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Re: More Millennials Are Having Strokes

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Post by pferde »

Mikeb85 wrote: post #55
ThomPete wrote: post #21

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How can a vegan diet be more balanced? It lacks diversity which as far as I understand is the primary foundation for good healthy diet. Many different things in not too much quantity.

> How can a vegan diet be more balanced? It lacks diversity which as far as I understand is the primary foundation for good healthy diet. How does it lack diversity? There's far, far more non-animal foodstuffs in the world than types of meat/fish... Also, most traditional and 'varied' diets contain far more vegetable matter than meat anyway.

Yes, and all those non-animal foodstuffs are available also to normal people, in addition to additional foodstuffs which come from animals. Vegan diet is less diverse by definition, as they merely limit themselves, they do not eat anything non-vegans can't. Simple maths.

Re: More Millennials Are Having Strokes

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Post by Mikeb85 »

pferde wrote: post #81
Mikeb85 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> How can a vegan diet be more balanced? It lacks diversity which as far as I understand is the primary foundation for good healthy diet. How does it lack diversity? There's far, far more non-animal foodstuffs in the world than types of meat/fish... Also, most traditional and 'varied' diets contain far more vegetable matter than meat anyway.

Yes, and all those non-animal foodstuffs are available also to normal people, in addition to additional foodstuffs which come from animals. Vegan diet is less diverse by definition, as they merely limit themselves, they do not eat anything non-vegans can't. Simple maths.

Saying it's 'less diverse' isn't the same as saying it 'lacks diversity'...

Re: More Millennials Are Having Strokes

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Post by 77pt77 »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #69
cmpxchg8b wrote: post #50

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I starting working in games in the early 2000s. The first game I worked on (Black & White) had me working 16-20 hour days, 6-7 days a week for 9 months. It destroyed my health and turned me into an agoraphobic for at least a year, with related conditions lasting much longer. I've seen people have to check into mental health institutions after shipping games. At one place I worked, there was a "crack board", where the…

Do employers ever get sued for having an abusive work culture?

No.

Re: More Millennials Are Having Strokes

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Post by lr4444lr »

542458 wrote: post #40
80211 wrote: post #31

It's mostly obesity. If we allowed for obesity as a reason to deny health coverage, then health innsurance would be affordable. And since it costs nothing to lose weight, it seems fair.

> since it costs nothing to lose weight, it seems fair. This is only a half truth. Starving yourself is free, but losing weight while still eating a variety of foods (most people can't stomach 24/7 lentils) on extreme financial (including preparation equipment) and time constraints (prep time, time to get ingredients) is nontrivial. Look at the nutritional content of the cheapest and most readily available food you c…

No one's responsible for anything anymore. What you're saying essentially amounts to poverty preventing people from shedding a disease of affluence.

Re: More Millennials Are Having Strokes

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Post by mistermann »

velox_io wrote: post #13
weinzierl wrote: post #8

Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) has been associated with strokes in young people. IDA doesn't necessarily have pronounced symptoms and a diagnosis with a blood sample is simple and cheap. It is often considered a "female disorder" but it's only slightly more common in females than males. tldr: Have your blood checked. [1] https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crinm/2012/487080/ EDIT: As most follow up comments seem to center…

The reason more females have it is because of blood loss from periods (Iron is needed to make up Red-blood cells). I had IDA for over a year. My doctor tried to fix/ mask it with iron supplements, turns out was a coeliac. Which explains why I was constantly felt lethargic/ hung-over. Pro tip: Don't trust everything your doctor says (new Dr suspected it and ordered tests straight away).

I will second this, many doctors are willfully ignorant and can't even conceive of the notion that a doctor is capable of being uninformed or wrong.

I've been having some unexplained medical issues lately and asked for some specialized blood tests and was refused (this being Canada, you go to the doctor with your hat in your hand, begging that they actually take your problems seriously, and if they don't want to help you, you're out of luck.)

Re: More Millennials Are Having Strokes

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

lostlogin wrote: post #61
petre wrote: post #28

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Also zinc and copper is found in animal sources. The only non-animal source for vitamin D is UV exposed mushrooms.

Or alternatively you can just go outside for a bit.

Just wear enough protection, especially if you are in austrailia. Skin cancer is also on the rise.

Re: More Millennials Are Having Strokes

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Post by lostlogin »

cperciva wrote: post #73
lostlogin wrote: post #61

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Or alternatively you can just go outside for a bit.

You could sunbathe naked in Vancouver for six months a year and not get enough vitamin D.

I had a look, and while that's an exaggeration it's certainly hard to get enough of it in winter. In summer in Calgary it's 600IU per min while in winter it takes 2 hours 42 minutes to get that much. http://purenorth.ca/vitamin-d-your-health/how-much-do-i-need...

Re: More Millennials Are Having Strokes

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Post by danaliv »

velox_io wrote: post #13
weinzierl wrote: post #8

Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) has been associated with strokes in young people. IDA doesn't necessarily have pronounced symptoms and a diagnosis with a blood sample is simple and cheap. It is often considered a "female disorder" but it's only slightly more common in females than males. tldr: Have your blood checked. [1] https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crinm/2012/487080/ EDIT: As most follow up comments seem to center…

The reason more females have it is because of blood loss from periods (Iron is needed to make up Red-blood cells). I had IDA for over a year. My doctor tried to fix/ mask it with iron supplements, turns out was a coeliac. Which explains why I was constantly felt lethargic/ hung-over. Pro tip: Don't trust everything your doctor says (new Dr suspected it and ordered tests straight away).

> blood loss from periods

...is a whopping 10-35 mL per period—hardly enough to cause a nutrient deficiency.

Re: More Millennials Are Having Strokes

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

ams6110 wrote: post #41
Pulcinella wrote: post #33

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If we allowed for bad opinions as a reason to deny health coverage, then health insurance would be affordable. And since it costs nothing to post better, it seems fair.

No need to go full denial. Insurance is priced according to risk. If I've got a record of accidents and traffic violations then my car insurance costs more. If I'm 100 lbs overweight and hypertensive then life insurance costs more. Medical insurance can be priced the same way, creating incentives to maintain a healthy weight and diet.

Hey, if your family has a history of cancer, they should also charge you more right? It's only fair.

Re: More Millennials Are Having Strokes

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Post by antisthenes »

mrkrab wrote: post #79
80211 wrote: post #31

It's mostly obesity. If we allowed for obesity as a reason to deny health coverage, then health innsurance would be affordable. And since it costs nothing to lose weight, it seems fair.

I completely disagree with losing weight "costing nothing". A good diet is usually more expensive than a bad diet. Preparation also requires more time, which is money. Education on what you have to eat, how to cook it, etc. is money too. Exercise requires free time, which is money too. Hence why poor people have higher levels of obesity.

I agree completely, but most people could go 80% of the way just by eating 20% smaller portions of the same food they eat right now.

Does it cost more to cook smaller portions? I think even worst case scenario is it costs the same, e.g. you cook the same amount and throw 20% away (or it goes bad).

What would help is if people stopped treating weight loss as some insurmountable problem.

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