tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post7466806994886597809..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Does Coffee Increase Lifespan?Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-59625495030335546092016-03-02T04:38:12.684-05:002016-03-02T04:38:12.684-05:00A nice debate about this was published in 2013.
Pr...A nice debate about this was published in 2013.<br />Pro (soda bad): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23763695<br />Con (soda meh): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23742715<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-74993249422678407842016-03-02T01:30:36.751-05:002016-03-02T01:30:36.751-05:00Also...I balked at saying anything, and I sat here...Also...I balked at saying anything, and I sat here staring at the post for a long while, but I gotta say: I resent your use of the term "jihad."<br /><br />I don't know how best to put it.. Maybe I should write a dystopian novel about a future time in which the last bastion of folks calling themselves "philosophers" are depraved third-world loons, and first-world folks The Mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813641115915460692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-37487845865633277242016-03-02T01:00:08.730-05:002016-03-02T01:00:08.730-05:00So, it's not the case that a gram of sugar in ...So, it's not the case that a gram of sugar in an apple has the same effect on the body as a gram of sugar in a soda, especially when typical serving sizes are considered. Not only does the sugar in the soda enters the bloodstream far more quickly, but also typically in larger quantity since a single serving of soda has like 40g of sugar in it compared to an apple with its 16g. Even a The Mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813641115915460692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-85187663833803172272016-03-02T00:59:50.949-05:002016-03-02T00:59:50.949-05:00Interesting position. I did not expect it.
I don...Interesting position. I did not expect it.<br /><br />I don't think soda is a mystically terrible thing for you. It's just one example of a kind of thing which I think is particularly terrible for you, and that thing is sugary drinks. The two major reasons that these drinks are particularly bad for you can be expressed as disagreements with your two major points up there:<br /><br />1)The Mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813641115915460692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-75260145469605606512016-03-01T21:39:42.256-05:002016-03-01T21:39:42.256-05:00I can't speak to people's habits, but I ha...I can't speak to people's habits, but I have it on good authority that a calorie is a calorie. Soda isn't any worse than any other massively sugary thing, and a calorie from sugar is a calorie. Consume one calorie in one form, you tend to consume one fewer calorie elsewhere. <br /><br />It's not that soda's great for you...it's just that the studies trying to show that Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-81130105296152832922016-03-01T16:51:19.995-05:002016-03-01T16:51:19.995-05:00Dude, I'm with you on the observation about up...Dude, I'm with you on the observation about upper middle class food fetishes and studies touting alleged health benefits, even when common sense is strongly against such alleged benefits (such as with red wine or coffee), but you are a downright loon about sugar and soft drinks.<br /><br />There is basically no food or drink item with more power to harm one's body than soda. Not only is The Mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813641115915460692noreply@blogger.com