Cigarettes are bad for your (computer's) health

TeeEm TeeEm

TeeEm

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Cigarettes are bad, period. I gave up smoking when my daughter was born 46 years ago. Can't stand the smell now, clothes stink after being around smokers. :eek2

There again nearly every adult or near adult smoked back then, so everyone probably stunk. :poke

So now they stink of malware. :eek ( e-cigs that is. )
 
aye-aye-Chris aye-aye-Chris

aye-aye-Chris

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foxidrive said:
She was one of the best things to happen in your life! :good:
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For more than 2 reasons :ohyes:

foxidrive said:
I need to give up diet coke... :rain:
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1 of 12 - Bubble trouble
by Mary Squillace

When taken at face value, diet soda seems like a health-conscious choice. It saves you the 140-plus calories you'd find in a sugary soft drink while still satisfying your urge for something sweet with artificial sweeteners like aspartame, saccharin, and sucralose. But there's more to this chemical cocktail than meets the eye.

2 of 12 - It confuses your body
Artificial sweeteners have more intense flavor than real sugar, so over time products like diet soda dull our senses to naturally sweet foods like fruit, says Brooke Alpert, RD, author of The Sugar Detox. Even more troubling, these sugar stand-ins have been shown to have the same effect on your body as sugar. "Artificial sweeteners trigger insulin, which sends your body into fat storage mode and leads to weight gain," Alpert says.

3 of 12 - It could lead to weight gain, not weight loss
Diet soda is calorie-free, but it won't necessarily help you lose weight. Researchers from the University of Texas found that over the course of about a decade, diet soda drinkers had a 70% greater increase in waist circumference compared with non-drinkers. And get this: participants who slurped down two or more sodas a day experienced a 500% greater increase. The way artificial sweeteners confuse the body may play a part, but another reason might be psychological, says Minnesota-based dietitian Cassie Bjork. When you know you're not consuming any liquid calories, it might be easier to justify that double cheeseburger or extra slice of pizza.

4 of 12 - It's associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes
Drinking one diet soda a day was associated with a 36% increased risk of metabolic syndrome and diabetes in a University of Minnesota study. Metabolic syndrome describes a cluster of conditions (including high blood pressure, elevated glucose levels, raised cholesterol, and large waist circumference) that put people at high risk for heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, Bjork explains.

<More:--> 5 of 12 It has no nutritional value + 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
 
foxidrive foxidrive

foxidrive

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The other thing is that your teeth are not subjected to 8 to 12 spoons of sugar for every dose.

I didn't look at points 6 to 12 coz I dispute some of those things already - the sugary ones are much more likely to lead to the joyful land of Diabetus,
and it's FUD that you can't recognise sugary sweetness, and you'll over-consume.

Since the year-of-the-y2K-bug I didn't put on any weight, and actually lost weight over all those years.

It has no nutritional value - but neither does fanta or coke or mountain dew yada yada.
It does stain and erode your teef from the acidic stuff, like the sugary ones do also.

I have largely replaced the diet coke with 'Crystal Light' stuff that I buy from the good ol' USofA.
Maybe plain old water ala misi is the solution - but it's like telling someone to give up alcomohol, or to give up coffee or tea. Capice?
 
misi misi

misi

Growing Little Guru
foxidrive said:
If there was a survey of 1000 wine/beer drinkers, and you asked them all to give it up - I'm sure you'll get 1 or 2 that will do it. :appetizer:
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Sure!
If there was a survey of 1000 wine/beer drinkers willing to give up, and you asked them all to give it up ...
How many of them would give up?
 
foxidrive foxidrive

foxidrive

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TeeEm said:
You don't know what you're missing. :cool
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To be candid for a moment, I don't know what I'm missing from having a wife either.

I'm sure there are joys and heartaches from both wives and kids - the question is: would you go back and undo those things if you had the choice?:?
 
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