Bad Science Argument Analysis

You would think they would go the extra mile to make sure they do not ruin their reputations because if something bad does happen to Charlie or Algernon, they are going to be remembered as fools in front of the whole scientific community. I can’t even imagine what the people in the audience thought when Algernon escaped or when Charlie was in the papers as the “Morron Genius” (Keyes, 166). I do hope that nothing bad happens to Charlie but I want to see Professor Nemur and Dr. Strauss fail. These conflicting thoughts raced through my mind as I read this book. I am enjoying this book very much and cant wait to see what

Taking this claim the idea of pomegranate juice reducing wrinkles and aging came to be. Going to Medline (Goldacre, 89) no data on this provided. A simple observation on a small group lead to a general application of a new function of it. The reason for doing this is to create a market for themselves. The author proceeds to explain that research may not be flawed but it is the interpretation of the nutritionist of the research.

One of my research pieces was from BBC News which, suggested a sugar tax across all food and drink, which I feel is a step in the right direction. I’ve used emotive language such as, “Let’s do it as a whole” and, metaphors suggesting something impossible can happen such as, “After all it isn’t the government catapulting that third piece of pizza down our throats is it” also “sugar coating” A lot of my research was sourced online through websites such as, www.dailytelegraph.com and economical websites. I was looking for both sides to this argument, however, the more I read, the less I was convinced of many if any positive outcomes to the sugar tax increment. Nevertheless, I do appreciate that the government is trying to come up with solutions

Food stamps are provided to help Americans who struggle with food insecurity. People that are not sure where there next meal is coming from are given help so they can get by in difficult times. Maine's Governor, Paul LePage has lobbied that food stamps should ban the purchasing of candy and sugary drinks. The purpose of food stamps is not violated by this restriction, candy and soda hardly count as a nutritious, filling meal. However this bill was shot down by the Federal Government, LePage's response was to threaten to scrap the food stamp program if these new regulations are not included.

Compared to Reasons for Divorce and Recollections of Premarital Intervention: Implications for Improving Relationship Education discuss scientific reasons behind unsuccessful long term relationship. (Scott et al, 2013) The tone is objective and plain which is hard for readers to have connection with. Although Emily presents a good argument, her definition definition toward “kindness” is blurry and therefore raised doubt from my perspective. She claims “kindness makes important predictor of satisfaction and stability in marriage.” However, she did not provide a specific definition of what “breakdown of kindness” are in her article to support her argument. According to Angela Duckworth, psychology professor at University of Pennsylvania, “grit” can be another

Do you ever think you may most likely know more about where the thing are in your grocery store than about your body? Knowing how little the population knows about the human body, diseases, or medicine are one of the few things that interest me about this profession. Therefore my wanting to learn more about the basic knowledge of the body more specifically the brain and informing more people about it are what interests me about the medical field. My Concern with the lack of knowledge people obtain about the body. Many Americans believe that the doctor is only important if you are hurt or are seriously ill. With many people having this mindset, it causes a gap of unknown knowledge.

I presume that it would be ethically correct to provide a compensation to Henrietta Lacks descendants. I am aware that Henrietta Lacks cells enabled scientist to encounter new discoveries such as the polio vaccine and other. However, the benefits of her cells does not outweigh the fact that Lacks family deserved some sort of compensation. It would be ethically correct because the financial reward could have accommodated the needs of her family. In the article “Family of Henrietta Lacks gains some control” states, “When scientists and doctors crave the key to the genetic code that unlocked treatments and vaccines, two family members will have a seat at the table where the decisions are made” (Curtis).

For many watching their weight, sugars and carbs are four letter words. Since the anti-carb crusades in the 90, dieters have learned to avoid breads and sweets like the plague. Now renowned neurologist (and close friend of Dr. Oz) David Perlmutter is exposing the deadly impact that wheat, sugar and carbs have not only on the body, but on the brain. Instaread is here to provide you with some of the most shocking facts from Dr. Perlmutter 's book, Grain Brain. 1.

It is yellow as the sun, the corn based diet. Dermatologist from that time also had done actual diagnosis with this pellagra. It may seem doubtful but his hypothesis was correct. If we actually believed the germ based theory that critics of Dr. Goldberger was trying to push, believing in fairy tale will be the best thing to do. What if he is not allowed to do research from that time?

The documentary shows us the food industry has tricked consumers in thinking low fat and reduced fat foods are healthier for us. Through interviews with doctors the film explains when you remove the fat from food the taste also goes with it, and to keep flavor in the food companies add sugar. Fed Up shows us the effect sugar has the body by using clever comparisons. For example, 160 calories of almonds and 160 calories of a soft drink is compared in the film. Although they are the same number of calories our body processes the food differently, because in the soft drink there is no other nutritional value with the food.

Goldacre remarks on the moderately small percentage of orthodox medical doings 50 to 80 percent which might be named "evidence-based". The science and finances of drug growth are stated, with disapproval at the lack of individuality of industrial investigations and the negligence of Third World Country diseases. Some secretive tricks used by drug corporations to engineer positive test results for their products are explored. Publication bias created by researchers not publishing negative results is demonstrated with funnel plots. Examples are made of the SSRI antidepressants, Viox drugs.

“We also should question the constitutionality of drug testing to receive only certain benefits,” Young muses, because in her opinion this method “targets only certain groups of people” (Young). She also goes on to compare the process of applying for college grants to the process of applying for food stamps, a comparison that might seem too far-fetched to some. Furthermore, the editorial loses some of its strength with a series of questions to which there is no definitive answer. Questions like “is it moral to deny someone with a disease” and “should we be drug-testing corporate officers” are never fully addressed, and she also makes the assumption that “a college student is just as likely to buy drugs as a working-class person”

The Paleolithic diet has been the subject of intense criticism by health professionals because of exaggerated claims about the purported effects of the diet by wellness bloggers and celebrity chefs, such that the Paleolithic diet could prevent or cure poly-cystic ovarian syndrome, autism, mental illness, dementia and obesity [1]. Does the published medical

The mac and cheese lover continues, “It made me think about all the life hack articles and videos floating around, scolding us on how we are living life wrong and correcting our ways. However, some life hacks that people post online, in youtube videos or buzz feed article, bombard us on how we are doing simple tasks wrong. They offer us a more correct way of achieving simple tasks, tasks where there are really no right or wrong way of accomplishing. But from the informers perspective, our way of tying our sneakers or eating a tic tac is considering wrong.” As she’s talking, I’m nodding along with the realization that she 's correct. Every article regarding making life easier insinuates that what I’m doing to live now, is incorrect.

Lustig (2012) explains and suggests the following: Authorities consider sugar as ‘empty calories’ but there is nothing empty about these calories. A growing body of scientific evidence is showing that fructose can trigger processes that lead to liver toxicity and a host of other chronic diseases… they [Government] must consider limiting fructose and its main delivery vehicles, the added sugars HFCS (high-fructose corn syrup) and sucrose, which pose dangers to individuals and to society as a whole. (p.28) Another process that occurs in the body is that, “sugar dampens the suppression of the hormone ghrelin, which signals hunger to the brain…interferes with the normal transport and signaling of the hormone leptin, which helps to produce the feeling of satiety…and it reduces dopamine signaling in the brain’s reward center” (Lustig, 2012, p. 28). Though these are only a few examples and there are many more such as sugar feeding cancer cells, it should give you a basic understanding of just how bad sugar is for the