Healthy Eating #8

8th video in this series. This one briefly discusses scammers, quacks and liars on the internet who make false claims to sell products.

Thanks go to Prince Zeris for bringing the "coral sand calcium" scam to my attention.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• eating
• disorder
• healthy
• fat
• obese
• obesity
• vitamins
• nutrition
• supplement
• diet
• scam

[marcr61]

Ha no, he also likes to reveal scammers and liars . He has made so shows that I think you'd find extremely interesting . I'd imagine his Wikipedia site concentrates more on the magician side of things , but he does a lot of interesting and thought provoking things .

[Urgelt]

I appreciate the tip. :-)

[marcr61]

Hi Urgelt, are you awareof Derren Brown?

[Urgelt]

I was not, so I visited Wikipedia to read about him.

Interesting fellow. He seems to know some ways to fool people.

Not sure how that's relevant to this video, though. Unless you're implying I'm attempting to fool people?

[unshutoptic1]

Hemp oil is much better than snake oil.

[Urgelt]

I'm sure you're entirely correct.

[Urgelt]

We really have little understanding of how low-energy electromagnetic radiation interacts with human cells (or other cells, for that matter). And we are fairly confused about how cancer gets its start, too.

So the only answer I can give is, I don't know.

I think it's a reasonable precaution to avoid cell phones. I avoid them myself. There are undoubtedly people - mostly those who profit from the industry - who would call that statement reckless, however.

[dylanzwick]

I just finished a Harper's piece on cell phones and brain cancer. A surprisingly good read, but short on conclusions. Probably reflects the current state of knowledge. What do you think? Are cell phones dangerous, or are the concerns motivated by fear and scammers? Or, is there just not yet enough information to know?

[Urgelt]

Yes. Physical activity is essential to good health, and walking is wonderful exercise. Tunes up both body and mind.

[missbussy10]

I had my doubts, but I couldn't find the words. It's well formulated. But the effect of exercises are still very positive. Walking half an hour a day, keeps the doctor away.