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Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by xboxnolifes »

refactor_master wrote: post #8

It’s interesting how these things can be “healthy” and “unsafe” at the same time. Or maybe it’s because some of these health effects are often quite far-fetched (“may improve X”, “contains compounds which has, in other contexts, been known to be important for Y” whereas e.g. lead is very strongly correlated with negative effects. Makes me wonder on an “absolute scale” what we’re really talking about here: “-100 for h…

This a personal pet peace of mind in science literature. Two things will be reported on as being bad for you using the same sort of language and affect public opinion. But if you actually read the study, one shows rare interaction reduces your lifespan by a decade and the other takes a lifetime of interaction to reduce your life expectancy by a month.

Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by Temporary_31337 »

paulryanrogers wrote: post #49
carlosjobim wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of us are buying this stuff because we never had it. Most people buy new telephones not because they want fancy gadgets, but because either A: The battery has deteriorated too much or B: Crucial apps demands the phone to be updated. Uber is for example awful in this regard.

Legislate user replaceable batteries

The article suggests the pollution is from batteries. So replaceable batteries would help how?

Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by Eddy_Viscosity2 »

Fatnino wrote: post #57
Eddy_Viscosity2 wrote: post #56

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So I don't buy new electronic stuff every other year. Is the problem fixed yet?

Yes! Now you, and only you, are allowed chocolate again.

Oh thank goodness. The system works!

Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by markdown »

celtain wrote: post #31
markdown wrote: post #19

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Consumer Reports is just blogspam now. If you read anything they write about a topic you're expert in, you realise how much bullshit they spew. It's all just garbage to slap ads around.

I didn't see any ads on their chocolate article, and according to wikipedia they don't accept any advertising.

They sell the articles to other parties, so the more they churn out, the better. It's a content mill.

Below is an example of a factually incorrect article that they sold to the Washington Post:

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/supplements/supplemen...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/02/06/kava-lobe...

Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by kwhitefoot »

WinstonSmith84 wrote: post #20
doublerabbit wrote: post #4

tl;dr: concentrations of cadmium and lead in dark chocolate, so no you don't need to avoid dark chocolate. Eat it in moderation.

Not sure why it's downvoted, but that's written in the article: > A general rule of thumb is to consume no more than an ounce per day, Dr. Melough said. Eating more than that raises concerns not only about heavy metals, but also about high levels of saturated fat, she added. Regardless of the (too high amount of cadmium and lead), one shall not eat more than 1 ounce (30 grams) a day.

An ounce a day would be 10 kg per year, that's an awful lot of dark chocolate!

According to Statista the average per capita consumption of chocolate confectionery in the US is about 9 kg so most people are well below the danger levels.

Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by kwhitefoot »

xtiansimon wrote: post #54
BiteCode_dev wrote: post #16

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> Stop buying new electronic stuff / computer / gadgets / appliances every other years guys And when you do, buy it second hand. backmarket.com is really good for this.

How is backmarket.com better or different from eBay?

It's considerably more expensive.

Re: Do I need to avoid dark chocolate now?

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Post by xtiansimon »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #55
xtiansimon wrote: post #54

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How is backmarket.com better or different from eBay?

There is a huge banner on backmarket's home page that explains exactly that. Which tells me you have made the level zero of effort to get an answer to your question, and instead expected me to provide said effort.

Sorry if you feel my response was a _request to you personally_. Just a friendly question in an open forum. As such, you can choose how to respond—with opinion, anecdotes, rumor, or, insults—doesn’t hurt my feelings one way or other.
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