www.paulnixon.org

Interesting, could you explain why

"It's all fairly obvious when you think about it"

?

PS Cheers for keeping my under-loved blog going ;-)

you're welcome ;o)

Well, it's like people who use hand cream on their hands every day, they body stops producing the natural oils and becomes dependent on the cream so when they stop using it they get really dry hands. Same with lipseal.

Or when parents who overprotect their kids from the outsde world, keeping all dirt and germs away from them, they end up with underdeveloped immune systems and are more susceptible to disease.

Are you suggesting at terrible diet then as the best route to health to keep the old body fighting?

ha, no, I'm saying that continually providing the body with artificial versions of stuff it should produce or extract natually from food is always going to result in it not doing that any more.

common sense shirley?

Anyway you don't take them so just be grateful you never got sucked in to the marketing!

Agreed - that's a nice simple view.

There is a counter-argument that says the soils that food is grown in is not as nutrient rich as it once was and therefore, even with a decent diet, you may not get an ideal supply of the good stuff.

No-one really knows what's best in the long run I think - though super high doses of vitamins are more than likely a bad idea. It's very difficult, nay impossible, to tease out individual factors from our complex lives. Someone that takes vitamins is likely to drink less, eat more fruit and excercise more than those that don't for example. If they live a few years more than average, it's hard to pinpoint precisely the causes.

ok, you're freaking me out a bit now...

It may be a simple view but it's been proven as scientific fact - does it make it less valid because it's simple?

This study looked at all the research done on vitamin supplements over the past few years. There were a total of 815 trials. They only took the results from the randomised controlled trials in this set of 815, as they are the only ones that can be truly trusted (also known as double-blind trials). This only left 67 trials (still over a quarter of a million participants so quite comfortably the biggest study ever done). As well as proving the increase in mortality rates in healthy people taking supplements (and a 16% increase is pretty damn huge), does this not suggest to you that the companies that push these pills have conducted an awful lot of unscientific trials that they use to sell their products?

I'm not sure quite why you're defending this industry, you bought shares in Rocha or something?

Easy tiger.

You're confusing some studies looking at vitamins A and E indicating that there might be an increased risk of mortality. That does not mean that the whole supplement industry is a sham.

My feeling is that taking a multi-vitamin and mineral supplement or two a day is likely to do more harm than good.

yes, my thoughts exactly.

the message is folks - don't waste your hard-earned!

grr.. how did i manage to get that back to front?

the potential ill effects of mega-doses of anti-oxidant vitamins do not negate the possible benefits of a multi-vitamin.

there are plenty of studies to show benefits of taking vits - if i show you one of those then maybe you can flip to the opposite binary point of view?

you're enirely missing the point of the study - these are NOT mega doses in any way.

It is also the most comprehensive study ever undertaken, taking information from a quarter of a million people in double-blind testing.

Frankly science doesn't get any clearer than this, and providing a single contradictory study (unless it is on the same scale and of the using the same stringent testing) shows absolutely nothing.

I'm surprised at you, next you'll be telling us you've found jesus ;o)

Ha, you sound like you've been on an assertiveness training course. And found persuasion jesus.

Ha, forgot to say - hard work down hills too! It's a bit embarassing doing 150 rpm on the pedals for a mere 24 mph.

Good news. Though I want him to like Sophie again...

And more Superhans giving drug induced noshes.

Good news indeed.

I suppose here is as good as any to evangelise a couple of other series in the meantime : Arrested Development and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Not exactly new, but if you haven't seen them, get downloading or staying up late - well worth the time.

or, if you've got the latest tech, record it with the betamax!

;o)

i lolled :)

last series wasn't all that i thought.

I agree actually Series 4 < (Series 1, 2 and 3)

well that's good - thought it was me - had to keep checking my shoes.

cue hand gag from willows in 3.. 2.. 1..

good linkage skills ;o)

Steve, explain yourself... maybe URL from the wrong window? You wanna be careful with that if you're in the habit of bashing one out in the same session as adding to my blog ;-)

I usually bash one out over your blog anyways.

You should get a webcam set up

steve's keyboard must be worse than stone's. shit, spunk and god knows what else lurking on there.

Indeed about time! Good spot

Yeah, he's got a book to sell apparently.

Whilst obviously distressing, the thought of a man wearing a bin bag proclaiming to be darth vader and hitting someone with a crutch tickles me

looks incredible.

achievements already up thanks to some dodgy gamers:

http://www.trueachievements.com/game.aspx?gameid=1600

read a few reviews today and they all say its the best thing they've played in 10 years if not ever. if the single player wasn't enough the multiplayer is supposed to be amazing as well. can't wait.

worth getting an xbox or ps3 for this alone.

been playing - bit meh - camera is awful when driving - spend half the time facing toward the screen which is not good in anyone's book.

moan whinge moan overrated etc.

blimey stevo!

beers one night next week mate? This weeks's a bit chokka as I;m going to be angered by an in-game camera most nights ;o)

Steve, you took back Vice City mate as it was "too difficult"

obviously not a clue

:)

fuck bollocks. had this on order not realising they've sold out at Play.com.

looks like a long wait for me :(

they had plenty on sale down at my local sainsburys (crayford) if that's any good for you willows.

cheers steve, sure i'll get one just have to wait a few days. anyway i've still got plenty of games to play on the PS3 like......erm. actually no there's nothing!