A Burger, Fries and Statin?

[Dr. Cheese]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0812083608.htm

Good idea or just don't eat so many burgers?

[EBodious]

yeah....

i remember the alka seltzer ads from when i was a kid, "plop, plop, fizz, fizz. oh, what a relief it is!" and then later, various heartburn products that took the same tack: they showed smiling people eating things that they knew their bodies reacted to poorly. it was ok, tho, cause they had product x to save them.

that plan doesn't work for me. ymmv.

[Johnny Crab]

Statin = muscle killer.
Why do you think the viagra market has grown?

[knumbskull]

i'm going to go for the second option.

alternatively, make it law for all burgers to be sold with a special hat, so that they are dangling in front of the customers' faces on a small fishing rod, just out of reach. job done.

[Thunderscreech]

Don't eat so many burgers. You'll save money for important things like beer and bass effect pedals. Or at least I will.

[spade2you]

Eat burgers, just don't overdo it. Work out, it's not that hard!!!! The general lack of exercise combined with poor diet is what's getting people in trouble. Either by themselves is not horrible (but not great), but the combo is lethal.

Originally Posted by Johnny Crab

Statin = muscle killer.
Why do you think the viagra market has grown?

The muscle reaction only happens in a small fraction of the population taking statins.

Not sure if your Viagra comment was a joke or not, but Viagra's mechanism of action has nothing to do with muscle, rather blood flow, which is generally the cause of impotence.