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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 09:16 AM Original message |
Junk food diet linked to lower IQ |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Shouldn't the headline be: |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. That can be true, but the first headline makes more sense. |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. It takes an IQ to feed an IQ is all I'm sayin... n/t |
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May Hamm (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. For toddlers??? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. "Move along. Nothing to see here." - Big Ag - Industrial Food, Inc. (R) |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. The damned IQ tests are good enough to consider a ~5% delta |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Almost all of these studies are garbage |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Well it is logical that the quality of the food will affect the quality of the body. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. It is an abuse of science |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. your post actually has no rational basis regarding the subject of this thread. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Factually, a junk food diet contributes to illness of the body -- |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. I never mentioned organics once... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Religiosity and intelligence |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Abuse of science??? 14,000 subjects. Peer-reviewed study. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. no, it is a study of 4000 subjects. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
45. You sure called that one right. :) |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. "Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es." - Dr. Anthelme Brillat-Savarin |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. There seem to be many problems with this study |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. The media will use 'links' because it is short and because |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Reminds me of this: |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. The authors explained that they controlled for that. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. Become one with GM potato chip. |
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LittleGirl (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. another label is needed for 'junk food' |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. Mmmmm, I'm eating a big mac in one hand and a whopper in the other at the moment... |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. Note that they don't report the difference btweeen |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Obviously, a junk food diet harms your body ... why not your brain? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Science doesn't work that way |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Indeed, the brain is part of the body |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
13. Unrec. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Indeed. Causality could easily go either direction in this one. |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. Why don't you read the article at least. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
14. While I wouldn't be surprised if eating healthy improved brain development, I'm very skeptical... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. If you're skeptical ... are you eating organic foods and avoiding animal eating? |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I'm skeptical about how much the study proves anything, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. If you're "skeptical" at all, you should be skeptical of animal-eating .... |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I'd try to do better, but I'm skeptical of your advice. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. As I'm skeptical of yours ... |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I have yet to understand why you think I'm "defending junk food". |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Science is merely and only observation of nature .... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. I find it very amusing that a person who believes every conspiracy |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. "the campaign to eat animals" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Humans have no need to eat animals ... |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Oh |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. "Fundy"-- ? Didn't know they disbelieved Genesis -- !! |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. No but they do reference |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. That reminds me of the Book of Esther |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Bibical stories are myth -- created by patriarchy -- good to examine the rasons behind it ... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
17. Vegetables and fruits nourish all parts of your body in specific ways and are our MEDICINES... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. Petroleum-based fertilizers don't harm the nutritive value of the food, |
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Jankyn (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
22. Small sample, small IQ difference... |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. 14,000 subjects is a small sample??? |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. I thought this story was about Fox News...but oh |
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lbrtbell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. Duh. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. Heh, so there was a good outcome to my Pop-Eye Spinach obsession when I was 3! |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
55. self delete |
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