how'd the final go?
Dana wrote: > ok sam I am out of my final now so once more I will make the time to > respond to a poorly defined criticism of a misconception. > > RE: works. Depends on what you want it to do. It's a proven > anticoagulant. There is a theory, and that is why it shows up in all > these supplements, that it therefore improves memory, though I > personally suspect that it simply prevents strokes in the elderly and > perhaps helps alleviate some small ones. > > There has not been a lot of research on it, because it is very hard to > standardize a dose, for one thing, and they aren't really sure how it > works, for another. But this is on memory. I take the stuff because, > hello, I almost died of a blood clot last year, and I'd rather avoid > that if possible. There are a lot of uncertainties in anticoagulation > and I decided I'd rather drink Rock Stars than take rat poison; so far > it is working give or take an ER visit or two. > > RE: something you thought you read, which turns out not to be what you > thought you read, except that some guy said what you thought also.... > no comment. > > Dana > > On 12/1/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>When the first guy told me I thought he was just being funny. >>Second person I was curious and pressed and he told me he tried it for >>a week and became forgetful like locking keys in the car forgetting >>why he entered a room and so on. The kind of stuff that you might >>happen on occasion but became the norm for a week. We're talking >>strictly short-term memory. >>The third person told me after I read it in the news so at that point >>I assumed it was common knowledge. >> >> >>On 12/1/05, William Bowen wrote: >> >>>>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/08/020821071056.htm >>> >>>According to the article Ginkgo biloba doesn't make you forgetful, it >>>just doesn't help improve memory. >>> >>>Ok. >>> >>>I don't take the stuff myself so I can make no claim to the contrary, >>>but I go through periods of time when I am forgetful and periods of >>>time when I am really sharp (everybody does I would imagine). It has >>>to do with lots of factors, sleep being the primary, amount and >>>quality of food has a role too. Maybe these three folks are different >>>or more in tune with their bodies, but to say it was definitely one >>>thing that caused the forgetfulness is pretty amazing I should think, >>>no? >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase RoboHelp from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=59 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:185249 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
