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Formerly known as "Untying the Gordian Knot"

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Stupid studies

You know, "science" studies these days have run amok. We have all sorts of retarded studies that produce dubious results that end up being quoted and spread as the ultimate truth.

In this latest one they found that women who drink eight or more cups of coffee a day are twice as likely to lose their child during pregnancy as women who do not. But wait, that's before they adjust for other factors at which point it falls down to 59%. Why are you reporting the first fucking number then!? Going further if you drank four to seven cups you are at 33% risk. Conclusion? They do not advise drinking more than 3 cups of coffee a day when pregnant.

First of all, who thinks it's a good idea to drink more than 3 cups of coffee a day when pregnant? We need to send them to CommonSense school as obviously they're missing some. Secondly, all this health crap about not drinking, not smoking, eating properly, exercising, reducing stress is quite annoying. Do these people live on planet Earth?! Do they work for a living? If they did you would know that some of these things are hard to avoid. What happened to balance and moderation? If you have an expectant mother who is hella stressed maybe a glass of wine would help. And could it be that the stress is at least partially caused by all this fear-mongering?

I think we should just put expectant mothers in a stasis and provide them with proper nutrition intravenously. No alcohol, no cigarettes, no coffee, no drugs, no stress, proper nutrition and we'll run some current through their bodies to ensure proper exercise. There ya go! Never seen a healthier child. In fact, while we're at it why not just do away with the mother alltogether. Let's grow 'em in a petri dish so we can control everything to a T. Fuck these useless parents. We'll setup "growing" communes to ensure that children are properly concieved, raised and taken care of. Yeah! There's a Brave New World for ya!!

8 Comments:

  • At 6:19 PM, Blogger nell said…

    the giver.

     
  • At 8:04 AM, Blogger Rama said…

    I with ya there. and yes, these people do work for a living--they are called nutritionists and personal trainers.

    And honestly, who thinks drinking 3 cups of coffee a day is healthy, pregnant or no?

     
  • At 10:22 AM, Blogger Sarah said…

    yeah coffee, it's probably good in moderation for the woman & baby, and some doctors say a glass of red wine isn't bad here and there. It's all about moderation!! but my brother's, well whatever she is, completely eats unhealthy and drinks bad stuff and i want to strangle her sometimes.

     
  • At 8:34 PM, Blogger z said…

    nellie - the giver??

     
  • At 8:35 PM, Blogger z said…

    what about 8?! :)

     
  • At 8:35 PM, Blogger z said…

    sarah - yeah, not much you can do about it. it's her body and her baby. it is a shame though.

     
  • At 12:05 AM, Blogger Bistro said…

    The Giver is a pretty good, and very short book. It's a "Young adult" book, so it's one that's short, and simply written, but is just beginning to introduce some heavy philosophical ideas to teenagers. Read it a few years ago, I don't remember a lot of details other than stuff with genetic manipulation. Children seem to be grown, and then given to families. And no one has any bad memories because they're all given to one person, so no one else can remember them. And children are told at something like 11 years old what they will do for the rest of their lives.

     
  • At 2:02 PM, Blogger z said…

    thanks bistro. hmmm... i'll check it out.

     

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