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Brian writes
"you should really be digging for information supporting vegetarianism as well as information that debunks it."
"you are dismissing the points that disagree with your own ideas"
"Impact of Smoking on Clinical and Angiographic Restenosis After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention – This large study shows yet another benefit of smoking. This time the benefit concerns restenosis, that is, the occlusion of coronary arteries. Smokers have much better chances to survive, heal and do well. Where is the press? Nowhere to be found, of course; we are talking about a significant positive about tobacco and smoking, which affects the health of people, don’t we?"
"Severe Gum Recession, Less Of A Risk For Smokers - In the strange world that anti-tobacco has wrought, any research that deviates from the tobacco-is-the-root-of-all-evil template is noteworthy. Here is a study that shows that smokers are actually at lower risk from gum disease. In this page (scroll down) there is more scientific evidence from other sources about oral health and smoking. "
"Twin Study Supports Protective Effect of Smoking For Parkinson's Disease"
""In a multivariate analysis, children of mothers who smoked at least 15 cigarettes a day tended to have lower odds for suffering from allergic rhino-conjunctivitis, allergic asthma, atopic eczema and food allergy, compared to children of mothers who had never smoked (ORs 0.6-0.7). Children of fathers who had smoked at least 15 cigarettes a day had a similar tendency (ORs 0.7-0.9)."
"Carbon Monoxide May Alleviate Heart Attacks And Stroke"
"Smoking Prevents Rare Skin Cancer - A researcher at the National Cancer Institute is treading treacherous waters by suggesting that smoking may act as a preventative for developing a skin cancer that primarily afflicts elderly men in Mediterranean regions of Southern Italy, Greece and Israel. "
"Smoking Reduces The Risk Of Breast Cancer - A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (May 20, 1998) reports that carriers of a particular gene mutation (which predisposes the carrier to breast cancer) who smoked cigarettes for more than 4 pack years (i.e., number of packs per day multiplied by the number of years of smoking) were found to have a statistically significant 54 percent decrease in breast cancer incidence when compared with carriers who never smoked. One strength of the study is that the reduction in incidence exceeds the 50 percent threshold."
You can find anything you want.
Some logic and common sense must come into play. Also you are right that beliefs should bias research however youu also have to stick to beliefs to a degree. Open minded is good. But just accepting everything is not how it goes.
I am looking but not finding much.
Soy and grains. You say i chuck it out cause of my belief.
Well if I believe that soy and grains are way over done yet the article is saying that you can get enough protein (from eating these) then that is not solid. If they said they think soy and grains are ok AND you can get enough protein without them then I could look at that.
If someon tells me smoking is good for me I will likely discard (with out solid convincing) anything else they say on the subject of health.