Information overload?

The two that tick me off the most are butter and eggs. I love both. Both were supposed to kill you. Now they're fine in moderation and butter is healthier than most of the alternatives as long as you don't have high cholesterol which I don't have.

Yes I toatlly understand your frustration and have found myself in that same sopt of bother too.In my case it was with regards to coconut oil a native oil on my island .At first it was beleived that cocunut oil was a contributory factor for heart disease and in its place they suggested vegetable oil .Now a study later came out that cocunut oil was good .I am now thinking that most of these studies are tainted by the sponsor for the research .Consequenly products like cocunut oil which has no major sponsor gets shafted for larger sponsors like vegetable oil who are trying to sell teh nutrtionla side of their products

I watch what I eat and drink, but I drink at least 3 cups of coffee per day. I never drink soda. Coke is not good for you because is loaded with sugar. Diet coke is worst, because artificial sugar is not good for you. I also use coffee for my plants in my garden. It is good for plants and people.

Well, I drink tea, about a gallon a day and rejoice in the supposed anti-cancer benefits of it all the best urban

lol! I hear ya on that. I have had some of the same see-saw information. I have finally had to just sort through the information and ultimately listen to me body. IT lets me know when I indulge in something that's not good for it.. I can feel it. So.. I drink my coffee!! I'll drink yours too if you don't watch it!! :)

It's just the reality every moment every second there are so many studies and researches going on and showing up results. My point is everything as a good and a bad side if you think better you will not find anything that is only good or only bad things are made with a propose but some times that propose inflicts other things and that's the problem. There are so many things that you can do and eat and drink so many things, I mean EVERYTHING is good if it's not to much quantity. The thing about caffeine you know that time was when the things were rolling on and so many researches were showing results and know everything is clear caffeine is good is it's on the right quantity it help our brain to work our body to move it's energetic keeps us with our eyes opened to the dangerous and everything else! Science is always figuring out new things and when they say it's bad for health it is but in big quantity's everything is good and everything is bad at the same time that's the answer. Be happy eat and drink them all but softly and not too often ;) Good myLotting...

I certainly understand what you are saying. I drink as much caffeine as I want each day. I do have high cholesterol so do watch what I eat but not to the extent it makes me crazy worrying about it. I'm on meds. I also drink quite a bit of water and take a daily vitamin for old people. I'm a firm believer that when it's my time to go, it's my time to go. Am not overweight and do keep busy moving around while at work and home. I will say that too much caffeine in a day's time can make me a little anxious. Am only a morning coffee drinker.

You DO know that being alive causes cancer, don't you? Ok, just had to make sure we were clear on that. No, information overload does not bother me. It just means you need to take a little time to research and discuss the claims. I think, overall, that it's a good thing, because it will destroy authoritarian thought, and make us have to think about things before we buy into them. I find diet soda to be an oxymoron.

hi cobra .. i have a teory of this .. we have contradicting information because of "competition" between the produces of the product .. I remember once when the American said no to "palm oil" and promoted soya based oil ... Similary in my country .. there were alot of articles proving that the research by Americans were not solid or the other way around .. Me i bought what i can afford of course with palm oil being produced in my country it was cheaper in the market ... Similarly since i am of indian origin, we use alot of coconut oil as thought by our anchestors .. So the best advise from me to anyone - Eat anything and everything until your heart desires and your body still can accept it - Eat anything and everything at a moderate level ... cheers

I drink stuff with caffeine every now and then but not often. I stick to a lot of water everyday. You never know what is right and wrong anymore in things to drink and eat anymore. So I just pray over everything I eat and drink anymore. So I think the best thing to drink is water.

I've never heard anything like this, myself. It's hard to know what to believe. You can't always believe everything you hear or read. I've always known that too much caffeine wasn't good for you, though. I used to drink coffee a lot but I had to quit because it made me sick at my stomach. Even decaf makes me sick. I went to a stomach doctor several years ago in Birmingham and he said it was the oil in coffee that was causing my stomach to hurt. I have a nervous stomach, anyway. Kathy.

Yeah, you are right my friend as i heard so many talks about tea then i left it but now it is said that tea help in fighting against cancer. I think the best way is to try and experience yourself. I think everything have different effects on every individual so better try yourself. Happy mylotting!

i think a lot of the health reports we get in the press are based on small studies and don't apply to everyone. i've had to speak to my doctor about coffee because i had a couple of serious liver illnesses when i worked abroad and basically it's ok in moderation but 5 cups a day would probably cause more damage. i think if you're healthy and don't eat or drink anything excessively then you'll be fine. just ignore the information you see in the press.

Everyone's metabolism handles what it is given as fuel, differently. That is one of the sources of the conflicting study results. Throw in the fact that industry can and does pay money to conduct studies that sway things to their advantage...and the pharmacuetical companies with their agenda...and you have information mayhem! That's my opinion anyway.

Do not drink anything to get more energy to deal with information. To get a better brain just: Train it a lot. Read more than 1 ENTIRE book a day in information, emails, blogs and so on. Exercise a LOT. Brain gets energy from blood. Blood comes power exercise. You must exercise to get more of your brain Finally just eat well. The better you eat, the better nutrients your brain will have to work with.

I know what you mean. I have learned over time that it is important to not believe everything that you hear. I have had many times when I saw things and actually believed them only to find out that there was the opposite thing said shortly thereafter. It would be better to take it in and acknowledge that it is there and to decide whether it goes along with what is already there. If it is too good to be true, it is generally not. I think the big thing is to look at how something makes you feel. If it makes you jittery, it is having a negative effect and should probably be avoided even if you heard it should be good for you. If we go through life fearing everything, is that really a life at all????

I agree you don't know what to do, I feel like a piece of taffy being pulled one way and then another. I have found that if you can tract down the sponsor of the study it can give you a clue about which way the study was headed. For instance if the coffee study was done by a coffee company or organization you can bet the results were slanted their way.

I agree with another person who posted a response who said that we need to listen to our bodies. They will tell us, many times with more accuracy that scientists and researchers, what is good for us and what is bad. Also, adopting a philosophy of "everything in moderation" generally speaking will help with all of the nutritional vices we are drawn to such as fat, sugar, caffiene and others.

It is not really that confusing if you choose not to listen to the crap that the media drown you in! It all comes down to common sense and nature. If nature provides it, eat and drink it! If it has been messed with by man, then leave it alone!!! I used to drink coffee, coke and all the rest of the garbage that we are told by society to consume...now I drink filtered water only and feel better than I ever have before!!! If I want a hot drink, then I have a herbal tea! The answers to to most of the health issues today can be found by just getting back to basics and the good old fashioned natural food and drink we used to consume before they started poisening society with all these chemicals! I really hope this helps you to find your answers! :-)

yeah u r right. But, look it's upon our choice even i had stopped having coke n all when i came to know that it's bad for our skin. But i do sometimes drink...And, about that coffee. it does good as well as harm to us. My mother asks me to drink a mug of coffee when I'm having cough or cold. it really works. And at the same time caffeine present in it harms us. Now a days we are listening that people are mixing so many chemicals (adulterants) in food stuff.. we don't know what we are eating. The fruits which are really helpful for out health might be a poison for us! Just have faith on what we r having and nothing can be done actually.. People are just being mean.