Guest guest Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 In a message dated 2/7/04 11:32:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, jaltak@... writes: > It's probably a toss-up. This is one example of what I was saying about the need for experience. You can certainly make judgments based on science, etc, but it seems like people who don't do drugs or haven't do drugs quite often make judgments on their pre-conceived notions, which rarely reflect the reality of drug use. Now, if there was some scientific study that compared an NT diet to a fast food diet, and included four groups, one of each diet with and without marijuana use, or used a gradation of marijuana use (once nightly, one on weekend nights, etc), that would be fantastic. But in the absence of such, I really don't see how someone who doesn't smoke pot, has never smoked pot, and doesn't associate with people who do, could even begin to wager a guess. I *don't* smoke pot. But I have. I've smoked cigarettes. I've eaten fast food. I think everyone affects people differently, but I can confidently say that for myself, the fast food diet would be worse on my RESPIRATORY system than smoking pot, *and* cigarettes. And, as I've told before, this is based on personal experience: When I was 14 or 15 I was smoking a pack of Marlboros a day, and I had a horrible, chronic hacking cough for a couple months. I was also drinking two tall glasses of coca cola, first thing in the morning, and otherwise stuffing myself full of junk food. An herbalist told my mother to have me eliminate the Coke, cut the sugar, and drink some tea. The hacking cough went away and never came back, even though I had no decline in my tobacco use whatsoever. (Or marijuana use, for that matter). To compare the other physiological effects is a joke. The great thing about such an NT/fastfood/marijuana study would be that when people got stoned on the NT diet, they'd fulfill their " munchies " with healthy food. I'd like to see the way that would work. But anyway, my personal experience is that a diet high in sodas and devoid of healthy fats caused disaster for my mind and body, while smoking pot had a very moderate effect on either even in extreme excess. Price made the point that mental disorders are largely malnutrition. Eating lots of displacing foods causes malnutrition; smoking pot doesn't. While it might sound perfectly logical to someone who's never used pot to equate it with fast food, to someone who has, and who knows what kinds of effects it has, it sounds preposterous. Perhaps the development of this thread will prove me wrong, but so far we're seeing a dividing line between the opinion of people who have used pot and people who haven't, and I suspect that is indicative of which folks have a basis for judgment. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 No way is that a toss up! From: " Judith Alta " <jaltak@...> Reply- Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 11:27:54 -0500 < > Subject: More harmful? It's probably a toss-up. Let's get rid of Jack LaLanne. It's been a long time since his name has shown up in a post. Judith Alta -----Original Message----- From: Byron [mailto:anthony.byron@...] What is more harmfull. 1) marijuana 2) Mcdonalds/KFC ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 > > What is more harmfull. > > 1) marijuana > > 2) Mcdonalds/KFC > JUst the one won't hurt. Over the long term, probably the junk food is more harmful! Mind you, KFC tastes good! Jo ___________________________________________________________ BT Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save £80 http://bt..co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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