresh pineapple to start labour but I ate a whole one of them bastards on the due date of my first and it didn’t work until a week later

I thought it was laxatives, sex, chocolate, and a ride in a badly sprung ute?

and fresh pineapple and nipple tweaking .. they weren’t all as unpleasant as the pineapple

stumpy_seahorse said:

twas probably a jump on the kitchen table that got them in that predicament in the first place…

Now your’re talkin’.

Arts said:

Rule 303 said:

Arts said:

they tell you to eat fresh pineapple to start labour but I ate a whole one of them bastards on the due date of my first and it didn’t work until a week later

I thought it was laxatives, sex, chocolate, and a ride in a badly sprung ute?

and fresh pineapple and nipple tweaking .. they weren’t all as unpleasant as the pineapple

Patience is a virtue. When the moment is ripe, all is sweet.

Arts said:

Rule 303 said:

Arts said:

they tell you to eat fresh pineapple to start labour but I ate a whole one of them bastards on the due date of my first and it didn’t work until a week later

I thought it was laxatives, sex, chocolate, and a ride in a badly sprung ute?

and fresh pineapple and nipple tweaking .. they weren’t all as unpleasant as the pineapple

I always thought pineapple was for other things…

poikilotherm said:

if you’re still on crestor u dont need to worry about grapefruit interaction

*nods *

I am. Is there a point where I can go off it? I think my GP just assumes I’m on it for life…

Wait till Bubblecar sees this, there’s a lot of 3F in here
He’s busy polishing something right now.

diddly-squat said:

Arts said:

Rule 303 said:

I thought it was laxatives, sex, chocolate, and a ride in a badly sprung ute?

and fresh pineapple and nipple tweaking .. they weren’t all as unpleasant as the pineapple

I always thought pineapple was for other things…

That’s lemon juice…

Rule 303 said:

poikilotherm said:

if you’re still on crestor u dont need to worry about grapefruit interaction

*nods *

I am. Is there a point where I can go off it? I think my GP just assumes I’m on it for life…

you can do what you want…depends on how much risk you like take.

poikilotherm said:

you can do what you want…depends on how much risk you like take.

I think you can assume that most people who’ve had their sternum cracked open are fairly risk averse.

;-)

Rule 303 said:

poikilotherm said:

if you’re still on crestor u dont need to worry about grapefruit interaction

*nods *

I am. Is there a point where I can go off it? I think my GP just assumes I’m on it for life…

You’re on it for life.

I think you can assume that most people who’ve had their sternum cracked open are fairly risk averse.

quitter.

26 Artificial sweeteners can make you fat Research by US scientists shows that artificial sweeteners such as fructose change the body’s metabolism, making it more likely you’ll gain weight.

Fructose, artificial sweetener?

Raises eyebrow

> So how many of these are codswallop?

All “food facts” are codswallop aren’t they?
For how many of those can you find a supporting peer-reviewed medical article?

mollwollfumble said:

> So how many of these are codswallop?

All “food facts” are codswallop aren’t they?
For how many of those can you find a supporting peer-reviewed medical article?

Phosphorus brightens up listless ducks.

Peak Warming Man said:

>>1 Pineapple is a natural painkiller.

I don’t eat it because it makes my top lip swell up like Satchmo so I’ll just take an aspro.

My goodness….we might be twins!!

I can’t cope with fresh pineapple, but I can eat a bit of the tinned stuff.

I fail as a Queenslander :)

red herring comes from the ruse of dragging a red herring, a salted and hard smoked herring, to put the hounds off a scent.

mollwollfumble said:

> So how many of these are codswallop?

All “food facts” are codswallop aren’t they?
For how many of those can you find a supporting peer-reviewed medical article?

I have thyme for that.

Boris said:

red herring comes from the ruse of dragging a red herring, a salted and hard smoked herring, to put the hounds off a scent.

You cunning funt.

they preceded the bloater. used a lot for export to fed slaves. would last a loooong time. bloaters are more a straightaway or next day eat. being lighter salted and smoked. they aren’t gutted.

Boris said:

they preceded the bloater. used a lot for export to fed slaves. would last a loooong time. bloaters are more a straightaway or next day eat. being lighter salted and smoked. they aren’t gutted.

What makes it necessary to starve the oceans for a few fish?

This be the kind of question the aborigine would have asked.

never had a bloater or red herring. like kippers and smoked fish in general. i smoked some fish once. built a rough smoker and cold smoked some cod of some description. was lovely.

Boris said:

never had a bloater or red herring. like kippers and smoked fish in general. i smoked some fish once. built a rough smoker and cold smoked some cod of some description. was lovely.

M neighbour was a butcher. As I developed I not only helped him put sawdust in his sausages but also shied away from the smell of hios smoker.

roughbarked said:

Boris said:

never had a bloater or red herring. like kippers and smoked fish in general. i smoked some fish once. built a rough smoker and cold smoked some cod of some description. was lovely.

M neighbour was a butcher. As I developed I not only helped him put sawdust in his sausages but also shied away from the smell of hios smoker.

My typing skills are fine, it is the proofreading that is lacking.

Boris said:

i smoked some fish once.

…but didn’t inhale?

mangoes are supposed to increase the effects of pot

have not tried it yet

CrazyNeutrino said:

mangoes are supposed to increase the effects of pot

have not tried it yet

How does that work? I mean they taste like manna from heaven when you’re not off your face; when you are stoned they are mind-numbingly delicious :P

Or does one add some dried mango to the joint (or cookie, as some people like to do :P)?

CrazyNeutrino said:

mangoes are supposed to increase the effects of pot

have not tried it yet

You don’t need ti know.

kii said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

mangoes are supposed to increase the effects of pot

have not tried it yet

How does that work? I mean they taste like manna from heaven when you’re not off your face; when you are stoned they are mind-numbingly delicious :P

Or does one add some dried mango to the joint (or cookie, as some people like to do :P)?

Possibly all it means is that you pig out on the mango face first rather than by using table manners and implements.

roughbarked said:

Possibly all it means is that you pig out on the mango face first rather than by using table manners and implements.

You cannot eat mango using table manners or implements. It is a messy job.

roughbarked said:

kii said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

mangoes are supposed to increase the effects of pot

have not tried it yet

How does that work? I mean they taste like manna from heaven when you’re not off your face; when you are stoned they are mind-numbingly delicious :P

Or does one add some dried mango to the joint (or cookie, as some people like to do :P)?

Possibly all it means is that you pig out on the mango face first rather than by using table manners and implements.

Hmmm…yes, maybe.

You’ve reminded me of when I spent every day at the beach during one school holidays and I’d buy a mango from the fruit shop for lunch. Then I’d eat it sitting on my towel with a cleansing swim afterwards. Always amazing.

Carmen_Sandiego said:

roughbarked said:

Possibly all it means is that you pig out on the mango face first rather than by using table manners and implements.

You cannot eat mango using table manners or implements. It is a messy job.

Poirot can.

mangoes are delicious enough that you don’t need to ‘enhance’ it

however I did google the effects of mangoes on THC and it came up with some hits, mainly from pro pot sites, touting that if you eat a mango about an hour prior it will increase the effects of THC both in the initial high and the duration of the stone.

“The exotic sweet fruit rich in vitamin A can prolong the high effect originally felt while smoking marijuana. The delightful smell of mangoes is attributed to the chemical myrcene, specifically the terpenes inside, which is also found in cannabis and other exotic plants, says Berkeley Patients Care Collective. Upon consumption of a mango, the terpenes enter the bloodstream, and then whether you smoke before or after eating the mango, the terpenes will interact with the psychoactive ingredient THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) in order to increase the potency and duration of the ‘high’ effect.

The terpenes in mangoes and THC in marijuana will elevate high levels for users, especially, if the mango is consumed prior to inhalation. Sufferers from chronic pain can reap the benefits of mangoes to extend their pain relief, which is a healthier and cost effective alternative. Persons who wish to consume mangoes should take into account their metabolism;”
http://www.medicaldaily.com/mangoes-elevate-high-smoking-marijuana-are-they-healthier-alternative-munchies-247892

one of the sites the author “has a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy.” I’m sold…

but yer, in short, it’s supposed to ‘help’

roughbarked said:

Carmen_Sandiego said:

roughbarked said:

Possibly all it means is that you pig out on the mango face first rather than by using table manners and implements.

You cannot eat mango using table manners or implements. It is a messy job.

Poirot can.

He described the method plainly by example. You slice the mango skin right around the edge longitudinally and then cut down to the sead and circumscribe the seed, then using a spoon, pare back the two halves away from the seed, still attached to the skin. You then cube the flesh and spoon it out, leaving the seed and skin on the plate.

An old acquaintance of mine always held to the belief that eating oranges brings you down off a THC high.

While this sin’t about food, it is about Cannabis. http://www.ibtimes.com/battery-made-hemp-plant-based-supercapacitor-better-graphene-study-finds-1657512

roughbarked said:

While this sin’t about food, it is about Cannabis. http://www.ibtimes.com/battery-made-hemp-plant-based-supercapacitor-better-graphene-study-finds-1657512

or well, this part sounds food-ish. ;)

“We’ve pretty much figured out the secret sauce of it,”

5 Beetroot can pep up your sex life. It contains high levels of the mineral boron, which influences the production of sex hormones.

you know what else peps up your sex life?

sex.

Arts said:

5 Beetroot can pep up your sex life. It contains high levels of the mineral boron, which influences the production of sex hormones.

you know what else peps up your sex life?

sex.

Sex… Now there’s an idea. Wonder where I can get some?

Watermelon was always described as the food that washes the face while eating.

roughbarked said:

Watermelon was always described as the food that washes the face while eating.

My mum’s mum told us it would kill us….as she handed out large slices to her grandkids.

Don’t eat the white bit, you’ll get a stomach ache and DIE!!
Don’t swallow the seeds, they’ll grow inside you and you’ll DIE!!

I hate watermelon.

kii said:

roughbarked said:

Watermelon was always described as the food that washes the face while eating.

My mum’s mum told us it would kill us….as she handed out large slices to her grandkids.

Don’t eat the white bit, you’ll get a stomach ache and DIE!!
Don’t swallow the seeds, they’ll grow inside you and you’ll DIE!!

I hate watermelon.

that’s a shame, because watermelon rocks…

the trouble with mango helping to enhance THC is that it costs a lot of money for mangoes here in perth… probably almost as much as the pot to start with … that’s an expensive habit

kii said:

roughbarked said:

Watermelon was always described as the food that washes the face while eating.

My mum’s mum told us it would kill us….as she handed out large slices to her grandkids.

Don’t eat the white bit, you’ll get a stomach ache and DIE!!
Don’t swallow the seeds, they’ll grow inside you and you’ll DIE!!

I hate watermelon.

I’d hate my grandmother if she had said that. In fact watermelon seeds are as good or better than sunflowers eeds containing high levels of calcium and flourine, great for your teeth.

Arts said:

kii said:

roughbarked said:

Watermelon was always described as the food that washes the face while eating.

My mum’s mum told us it would kill us….as she handed out large slices to her grandkids.

Don’t eat the white bit, you’ll get a stomach ache and DIE!!
Don’t swallow the seeds, they’ll grow inside you and you’ll DIE!!

I hate watermelon.

that’s a shame, because watermelon rocks…

It does indeed.

Arts said:

the trouble with mango helping to enhance THC is that it costs a lot of money for mangoes here in perth… probably almost as much as the pot to start with … that’s an expensive habit

It could well be expensive if you didn’t live in Bowen or Darwin.

roughbarked said:

kii said:

roughbarked said:

Watermelon was always described as the food that washes the face while eating.

My mum’s mum told us it would kill us….as she handed out large slices to her grandkids.

Don’t eat the white bit, you’ll get a stomach ache and DIE!!
Don’t swallow the seeds, they’ll grow inside you and you’ll DIE!!

I hate watermelon.

I’d hate my grandmother if she had said that. In fact watermelon seeds are as good or better than sunflowers eeds containing high levels of calcium and flourine, great for your teeth.

I wasn’t too fond of her, for many reasons. There was that episode with my doll (she dressed it as a bride….grrrr). Also many other things she said and did. We were estranged when she died.

Watermelon is the manna that fell from heaven to feed the Israelites during the great famine of ~1500BC.
There was some collateral damage.

Garlic, honey and horseradish are meant to boost your immune system against colds.
Zinc supposedly interfers with viral replication

Cymek said:

Garlic, honey and horseradish are meant to boost your immune system against colds.
Zinc supposedly interfers with viral replication

Thyme does all of that and is one of the most nutritious of foods, if only one could stomach a big feed of it.

One of my faves is Yarrow and Thyme tea. Keeps much illness at bay.

Apart from the fibre and carotene, there is probably more vitamin A in eating the carrot leaves.

Being a browser or grazer, I eat the tips of various plants like long after people would have stopped cuttng asparagus shoots I eat the growing tips of the new leaves. I also munch away on young radish seed pods, like spicy green peas. The flowers and young seed pods on rocket are sweeter and less bitter than rocket leaves can get when they are in flower.

Arts said:

Rule 303 said:

Arts said:

they tell you to eat fresh pineapple to start labour but I ate a whole one of them bastards on the due date of my first and it didn’t work until a week later

I thought it was laxatives, sex, chocolate, and a ride in a badly sprung ute?

and fresh pineapple and nipple tweaking .. they weren’t all as unpleasant as the pineapple

FTR I didn’t do any of the above. My water broke whilst I was watching a Fran Drescher movie…

kii said:

My mum’s mum told us it would kill us….as she handed out large slices to her grandkids.

Don’t eat the white bit, you’ll get a stomach ache and DIE!!
Don’t swallow the seeds, they’ll grow inside you and you’ll DIE!!

I hate watermelon.

I was never told we would die, but we were told the white bit would give us a tummy ache. I never recall having a tummy ache from eating the white bit.

and I hate mangoes.

Divine Angel said:

FTR I didn’t do any of the above. My water broke whilst I was watching a Fran Drescher movie…

That would make me expel large objects from the various holes in my body as well.