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Alex Glass · Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject:

Only slower

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Alex Glass · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject:

One of my photos has been printed in tonight's Evening Times

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james73 · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject:

Summer’s sinking feeling (Evening Times)

GLASGOW has suffered one of its wettest Augusts in living memory with
only three dry days in the month so far.

And the soggy summer is making people miserable as the feelgood factor
is replaced by the feel worse' effect, an academic claims.

The city has endured more than double the normal August rainfall already
with forecasters warning there is more to come before the month ends.

Normally an average of 80mm of rain falls in Glasgow during August but
so far this month the city has been drenched by more than 160mm.

A weatherman said today: "To have only three rain-free days in the
month is pretty poor but there will be more rain before the weekend and
on Saturday night."

The spokesman for weather forecasters Meteogroup said there had been
three particularly bad days: August 1, 7 and 10, though he added: "Just
about every day in Glasgow has had rain for a spell."

And it is claimed that the constant rain could have a "feel-worse" rather
and feelgood effect.

Professor Nanette Mutrie, of Strathclyde University's department of sport,
culture and the arts, said the effect was different from seasonal affective
disorder, brought on by a lack of daylight.

But she added: "Poor weather conditions put people off doing outdoor
activities.

"That will have a negative impact on overall activity levels and can be a
link to how people feel.

"Being regularly active is positively linked to feeling good but people
whose activity levels are curtailed get what we describe as a feel-worse'
effect and their moods drop.

"We encourage them to do a little bit of exercise a day even in rain."

James H
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tombro · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:23 am Post subject:

Oh, wow !

And just how much money does 'Professor Nanette Mutrie, of Strathclyde University's department of sport, culture and the arts' receive each year to tell rain-sodden Glaswegians that wet weather brings on that seasonal affective disorder (in common words, makes them feel like sh!t) ?

I guess it does take a real academic with fifteen University Degrees to work out that 'poor weather conditions put people off doing outdoor activities'.

Look back to Noah and the Ark. Did he have an academic to tell him how he should feel after forty days and nights of rain ?

It's wet out and I'm staying inside ! Is there something odd about that ?

Regards,
Tombro

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neilmc · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:07 pm Post subject:

james73 · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject:

Fry-up 'increases cancer risk'

Scientists have warned that eating a fry-up every morning could increase
the risk of bowel cancer.

Processed meats like bacon and sausages may raise the chances by as
much as 60 per cent, the charity World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF)
said.

In addition, the high calories in a fry-up can contribute to obesity* which in
itself leads to a higher risk of six different types of cancer, the WCRF
said. The typical English breakfast with fried eggs, sausages, bacon,
mushrooms and tomatoes can contain around 700 calories.

Experts now believe that, after not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight
is the most important thing people can do to prevent getting the disease.

Professor Martin Wiseman, medical and scientific adviser for WCRF, said:
"For some people, having a fry-up with bacon and sausages might seem
like a good way to start the day.

"But if you are doing this regularly then you are significantly increasing
your risk of bowel cancer, which is one of the most common cancers in
the UK."

He added: "Only a third of people are aware of the link between processed
meat and cancer, which means two thirds of people are not in a position
to make an informed choice about how much of it they eat.

"This is not a question of all or nothing because the more processed meat
you eat, the greater your risk."

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* - no fukkin sh!t, Sherlock...

How's that cure for cancer coming along boys?

James H
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Fjord · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject:

I had a fry up at the weekend and thought I had bowel cancer the following day... thankfully it was only tomato skins

Alex Glass · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject:

scallopboy · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject:

I think eating a fryup every morning also increases your chances if becoming an HGV driver.
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Alex Glass · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject: