Comments for Whining, Not Dining

Comment on Community Coding – Workshop One by Jack

Jack — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 07:51:16 +0000

Thanks for the workshop today (and Google+ and the Fedora boot drives!).

Comment on Podcast update by clintonroy

clintonroy — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:07:00 +0000

I fit in a fairly large number of rss feeds as well, but I doubt there’s much use sharing those. I listen to podcasts when I’m doing housework, commuting etc, listening to podcasts uses all my cognitive bandwidth.

Comment on Podcast update by bevan@koopman.id.au

bevan@koopman.id.au — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:18:39 +0000

Umm, when do you eat, sleep and work? Oh right, I get it, while listening to podcasts.

Comment on Community Coding – Workshop One by Clarissa Womack

Clarissa Womack — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:45:24 +0000

Maybe I can get my mother to learn Python!

Comment on A Response to “Curing Cancer by Fasting” by Andrew Kiss

Andrew Kiss — Mon, 23 May 2011 10:53:13 +0000

Cancer is not a disease.

Comment on A Response to “Curing Cancer by Fasting” by The Dude

The Dude — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:25:51 +0000

sswam – if I say “The Earth if Flat”, until you go out into space and can “see” that it is indeed an oblate spheroid, I can make whatever claim I want. Even if you were a health professional, you would need a significant amount of irrefutable evidence to support your “hypothesis”….which is what it is for now. :)

Comment on A Response to “Curing Cancer by Fasting” by Melinda

Melinda — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:32:57 +0000

Anyone that uses Wikipedia as a reference for anything of a serious nature needs their head read :|

Comment on A Response to “Curing Cancer by Fasting” by clintonroy

clintonroy — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:07:03 +0000

You have a legal right to say whatever you want. You have a moral responsibility to not cause harm.

I have a right of reply and a moral responsibility to hold your claims to account. I have an extra right of reply as your content is aggregated next to mine, and for me not to reply gives the impression of acceptance.

It is ironic that the greatest product of the enlightenment, the Internet, has become home to conspiracy, quackery and just plain lunacy.

Quackery is dangerous, it kills people, and has killed Australians. Quackery must be responded to and rebuffed, particularly in your own backyard.

Comment on A Response to “Curing Cancer by Fasting” by sswam

sswam — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:10:34 +0000

I decided to approve your comments on my post and a couple other abusive and insulting comments.

Wikipedia cites strong evidence that Fasting has many health benefits, including reduced risks of cancer, although not specifically that it can cure cancer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasting#Health_effects

Research suggests there are major health benefits to caloric restriction. Benefits include reduced risks of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, insulin resistance, immune disorders, and more generally, the slowing of the aging process, and the potential to increase maximum life span.[2] According to Dr. Mark P. Mattson, chief of the laboratory of neurosciences at the US National Institute on Aging, fasting every other day (intermittent fasting) shows beneficial effects as strong as those of caloric-restriction diets[3] in mice, and a small study conducted on humans at the University of Illinois indicates the same results [4]

According to the US National Academy of Sciences, other health benefits include stress resistance, increased insulin sensitivity, reduced morbidity, and increased life span.[7][8] Long-term studies in humans have not been conducted. However, short-term human trials showed benefits in weight loss.

Comment on A Response to “Curing Cancer by Fasting” by Evo2

Evo2 — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:24:22 +0000

It seems my comment on the blog post you refer to was the first to be approved… perhaps my sarcasm was too subtle.

Evo2.