Made mah day.

[FierceDeity]

Yeah, wheat is a perfectly fine source of carbs, it's just that white bread is awful, and too much wheat can be bad. That's...actually kind of disappointing to me that your teacher implied that it "must" be bad for you based on that loose association, considering there are so many other variables involved with plant/animal domestication than introduction of wheat.

I really think that everybody should take a statistics course at some point in their lives, if only to learn the fact that
correlation does not imply causation.

But yeah, that assumption seems to totally disregard proper statistical and medicinal analysis.

[FireArrow]

I don't remember any of the facts, but there is some reason why modern wheat is bad for you.

[FierceDeity]

Refined white flour is bad for you (which is probably what you're talking about in terms of "modern flour", as it's most common, but there are definitely healthier options available), and wheat in general is bad in excess, but I've yet to see any evidence suggesting that it's unhealthy to have wheat in moderation.

[BlackDragonSlayer]

too much wheat can be bad.

Fun fact: drinking too much water can kill you. Thus, we must assume that water is bad for you.

That's modern logic right there.

I don't remember any of the facts, but there is some reason why modern wheat is bad for you.

I think it has to do with the chemicals they use to process the wheat, in which case it's not exclusive to wheat...

[DrP]

Yeah, something about the way it's processed and such.

That's why I buy unbleached wheat..

What you do is go to Whole Foods, look at their selection and then go other places and see if other places carry what Whole Foods has in stock (because Whole Foods is SOOOO expensive).

And yes, I am eating fruits in the forms of dried fruit (dried mangos, dried berries).

And I am eating half an avocado a day for all those healthy fats and omega 3s and stuff (except I'd eat 1 avocado a day, except they aren't exactly really cheap (and I'm from California where they are supposed to be cheap))

[FierceDeity]

Fun fact: drinking too much water can kill you. Thus, we must assume that water is bad for you.

That's modern logic right there.
I think it has to do with the chemicals they use to process the wheat, in which case it's not exclusive to wheat...

we must rid the world of the dangerous dihydrogen monoxide

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

And yeah, it's mostly the processing that the food goes through, hence why white rice is also not the best for you.

[blueflower999]

Dihydrogen Monoxide is freaking deadly.

[mikey]

Dihydrogen Monoxide is freaking deadly.

So many people die from it each year
it's very dangerous
you probably have it in your house
CAREFUL!!!

[K-NiGhT]

Dihydrogen Monoxide is freaking deadly.

...really? did you really just-

why

why would-

i cant even

[FireArrow]

I remember the wheat thing having to do with the way it's genetically modified, but I guess that's pretty much the same thing.

[mikey]

Just saw all the wheat stuff
no it's definitely causation
I mean there are a lot of factors
but as a whole the life of a farmer was much less healthy than that of a hunter/gatherer

[KefkaticFanatic]

All of the GMO stuff is fear mongering, there is 0 scientific evidence of harmful effects

[BlackDragonSlayer]

we must rid the world of the dangerous dihydrogen monoxide

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

[FierceDeity]

Just saw all the wheat stuff
no it's definitely causation
I mean there are a lot of factors
but as a whole the life of a farmer was much less healthy than that of a hunter/gatherer

Your evidence that it's definitely causation seems to be another statement of correlation.
...This is what I mean when I say everybody should take statistics.

[Pit0010]

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