[muglo] Re: 100% OT (non-computer) beef vs. the cholesterol study
- From: Alex <admeddemda@xxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 21:20:34 -0400
hey, you managed to get my 2 most frustrating & hated things into one email!
SUV's/minivans (and cars in general), and the meat (or is that
Torture?) industry.
Tuesday I tried to bike out to Dundas & Shaw side Rd. Figured there'd
be no sidewalks, but I wasn't prepared for the super highway that
Dundas becomes from Clarke Side Rd on. Figuring it wasn't worth
getting killed over (either directly by car/truck or by flying
debris) I gave up and turned back.
But how silly of me. After all, London's focus these days is on
building bigger and more roads, not at all on finding alternatives.
And London is certainly not bike friendly.
On an unrelated note, anyone in the area have any experience with RV
and/or Truck conversions? I'm looking for ideas and advice on a
conversion.
Or, anyone have a 16-18' stepvan for sale? (preferably Grumann body)
>I couldn't pass up the irony in the news reports:
>
>I read the "cholesterol study" that was published in the JAMA earlier today
>(www.jama.com... if you don't have university (or personal) access you will
>only be able to read the abstract) which suggests that a diet high in soy
>protein (soy milk, soy-containing veggie burgers, etc), oats, barley, okra
>and a few other foods was as effective at lowering cholesterol levels as a
>popular cholesterol (lovastatin) lowering drug.
>
>I just saw a piece on it on TV, and promptly thereafter saw a story where
>the beef producers were trying to get people to eat "*lots* and *lots* of
>beef".
>
>I guess it's the same principal (or is that le) as SUVs and emissions -- car
>emission controls have improved over the last 30 years, but SUVs use so much
>more fuel than more compact cars that all the gains have been wiped out by
>the increase in use of SUVs (& minivans).
>
>Anyway, as I warned this was totally non-computer related. I just thought it
>was rather perverse to see both stories that close together.
>
>Eric.
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