Dr Ken on AHA statement… are the cracks starting to appear?

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #21

One thing that bums me out, however, is that you have all adopted the word “guy” and lost all the other lovely words: fellow, chap, bloke, and so forth. I always loved the irony that we used the word “guy” indiscriminately, even though Guy Fawkes Day is unknown here; whereas you used never used to use the word, despite the annual observance of the fifth of November (“The gunpowder treason and plot”).

Everything’s becoming too homogenised. :milk_glass: How can we make fun of people for using funny words, if we’re all using the same words?

#22

The problem is still that the AHA is considered the authority. As sometimes happens I went down the rabbit hole earlier today from clicking on this article https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/top-10-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-coconut-oil?c=1239965951018#TOC_TITLE_HDR_7 while doing a search for something else. I was interested in some of the statements so clicked on the footnotes about coconut oil. I did get this nice study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29156154/ about coconut oil reducing microvascular complications in diabetes. Most of the other studies though simply mentioned the AHA as gospel and that was the extent of the discussion https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC7766932/ Its as though you do not have to cite anything else if you mention the AHA

(Stickin' with mammoth) #23

With degrees in Writing and British Literature, I’m further along than most of Manchester. I don’t harbor much hope for the States, though.

(Joey) #24

I bought/shipped copies for all my loved ones and several dear friends. It’s one of the very few books for which I’ve ever felt compelled to do that.

Alas, I doubt any of them made it to the end.

(Marianne) #25

I’ll see if I can get it at the library.