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Off-Topic / Re: lower ur bad cholestrol by quitting smoking

« on: January 13, 2011, 04:38:46 am »Message ID: 298516

I understand where your coming from but I believe your coming on a little strong. I am a smoker, but I have no kids. The way you could have said it was if you want to smoke leave the room or go outside and smoke. I also never heard of if you quit smoking you would lower your colesterol. Ciggs have no fat in them lol.

Fat, with the exception of trans fat, does nothing to your blood cholesterol levels.

Also, contrary to popular belief, eating cholesterol itself (unless it is damaged like in spray dried milk or eggs) also does nothing to your blood cholesterol levels. Eating cholesterol is actually not at all bad for you, and if people would actually take a look at the studies they've done to "prove" that, they'd see what I'm talking about.

Cholesterol isn't about how much fat or cholesterol you put into your body, it's a symptom (not a cause) of poor heart health. Smoking cigarettes is bad for your heart, eating unnatural foods is bad for your heart, not exercising is bad for your heart, and so they all raise your blood cholesterol levels.

A lot of times it's not what you eat/don't eat, etc., but heredity.  Cholesterol (low or high) has it's results in family heredity, or that high Cholesterol runs in your family.  In your own family gene pool.  Had one of the best heart Doc's in California tell me that.

Not that we can smoke, eat badly, and sit on our cans, because low Cholesterol is in our family tree.  There's other contributing factors.  My Cholesterol is normal, but my Triglycerides (spelled wrong) are triple what they should be.  I don't smoke, I'm on the blood diet, and seem to acquire enough exercise (could always use more).  However, I'm still having to take meds. for the Triglycerides.  Go figure.

It's generally not as much a problem with heredity, but yeah, it can be.
The main point I'm trying to make it that cholesterol isn't risen by eating meat and stuff like people think it is. If we could just realize faster what "research" is biased or not, we would know a lot more about.. well, everything. I mean, come on, in one of the studies they force fed rabbits with meat until they had heart attacks and died. Rabbits bodies are not all that similar to ours, and they are not programmed to digest cholesterol, like ours are. So they killed a bunch of rabbits in the name of science but didn't even think it through first.

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Off-Topic / Re: What do you think of Incest and the Bible?

« on: January 13, 2011, 04:33:14 am »Message ID: 298515

Now, I haven't read through this whole thread, bc well it looked like it was a little de-railed or off track..

but I can't believe that everything in the bible is true. It was written by man - man is not perfect.
and it was re-written by man many times - once again, man is not perfect.
I'm not saying that there isn't some truth to it bc I wasn't alive back then, there could be some truth to the history in it. But we as humans are not perfect. We're corrupt and twisted and I can not for the life of me believe that a man or many men that wrote this book didn't corrupt it and twist it to fit what they wanted. And I believe what they wanted was to manipulate the masses to control them.

I don't think incest is right. Its disgusting and wrong in my book. lol    but I also don't believe we're all brothers and sisters in that kind of sense (if the bible is all true.)

I agree with this completely. This is kind of the only way that I could believe the bible is real and everything. There's also the amount of times it has been translated and rewritten..

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Off-Topic / Re: What do you think of Incest and the Bible?

« on: January 12, 2011, 06:26:07 am »Message ID: 298079

There is a ton more incest in the bible than just that.

It's also addressed as SIN.  Just like fornication, adultery, having sex with animals, homosexuality, etc.....what is the point your trying to make?  The Bible just about names every sin known to man.  It's spelled out so that there is no question what is displeasing to God.  It's like reading the answers to a very important test before you take it.

We as Christians are not liars or making excuses.  We've been called just about everything in the book on this forum, and enough is enough.  The Bible names the sins of man, and the punishment for those sins.  After all, that's what we ALL are going to be judged by......if you believe in the Bible......and I most assuredly do!!!

I wasn't trying to judge Christians or call them names, I was just pointing out that they just mentioned the one bible story about incest and there are a lot. You don't have to flip out. You guys flipping out is why some of the people do come in here and attack Christians, to get a reaction. You guys should learn to just chill out.

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Off-Topic / Re: lower ur bad cholestrol by quitting smoking

« on: January 12, 2011, 06:22:13 am »Message ID: 298077

I understand where your coming from but I believe your coming on a little strong. I am a smoker, but I have no kids. The way you could have said it was if you want to smoke leave the room or go outside and smoke. I also never heard of if you quit smoking you would lower your colesterol. Ciggs have no fat in them lol.

Fat, with the exception of trans fat, does nothing to your blood cholesterol levels.

Also, contrary to popular belief, eating cholesterol itself (unless it is damaged like in spray dried milk or eggs) also does nothing to your blood cholesterol levels. Eating cholesterol is actually not at all bad for you, and if people would actually take a look at the studies they've done to "prove" that, they'd see what I'm talking about.

Cholesterol isn't about how much fat or cholesterol you put into your body, it's a symptom (not a cause) of poor heart health. Smoking cigarettes is bad for your heart, eating unnatural foods is bad for your heart, not exercising is bad for your heart, and so they all raise your blood cholesterol levels.

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Off-Topic / Re: what to do when u cant sleep?

« on: January 12, 2011, 06:16:15 am »Message ID: 298074

I play a puzzle game.

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Off-Topic / Re: Useless Information

« on: January 11, 2011, 06:19:17 am »Message ID: 297571

I have heard that you are not born with kneecaps.  I heard this and I have not checked to see if it true or not.  Does anyone know if this is true or not?

I looked it up and it's true. They have temporary kneecaps made of cartlidge but the bone doesn't form until they're two years old.

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Off-Topic / Re: Things that make me Smh

« on: January 11, 2011, 06:13:38 am »Message ID: 297564

My favorite one is people that ask me a question or my opinion and then get mad at my answer. Why did they ask me if they did not want my answer?

Ooh, yes. This girl used to ask me for criticism on her art, and if I said anything other than "IT IS SO PERFECT" she would look like she was going to cry.

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Off-Topic / Re: whats your thoughts on the style of clothes now a days

« on: January 07, 2011, 07:39:24 am »Message ID: 295641

I'm 19 and I used to be really bothered by the way a lot of people my age dress. Now it doesn't bother me any more, but I still will not dress like that myself.

I dress in an alternative fashion, and one of the biggest aspects of it is modesty. We wear knee-length skirts, never show cleavage, rarely show our shoulders. Though I'm getting kind of sick of the subculture as a whole, I am proud that I dress the way I do. (Even though I get a lot of funny looks! :] )

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Off-Topic / Re: The cigarettes for people trying to quit..

« on: January 07, 2011, 07:35:03 am »Message ID: 295639

A lot of people don't use them to quit altogether, they use them as a healthier alternative. If you decide to do this, over time you will save money. However, you have to buy the ones with nicotine in them. Other ones brag that they don't have nicotine as if it's a good thing. The nicotine is what you're addicted to, but it doesn't actually hurt you.

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Off-Topic / Re: Would you be able to deal with a mate that partied and hung out every night

« on: January 07, 2011, 07:32:52 am »Message ID: 295636

I would not be able to deal with that at all. My boyfriend doesn't like to go hang out with his friends without me; he likes to take me everywhere.

But, you did know that he was a dj when you got with him, right? If it was something that he was doing or aspiring to do even before you got together, maybe that's something you just need to deal with. Maybe you could go out with your boyfriend when he goes out once in a while and that could help you feel better about it.

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Off-Topic / Re: What do you think of Incest and the Bible?

« on: January 06, 2011, 10:16:23 am »Message ID: 295232

There is a ton more incest in the bible than just that.

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Off-Topic / Re: How many boyfriends or girlfriends ever since you grew up?????

« on: January 06, 2011, 10:14:34 am »Message ID: 295231

4 and they all lasted at least a year. I don't know how I managed to get into so many long term relationships.. I'm only 19.

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Off-Topic / Re: The newest crime, women all over the US taken and sold as sex slaves.

« on: January 06, 2011, 10:12:26 am »Message ID: 295230

This is not new and I am amazed that most people here haven't heard of it.

This has been happening for forever and they sell children as sex slaves, too.

How can we do anything about it if no one knows anything about it? :[

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Off-Topic / Re: Would You Buy Someone Else's Underwear?

« on: January 05, 2011, 06:22:54 am »Message ID: 294572

I wouldn't do it, but I wouldn't judge someone else for doing it.

If you think bout it it's not actually that gross, other than just the thought of it. Obviously they're going to be clean, and no, there's NO way you're going to get an STI from them, all you have to do is throw them in the washing machine and that would be completely taken care of. Also, they'll have been washed before they were put up for sale.

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Off-Topic / Re: PETS

« on: January 04, 2011, 06:49:22 am »Message ID: 294078

I lover both but I love dogs just a little more. :]

Cats tend to be less friendly, and I'm sliiightly allergic. I can pet a kitty but I can't let it get in my face. So I would rather have a dog.