[t][URL]http://blogflare.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/336139-412862-5676.jpg[/URL][/t]
[QUOTE][B]LONDON (AP)[/B] — Rickets, the childhood disease that once caused an epidemic of bowed legs and curved spines during the Victorian era, is making a shocking comeback in 21st-century Britain.
Last month, Britain's chief medical officer, Dr. Sally Davies, described the return of rickets as "appalling." She proposed the country give free vitamins to all children under 5 and asked the country's independent health watchdog to study if that would be worthwhile.
[/QUOTE]
[URL]http://www.sfgate.com/news/medical/article/Rickets-making-a-comeback-in-the-UK-doctors-say-4966515.php[/URL]
Appalling, indeed.
If one of the most developed nations in the world can suffer from insidious onsets of deficiency disorders, what chance do the developing nations have?
This is why people have to be more aware of how nutrition and good health (and lots of physical activity) go hand in hand during childhood.
Wonder why that is? Maybe all those health nut parents aren't giving their children what they really need?
[QUOTE=glitchvid;42800834]Wonder why that is? Maybe all those health nut parents aren't giving their children what they really need?[/QUOTE]
video games are to blame
people inside all the time on their xbox not getting their vitamin D
Just as Tthatcher planned...
Unfortunately, it turns out that the Nanny State isn't a very good nanny.
How about multivitamins in schools? Some idiots will freak out, but there won't be shit like this happening.
[QUOTE=glitchvid;42800834]Wonder why that is? Maybe all those health nut parents aren't giving their children what they really need?[/QUOTE]
I'm going to hazard a guess and say that it's all that cheap, processed food that has more E numbers than vitamins that's doing the damage.
[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;42800906]I'm going to hazard a guess and say that it's all that cheap, processed food that has more E numbers than vitamins that's doing the damage.[/QUOTE]
Oh would you fuck off about this E number scare? E numbers are just codes assigned to food additives like coloring and preservatives, most of which are tested and approved for use.
Saying "E numbers" like it's a dirty word is just plain misinformative and helps nobody.
I'm thankful that my parents used to buy these:
[IMG]http://www.seven-seas.com/getimage.aspx.ID-154228.png[/IMG]
Tasty chewy tablet things that tasted like sweets
[QUOTE=chipset;42800964]Oh would you fuck off about this E number scare? E numbers are just codes assigned to food additives, most of which are tested and approved for use.
Saying "E numbers" like it's a dirty word is just plain misinformative and helps nobody.[/QUOTE]
Way to completely misconstrue my post, I was referring to the lack of actual vitamins in the food more than the E numbers.
[QUOTE=Trumple;42800994]I'm thankful that my parents used to buy these:
[IMG]http://www.seven-seas.com/getimage.aspx.ID-154228.png[/IMG]
Tasty chewy tablet things that tasted like sweets[/QUOTE]
just go outside and drink milk and things
it isnt hard to avoid rickets
The eradication of rickets was helped [severely] by the addition of vitamin d to cereal and margarine.
I dunno about anyone else but I don't eat either of those nearly as much as I used to.
[QUOTE=rampageturke 2;42801032]just go outside and drink milk and things
it isnt hard to avoid rickets[/QUOTE]
you get pretty much all the vitamins you need from your diet, provided you eat veg and stuff
doesn't change the fact I'm thankful my parents cared
[editline]8th November 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Flapadar;42801042]The eradication of rickets was helped [severely] by the addition of vitamin d to cereal and margarine.
I dunno about anyone else but I don't eat either of those nearly as much as I used to.[/QUOTE]
I don't eat as much as I should either, I (along with a lot of people I know) struggle to make balanced meals at University simply due to time constraints
[QUOTE=Trumple;42801146]I don't eat as much as I should either, I (along with a lot of people I know) struggle to make balanced meals at University simply due to time constraints[/QUOTE]
I read somewhere pizza's actually quite good (besides the obvious fat + salt concerns) for nutrition. Can't say I've been short of that since starting uni
[QUOTE=chipset;42800964]Oh would you fuck off about this E number scare? E numbers are just codes assigned to food additives like coloring and preservatives, most of which are tested and approved for use.
Saying "E numbers" like it's a dirty word is just plain misinformative and helps nobody.[/QUOTE]
It's still quite indicative that food is just half part additives that serve no nutritional purpose, just make it more appealing and marketable. Meanwhile, nobody bothers eating fruit or vegetables.
For some reason I though the title was referring to Landon Ricketts from RD:R
[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;42800906]I'm going to hazard a guess and say that it's all that cheap, processed food that has more E numbers than vitamins that's doing the damage.[/QUOTE]Vitamins [I]are[/I] E-numbers. Vitamin C is E300, vitamin B2 is E101, for example.
E numbers are a list of [I]all[/I] EU recognized food additives, which covers a vast range; of the roughly 1600 E numbers, only a bit over 50 are preservatives (not all of which are approved for EU use). A lot of them occur naturally in foods, but are assigned E numbers for when those substances are added in pure form to e.g. foods that don't normally have it or are lacking.
Hell, chlorophyll is assigned E140 as a colouring, and is licensed to be added to vegetables (in addition to naturally-occurring chlorophyll as needed :v:
It's all the inbreeding up north and in the south
[video=youtube;oI00MjKt1Vk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI00MjKt1Vk[/video]
Except the Midlands, we're cool.
[QUOTE=xianlee;42802104]It's all the inbreeding up north and in the south
[video=youtube;oI00MjKt1Vk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI00MjKt1Vk[/video]
Except the Midlands, we're cool.[/QUOTE]
Midlands best lands. Repping staffs
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;42798776]Appalling, indeed.
If one of the most developed nations in the world can suffer from insidious onsets of deficiency disorders, what chance do the developing nations have?
This is why people have to be more aware of how nutrition and good health (and lots of physical activity) go hand in hand during childhood.[/QUOTE]
Who gives a shit what Indians think anyway?
[QUOTE=amorax;42804273]Who gives a shit what Indians think anyway?[/QUOTE]
because, unlike your good self, I have a degree in medicine, know the importance of nutrition, and have helped treat people who suffer from deficiency disorders. I've also spent time as a volunteer in camps to this effect. So, I'm pretty sure that my two cents is relevant without having to post up three or four pages from a textbook.
[QUOTE=amorax;42804273]Who gives a shit what Indians think anyway?[/QUOTE]
wtf
I'll go out on a tangent and guess that's it's darker skinned people where this is arising, seeing how there isn't much sunlight in the UK and that those with darker skin don't absorb vitamin D very well. Unfortunately there aren't any long term studies on the benefits of vitamin D tablets, so it's not really known if taking tablets will actually help all that much.
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.
