Re: Food scares- act on or ignore ?
Originally Posted by
callistra
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I pay attention initially. Any good intentions I start out with, tend to be worn out over a couple of weeks as common sense and a general weariness take over. As others have said, advice changes constantly and conflicts with previous claims.
The other thing that's rarely mentioned in such reports is that the research was conducted on rats, who were fed 1000 times the amount an average person would consume or come in contact with.
Exactly. Which is why I ignore it most of the time. Like you, I pay attention initially (depending on what it is) but it wears off. Some of the reports don't interest me at all.