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EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« on: November 19, 2011, 01:45:38 PM »
Brussels bureaucrats were ridiculed yesterday after banning drink manufacturers from claiming that water can prevent dehydration.

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EU officials concluded that, following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previously undisputed fact.

Producers of bottled water are now forbidden by law from making the claim and will face a two-year jail sentence if they defy the edict, which comes into force in the UK next month.

Last night, critics claimed the EU was at odds with both science and common sense. Conservative MEP Roger Helmer said: “This is stupidity writ large.

“The euro is burning, the EU is falling apart and yet here they are: highly-paid, highly-pensioned officials worrying about the obvious qualities of water and trying to deny us the right to say what is patently true.

“If ever there were an episode which demonstrates the folly of the great European project then this is it.”

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Prof Brian Ratcliffe, spokesman for the Nutrition Society, said dehydration was usually caused by a clinical condition and that one could remain adequately hydrated without drinking water.

He said: “The EU is saying that this does not reduce the risk of dehydration and that is correct.

“This claim is trying to imply that there is something special about bottled water which is not a reasonable claim.”

H/T JLF

Ratcliffe is an ass.  "Trying to imply" is not a claim at all and I've no idea how to get there from here; one either "implies" or one doesn't.

The EU is a collection of asses and the best thing for the European countries would be for it to FAIL.

That said, today's "wisdom" about the need to ingest vast quantities of water daily, and to constantly do so lest one should fall to dehydration in the sixty minutes it takes to drive to work   ::saywhat::  is utter bullsht.  This medical "advice" has led to people constantly swigging from bottles, a coarse practice, every few minutes regardless of their level of physical inactivity by means of carrying them everywhere, and bearing the bottle in one's hand is a demonstration of one's virtuous dedication to "healthy" living.   God forbid one should leave the house unaccompanied by one's beverage of choice -- the practice has now extended to fruit juice and soda -- and have to wait for a drink at one's destination.

My friend often comes to my house holding a half-drunk bottle of Pepsi, as though she's in fear she'll thirst enroute, and because I am known to deny my guests liquid refreshment upon their arrival.   ::saywhat::

Okay.  Rant off.
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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2011, 01:57:44 PM »
This is EXACTLY what happens when you have 'no it all' bureaucrats in charge aka, socialism/Marxism/Communism/whatever-the-hell-you-wanna-lable-it.

And to think there's still some 40% of this country that sees nothing wrong with Obamacare. This story is a prime example of what is wrong with Obamacare!
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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2011, 03:19:54 PM »
That is like saying that by breathing, one will not stave off suffocation. ::eyes::

It is just breathtaking to see the level of idiocy and PC run amok coming from Brussels these days.

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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2011, 03:24:40 PM »
'Tis indeed, and I'm appalled to know that we're fast galloping in their tracks.
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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2011, 04:27:18 AM »
The next EU investigation and conclusion : If one skydives frequently and uses a progressively smaller parachute , eventually he won't need a parachute at all .

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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2011, 10:06:33 AM »
The next EU investigation and conclusion : If one skydives frequently and uses a progressively smaller parachute , eventually he won't need a parachute at all .

Excellent Sectionhand! You have defined modern liberalism in a nutshell (pardon the pun).

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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2011, 04:38:22 PM »
The next EU investigation and conclusion : If one skydives frequently and uses a progressively smaller parachute , eventually he won't need a parachute at all .

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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2011, 07:54:20 PM »
The next EU investigation and conclusion : If one skydives frequently and uses a progressively smaller parachute , eventually he won't need a parachute at all .

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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2011, 08:42:56 PM »
They need to keep investigating that whole "water" thing because I'm kind of skeptical about it having anything to do with drowning. Almost certainly a myth.

Next up: The "ice" conspiracy.
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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2011, 08:45:41 PM »
Perhaps we could formalize it like so:

Let X be the size of a parachute in square inches (or square centimeters to be sufficiently international). As X approaches zero the probability, P, of becoming stuff on a rock approaches 1. Mathematicians may call it an asymptote, nature calls it "the ground".

Seriously though, this is what life is like under the tender ministrations of enlightened technocrats.
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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2011, 11:14:20 AM »
God forbid one should leave the house unaccompanied by one's beverage of choice -- the practice has now extended to fruit juice and soda -- and have to wait for a drink at one's destination.

My friend often comes to my house holding a half-drunk bottle of Pepsi, as though she's in fear she'll thirst enroute, and because I am known to deny my guests liquid refreshment upon their arrival.   ::saywhat::

Okay.  Rant off.

People come to our house all the time bearing their own beverages.  I find it annoying and rude. 

I was taught that when I accept an invitation I become someone's guest and as such I GRACIOUSLY accept their hospitality.  If they offer/serve things I don't care for I either take it and try it or I decline without making a big deal.  Afterall, if I focus on the social occasion as a time to enjoy other's company then what I eat or drink (or not) doesn't matter.  Besides it's just one meal/occasion and I can make it without having it my way.

The irony in this is my own mother has become one of those people schlepping her own food and water to someone else's house.

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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2011, 11:41:49 AM »
Thank you.  That's it; it's rude. 

Rush was discussing this EU decision a few minutes ago.  He sees it as the EU becoming ridiculous in an attempt to oppress a company's profit-making abilities.
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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2011, 12:08:10 PM »
Punishing Reardon Steel again are they?!

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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2011, 12:34:24 PM »
Punishing Reardon Steel again are they?!

 ::)

It would seem so.

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“This claim is trying to imply that there is something special about bottled water which is not a reasonable claim.”

The Looters admitted as much right there.  The claim wasn't that particular water, bottled, would aid in avoiding dehydration, but, simply WATER.
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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2011, 01:40:40 PM »
Send the EU off to a deserted island....With plenty of food but no water.
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« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2011, 01:44:58 PM »
Punishing Reardon Steel again are they?!

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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2011, 02:31:15 PM »
Punishing Reardon Steel again are they?!

 ::)

It would seem so.

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“This claim is trying to imply that there is something special about bottled water which is not a reasonable claim.”

The Looters admitted as much right there.  The claim wasn't that particular water, bottled, would aid in avoiding dehydration, but, simply WATER.

Their arrogance and hatred of the productive earns my fury...they give me that hands around neck kinda urge!
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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2011, 02:31:43 PM »
Send the EU off to a deserted island....With plenty of food but no water.

FIFY!

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Re: EU - no evidence that drinking water prevents dehydration
« Reply #18 on: November 21, 2011, 02:33:33 PM »
Punishing Reardon Steel again are they?!

 ::)
I'm shocked at how often I hear the phrase "going Gault" in the past year. I suspect its mostly just us 3%ers, but still, it is encouraging.

The choice between coercion and exile...who in their right mind would choose continued coercion?  A simple fact the looters are always unable to comprehend.
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