Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 3 Editor's Choice: 1
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Caffeine and Sugar not as harmless as some might think.
[Read the article: The Frappuccino generation]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]A lot of letter writers for this article are poo-pooing the effects of sugar and caffeine, and while I agree that teens eating starbuck's caffeninated milkshakes won't cause the earth to spin into the sun, it does make a big contribution to the widespread poor eating and lifestyle habits that our society is (actively or passively) participating in. There are reams of information out there showing the negative effects of chronic caffeine and sugar consumption on the human body. A decline in insulin sensitivity and disruption of a healthy sleep cycle just being a few of them. In the teen years, this isn't much of a problem, if they are fairly active. But if they continue those consumption and lifestyle habits into adulthood, diabetes, obesity, and possibly cancer are things that they can look forward to.
I see little wrong with the occasional consumption of these products, just like fast food. Have it once a week. Daily, chronic consumption is asking for trouble.
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Here's a solution...
[Read the article: Don't worry, be happy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]... maybe people should adopt. Going through ten gadzillion expensive medical procedures and then running a risk of having a litter of kids seems a bit extreme when there are plenty of unwanted children out there already.
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Could we not just automatically assume that evil men are behind everything?
[Read the article: Ricki Lake's "awesome" vagina]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]No wonder men are scared of women and try to contain this thing. Because that is a godly act I just saw!
I suppose that if you want to assume the worst possible motives out of all men, then yes, this kind of oppression is probably true. However, if you want to consider that a goodly number of women, not just children, died during home births from hemorrhage, infection, eclampsia and obstructed labour, I think we might see that to the average person at the time when hospital labor was being introduced, that having birth in a hospital where they could take care of you if something went wrong, was a good idea.
I'll agree that things have most likely deteriorated, and we could stand to bring some humanity back to the birthing process. But lets not rush to judgement and assume that scared men who want to repress the goddess within are to blame here. It was more likely scared men who didnt want to see their wives bleed to death in their homes.