Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Canada	Come Again?	I have never heard anyone here in North Carolina refer to it as pop. Its either coke, or just plain drink, sometimes soda. No matter what they want. We have the letter C because the Romans made up the alphabet and they use C all the time. Then some muckity muck decided that the Germanic language that we now call English could well be served by using the Roman alphabet. Think English is difficult? Try some of the Celtic languages!	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-20 19:50:00
Canada	Come Again?	QUOTE (DeadPoolX) Truth be told, my in-laws have traveled to the U.S. plenty of times and so they knew how Americans use "college." I just think it's funny that they still use imperial measurements (which I, of course, find easier than metric). Actually, what's really interesting is that although Canada adopted the metric system some time ago, all of the people I've met still use feet and pounds when describing height and weight. I guess old habits die hard. Has more to do probably with education than habit. I'm 41 years old, and when I started school, we were learning Imperial measure. Then we switched to metric, confused the heck out of me. All of a sudden, I didn't weigh as much, but the speed limit on the 404 went up by 40! My parents generation never learned metric in school (they're 61 & 62 y/o), nor did my grandparents. So, only the last 2 generations have really been "all metric", except for the next generation after mine, which would really have been about half and half, because while at school they learn metric, at home it would still be confused because the parents learned sort of both, and measure distance in time, and don't quite know what a kilo is, so they weigh themselves in pounds, and yet they're 178 cm tall. Heck, even at the doctor's office you get weighed and measured in pounds and inches. Only at the licensing office do they want kilos and centimetres! And no one knows how to convert miles to kilometres, so distance is measured in time. Like "how far is it to Barrie eh?" "OH, it's bout 45 minutes or so". It took me a couple of years living down here though to figure out what temperature it was outside. I couldn't tell you anymore what -10C is like. It just sounds dang cold now!	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-19 18:52:00
Canada	Come Again?	yeap, but here in the South, it is a winter knit hat, which we call a toque.	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-18 10:38:00
Canada	Come Again?	as for the ashphalt, it is actually Canadians who say it incorrectly: QUOTE 1as·phalt Pronunciation: \?as-?f?lt also ?ash-, especially British -?falt\ Variant(s): also as·phal·tum \as-?f?l-t?m, especially British -?fal-\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English aspalt, from Late Latin aspaltus, from Greek asphaltos Date: 14th century 1 : a dark bituminous substance that is found in natural beds and is also obtained as a residue in petroleum refining and that consists chiefly of hydrocarbons 2 : an asphaltic composition used for pavements and as a waterproof cement — as·phal·tic \as-?f?l-tik, especially British -?fal-\ adjective A larger bottle of liquor would be called either a twenty-sixer (for a 26 oz bottle, equiv. to "a fifth" here in the US) or a 40 pounder (for a 40 oz bottle). Which of course are all measured in metric now, but this goes back to before Canada switched. At least in my neck of the woods in Ontario. A mickie, as someone mentioned already, is small enough to fit in your pocket. I've no idea what they call that here in the US. Cheap date perhaps. My husband now calls his winter knit hat a "toque" because I just Cannot call it a toboggan! WHY do they call it a toboggan? It's just crazy! And why is the dog IN the floor, and not ON the floor? Whenever he says that, I have this vision of our house sucking up the dog INTO the floor, and it scares me! And why, when he is helping me put groceries away, is he putting them UP, even if he has to bend down to do it? Why can't he just put them away? And don't even get me started on "you'uns" ugh...####### is that?	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-18 10:28:00
Canada	Come Again?	I think it means a quarter TO/TILL. What boggles me is when someone says to me "If you don't care", rather than "if you don't mind", or "I don't care" instead of "I don't mind". IMO, "if you don't care" or "I don't care" are a negative and kinda rude, whereas down here in this little pocket of NC (dunno about elsewhere in the world) it means "no that's fine, I will do this for you, I don't mind at all"	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-17 22:30:00
Canada	Visiting and working in Canada	I told you I don't pay attention to the Olympics, so honestly, I have no idea when or where they're held. I really don't give a flying squirrel.	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-02 07:33:00
Canada	Visiting and working in Canada	I don't watch the Olympics anyway, I didn't even know they were to be in Vancouver this year. He has a juvenile record, she deemed him a menace to society and banned him, on threat of arrest on sight if he attempted to enter the country again. Yes, they can do that. He has some paperwork to complete to apply for rehabilitation to allow him entry, but he's been a lazy #### ####### and hasn't done it, yet	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-01 10:12:00
Canada	Visiting and working in Canada	Yep, banned. Some beeyatch at the border got a bit power overloaded and banned him	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-31 11:40:00
Canada	Visiting and working in Canada	Considering my husband is banned from Canada, the only way I can go home to visit is without him anyhow, so I have no trouble whatsoever leaving him here alone I'd go in a heartbeat, and would stay longer than 2 weeks if I could. Few months in fact would do me good.	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-31 11:15:00
Canada	Difference in Attitudes	yeap, that's Canadian Government for ya. SNAFU'd.	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-03 07:23:00
Canada	Difference in Attitudes	Like I said, I know quite a few Hungarians who actually speak it. Immigrants and their first generation offspring do usually. I know more Hungarians in the GTA than Spanish or Hebrew speakers.	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-02 07:32:00
Canada	Difference in Attitudes	I was in hospital in 2004 in Scarborough, and the lady in the bed next to me was Hungarian. They couldn't find ANYONE in the entire hospital to translate for her when her family wasn't there. The poor woman was in teers every night because no one could understand her. I know dozens of Hungarian families in Toronto and GTA. I find it difficult to believe not a single one of them can be found in Scarborough working in the medical profession.	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-01 10:08:00
Canada	Difference in Attitudes	Its totally rediculous, considering the doctor shortage all over Canada. Do other provinces have the same policies, or is it just Ontario?	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-31 11:24:00
Canada	Difference in Attitudes	QUOTE The U.S., on the other hand, would probably like to discourage it. And yet they keep breeding Canada still needs to do more in crediting foreign professionals when they get to Canada. I used to work in the HR office in a manufacturing plant in Toronto, and I can't tell you how many freakin' doctors and other professionals worked on the injection moulding machines, just because they couldn't get acreditation in Canada, they'd have had to attend Canadian medical school first. And they went to quite good universities too; had they immigrated to the US or UK, they'd have been permitted to practice, without much transition except possibly a few classes on local laws and procedures and such. I know this issue came up several times over the last few years when they consider immigration reform, but I don't know if anything was actually ever done about it. I'm sure there are quite a few communities in rural Canada that would love to have a full time doctor, no matter where they went to university.	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-31 11:03:00
Canada	Getting Married in US on Tourist Visa and coming back to Canada	And don't tell them you're going to get married. Just tell them you're going for a visit. Because even with ties to Canada, they would be likely to deny you entry. Where are you from originally Soloni?	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-03 07:22:00
Canada	Canadian living in usa for 3 years	If you were adjusting status based on marriage to a US citizen, you should also have been filing taxes in the US and claiming your Canadian income to the IRS.	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-01 10:09:00
Canada	Canadian marrying American, Procedures	I don't even think it needs to be done by a licensed translator. If you're proficient in both languages you can do it yourself.	Reba	Female	0	2008-11-22 09:39:00
Canada	No Canada?	QUOTE The principal of Belleisle Elementary School in Springfield, near Saint John, has said he stopped the anthem after receiving complaints from two parents who objected to it on religious grounds. So, for 2 students out of how many, he eliminates the national anthem? Why can't they just stand out in the hall like every other Jehovah's Witness in the country has done for generation after generation? I'm sure they'll receive far less ridicule for that, than for taking away the anthem entirely	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-10 07:29:00
Canada	No Canada?	QUOTE (Emancipation @ Feb 3 2009, 03:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ha ha... i try to hold back my anger against them, but honestly this is waaaaay too much. Get your own country then if you don't like our anthem.. and do it quick before I lose my temper. they tried, didn't work out.	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-05 07:15:00
Canada	No Canada?	Because both the anthem and the pledge would be a bit of overkill wouldn't it?	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-03 07:31:00
Canada	No Canada?	There's a very cool version of the Star Spangled Banner near the end of the movie Southland Tales. I like O Canada on the bagpipes. Bagpipes are cool.	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-02 19:50:00
Canada	No Canada?	We had to sing O Canada and say the Lord's Prayer every morning, both in elementary school (I went to Catholic school K - 8) and in public high school. In high school, my friends who were Jehovah's Witness stood out in the hall until after morning announcements. In Catholic school we sang it half in English and half in French. Interesting trivia regarding O Canada: QUOTE "O Canada" is the national anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, the Honourable Théodore Robitaille, for the 1880 St. Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony. Calixa Lavallée wrote the music, which was a setting of a patriotic poem composed by the poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The text was originally only in French. An English translation of the lyric did not appear until 1906, and it was two more years before Robert Stanley Weir penned an English version, which is not a translation of the French. Weir's words have been revised twice, taking their present form in 1980, but the French lyrics remain unaltered. "O Canada" was not officially Canada's national anthem until 1980, when it was signed into law on July 1 as part of that year's Canada Day celebrations. I remember when the lyrics changed in 1980, we all got confused when we had to sing the new version. Now though, I don't remember any of the French lyrics. Years later at a company function, when I worked for a US company (but at the Canadian branch) and we were doing those horrible "team building" things, the teams were made to sing the US national anthem. The Canucks knew it, and for some reason most of the Americans didn't We got extra points I have a dancing hamster toy in a Mountie uniform that plays O Canada.	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-31 10:54:00
Canada	Guilty Pleasures	Careful what you wish for Krik	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-08 11:07:00
Canada	Guilty Pleasures	QUOTE (JillA @ Feb 2 2009, 08:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Does anyone remember Labrynth, with David Bowie and the bouncing heads? That movie was so wierd. I own it, and can recite most of it. I love Hoggle And David Bowie for that matter. James and I watch Ghost Hunters all the time. Don't much care for the new one GHI though, don't like the team lead, nor half the team I saw Jason and Grant at Dragon Con, I was walking behind them. Didn't get to talk to them though, their handlers were surrounding them. We didn't get to see any of their panels though because the one that we *did* get in to, was cancelled. We guessed because Steve couldn't get on the plane with them He never did show up that weekend, one of the other guys came in his place. We also have a bunch of ghost hunting equipment of our own, and we've been out once with a local (very disorganized) group.	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-03 07:30:00
Canada	Guilty Pleasures	Hugh Grant chick flicks. They're always the same, but I quite like them. Faves are 4 Weddings and a Funeral, and 9 Months. Leonardo DiCaprio movies. Any of them. But I don't feel the least bit guilty about Johnny Depp. Probably because nearly every other hetero female on the planet pretty much has the same opinion. And some gay men I'm sure.	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-02 19:46:00
Canada	Looking for Support, or Not!	Don't know what I can say that hasn't already been said Carla, so I'll just reinterate. Sit down and talk to Gene and tell him how you're feeling. Tell him you're worried that your recent medical expenses are adding up, and will continue to rise, and you're thinking about taking a part time job to cover some expenses. (I wouldn't worry about the vacation time, one thing I've found about part time jobs is they're always willing to give you time off so they don't have to pay you ) Ask him point blank how the money sitch is. Money is ALWAYS a tricky subject in marriages, and quite often is the downfall of many. But it doesn't have to be if you talk about it and sort it out. And don't worry if you cry. You're tired, you're worried, you're female. It's almost expected. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-13 07:32:00
Canada	Your "awww" moment for the day	I like piggies, they're cute. I went to California one time and went to Disneyland. There was a petting zoo there and I saw a potbelly pig and I started chasing it because I wanted to pet it to see what it's hair felt like, I'd never seen one before (potbelly that is, they're little and black with coarse hair, apparently make great housepets). Well I finally caught up to the little thing, and bent over to pet it, and then a goat headbutted me in the butt! Never turn your back on a goat! Another potbelly I've seen since, I played fetch with. toss the ball, and he ran to get it and brought it back. And he wagged 'is wittle tail and everything, just like a puppy.	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-15 10:37:00
Canada	Canadians do get barred from the USA as well!!	QUOTE (Joe & Nadya @ Feb 14 2009, 06:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> WHAT ?!?!?!?!?! THAT'S INSANE !!!!!!!!!! How come the Mexican border is not as rough as the ones with Canada ?!?!?! Because the Mexicans don't use the official border crossings when entering illegally. They sneak across at unprotected portions. I imagine if there are any that attempt to cross at manned POEs and if they're found to have overstayed on a previous visit, that they would also be banned. And then they just drive down the road a bit and cross at an unmanned opening, or hop the fence. And please reduce the font size on your sig.	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-15 10:26:00
Canada	Montreal interviews...	Don't bother putting the photos in an album, because it won't fit thru the little opening in the window should they ask to see any. Just bring a few loose ones. Also, they may not allow you to bring stuff in your diaper bag for the baby, like bottle or diaper cream and whatnot. You may want to call or email ahead to ask them. Usually security confiscates any food or drinks and stuff. When I went, I cleaned out my purse before I got there and put all my stuff in a locker at the train station, but I missed a tube of lip balm. They confiscated my lip balm of all things. You'll get it back afterward of course, but if they do confiscate the baby's stuff, you're pretty much stuck up there without all of it, and if they're slow with the interviews, the baby could get really cranky with a wet bottom, or if it comes round to feeding time.	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-15 10:52:00
Canada	New Year, New Diet...	What if it shorts out, or we get some paranormal phenomenon like Lawnmower Man and you step on it and it electrocutes you?	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-05 07:11:00
Canada	New Year, New Diet...	How do those scales work? How can they figure out your BMI and muscle levels just thru the bottom of your feets? To figure BMI, it would have to know your height as well, wouldn't it?	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-04 19:06:00
Canada	New Year, New Diet...	or stop buying cookies	Reba	Female	0	2009-02-02 19:36:00
Canada	New Year, New Diet...	QUOTE (TheATeam @ Jan 16 2009, 09:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I agree with you Carla. Everyone is different in terms of what their body wants and needs. I know for myself if I'm not fairly low carb I don't do well at all. That being said I know some people that if you cut their carbs down at all they're like walking zombies. I think it's important to know your body and to know what works best for you! Experience of thousands of people on the Atkins diet (myself included) shows that the "zombie" feeling goes away after about 3 days of DTs from carb withdrawls.	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-17 11:18:00
Canada	New Year, New Diet...	This in the news recently: How you eat could affect your Smarts It's common to resolve to lose weight, but any sane person dreads a diet's dulling effect on the brain. In fact, many studies have shown that counting calories, carbs or fat grams, is truly distracting — to the point that it taxes short-term memory. But how we eat can affect our minds at more fundamental levels, too. Here are five things you should know about feeding your brain 1. Fuel it up The brain, which accounts for 2 percent of our body weight, sucks down roughly 20 percent of our daily calories. A picky eater, it demands a constant supply of glucose — primarily obtained from recently eaten carbohydrates (fruits, vegetables, grains etc.). Only in extreme instances of deprivation will the brain use other substances for fuel. More recently evolved areas of the brain, such as the frontal cortex (it's like the CEO of the brain), are particularly sensitive to falling glucose levels, while brain areas regulating vital functions are more hardy, said Leigh Gibson of Roehampton University in England. "When your glucose level drops, the symptom is confused thinking, not a change in breathing pattern," he said. This is not to suggest that we should constantly slurp soda to keep our brains functioning optimally. On the contrary, high glucose levels slowly but surely damage cells everywhere in the body, including those in the brain, said Marc Montminy of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California. INTERACTIVE The brain An interactive road map to the mind And according to a recent study published in the Oct. 3 issue of the journal Cell, by Dongsheng Cai and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin, the brain may react to excess food as if it were a pathogen. The resulting immune response, which occurs irrespective of weight gain, may cause cognitive deficits such as those associated with Alzheimer's. Similarly, high blood sugar, coupled with a cognitive task, is associated with elevated cortisol — a hormone known to impair memory in high doses, Gibson said. In other words, don't get out the flash cards after that second (or third) piece of cake. 2. Become a grazer The brain needs Goldilocks portions of energy: not too much, not too little. To optimize brain power, Michael Green of Aston University in England suggests one tactic would be "more frequent but smaller meals." The brain works best with about 25 grams of glucose circulating in the blood stream — about the amount found in a banana, said Gibson. If trading three-meals-a-day for an all-day nibble seems unappealing, unpractical or simply anti-social, read on. 3. Eat lower on the glycemic index (GI) The glycemic index ranks foods according to how they affect blood glucose levels. Pretzels are high on the index, because they cause blood sugar to rise very quickly. Raw carrots, by comparison, have a low glycemic ranking. Carbs in lower glycemic food are broken into glucose molecules more slowly, thereby providing a steadier supply of energy to the brain. Low GI meals, gratefully, also best satiate hunger, writes J.M. Bourre of the French National Medicine Academy inthe September 2006 issue of The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. High fiber carbohydrates are relatively low glycemic but combining them with fat or protein can slow absorption even more. For example, the traditional white Wonder Bread is high glycemic; it is digested quickly, causing a stressful, and brief, spike in glucose levels. Dark fiber-rich whole wheat bread is lower on the index; its spike is slightly less sharp. But add some meat or other protein to the bread and the glucose absorption rate becomes a gentle curve. Top it off with a little olive oil and presto: brain-friendly fuel masquerading as a tasty lunch. The key is a balanced diet, where all macronutrients — carbohydrates, fats and proteins — are given their due, Green said. 4. Know your fats Despite fat's ability to lower the GI of a meal, not all fats are equal. Trans fats, common in fast food, are the worst. Saturated fats are not great. Unsaturated fat is the healthiest. "People who eat diets high in saturated fat are more susceptible to cognitive deficits," said Gibson. The increased likelihood of strokes is just one acute example. Rats that gorged on saturated fat for several weeks had obvious damage to the hippocampus — a brain area critical to memory formation, he said. Still, "the brain is 60 percent fat," Green said, and very low levels of cholesterol have been associated with depression, aggression and anti-social behavior. While most people in developed countries need to limit their fat intake, "zero fat is definitely not the way to go," he said. Essential fatty acids, such as Omega-3s, are proving valuable in treating depression and other psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, as well as benefiting infant brain development, Green said. However, he added, the effect of supplements on a healthy adult brain is controversial. It may be best to stick to natural sources, such as cold-water fish, seeds and nuts. 5. Know yourself Despite broad similarities, food affects everyone's brain a little differently. For example, Gibson explained, extroverts are more likely to succumb to the "post-lunch dip" – that desire to nap, or chug coffee, mid-afternoon. And size matters: Children and the very thin may feel faint or grumpy due to low blood glucose faster than an average-sized adult, explained Montminy. Nutritional habits are also important. People who chronically under-eat, over-exercise or regularly skip meals can become fuzzy-headed even after a minor dip in glucose. They become sensitized to not getting enough, Gibson said. But with the Goldilocks approach, there is no need to diet to distraction. "Every single fad diet is total rubbish," Green said, but there is merit to eating low glycemically.	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-15 18:09:00
Canada	New Year, New Diet...	so then what are you doing posting here I weigh myself once per week, but my bathroom scale is feeble and will measure something different depending where on the floor you put it, and my Wii isn't anywhere near accurate because the carpet is all wobbly and puckery. I hate it when I step on and it says "OH!" like I've hurt it or something. I think scales are just generally evil anyway and I try to stay away from them as much as possible. I never ever owned one until we inherited this house from James' parents. I figure if my clothes are getting looser, and I physically feel healthier, that's the best judge. Weight doesn't matter much anyhow, especially if you're working out lots, because as you build muscle you may gain weight because muscle is heavier than fat. Except muscle takes up less space. As evidenced by 2 pairs of trousers that now fall down when I wear them.	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-14 19:04:00
Canada	New Year, New Diet...	Yay You!	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-13 07:23:00
Canada	New Year, New Diet...	Here's some inspiration for ya http://www.atkins.co...orne-smith.html She's one of them skinny bitches that make y'all work harder at the gym.	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-10 09:39:00
Canada	New Year, New Diet...	saw this article in the news today may be of interest http://www.msnbc.msn...576976/from/ET/ just from the standpoint of the fattening'ness and dangers of packaged foods and sugars. Here is an example of how Atkins counts "net carbs" on foods http://www.atkins.co...eFoodsList.aspx Yes, carrotts can be re-introduced in later phases of the plan, but in the early phases, all higher net carb count veggies are omitted. Some people are more sensitive to vegetable sugars than others, and find they can never eat potatoes or starchy veggies, but most can have them occasionally in moderation once they reach the pre-maintenance and maintenance phases.	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-09 21:18:00
Canada	New Year, New Diet...	There are lots of alternatives to bread. And lots of alternatives to grains as well. Just because the pyramid says you should eat it, doesn't mean they're right. Humans got along just great without grains for millennia before the invention of agriculture and threshing and grinding of wheat or rye to make bread. There are parts of the world that never saw any milled grains until the Westerners invaded. And its all been downhill, and rounder bellies ever since. Check out some of the recipes here http://www.genaw.com...tion_menus.html Sorry Carla, I can see the confusion. I did cut most carbs from my diet, but just the harmful ones. I haven't had a slice of bread, nor potato, or pasta, or rice, or carrott or any high GI grain or vegetable since before Thanksgiving. Nor any sugar of any sort that is not naturally ocurring in low GI vegetables. And I don't miss them at all. After the first few days, the DTs and cravings are gone. Its just like withdrawl from any drug. A few days of discomfort (in the case of carb detox, it is usually headache, dizziness and for some a bit of nausea, depending on your carb dependence and intake beforehand) is worth a lifetime of health. The only thing I eat that is not "natural" is the occasional Atkins snack bar, and some sugarless salad dressing made with whole cream and eggs and lovely seasonings (Marzetti Ranch dressing). Everything else is fresh and in its orignal state (well, except the chickens are plucked and the cows and pigs are fillet'd and whatnot ). Nothing from a package that Mother Nature herself didn't invent. Other than cheese. I like cheese. Cheese is good. Edited by Reba, 08 January 2009 - 07:16 PM.	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-08 19:15:00
Canada	New Year, New Diet...	In this mornings news: QUOTE Detox product claims are 'legalized lying,' scientists warn consumers Module body Tue Jan 6, 8:39 AM 0 What's this SASKATCHEWAN (CBC) - Some detoxification products touted as a means of cleansing toxins from the body are largely a waste of money, according to British researchers who say the best remedies remain keeping a balanced diet and ensuring a good night's sleep. The London-based The Voice of Young Science, a team of early-career scientists, set out to explore detox claims attached to a wide range of consumer products. The informal study examined 15 consumer items including hair-care products, vitamins, beverages, detox patches, a body brush and soap. None of the manufacturers contacted was able to provide evidence that the products actually had a detoxification effect, according to the study. Researcher Tom Sheldon said he was tasked with examining claims for one shampoo product targeted to busy city dwellers. "It became clear very quickly that really all this shampoo did was clean your hair and didn't put what they called harmful chemicals back into your hair," Sheldon told CBC Radio's As It Happens on Monday. "It will clean your hair, I have no doubt. And if you want to call whatever's on your hair that you clean off toxins, then feel free to call them toxins. But really this is soap to remove dirt. We've been doing that for a long time; this isn't anything special." Sheldon said the study aimed to shed light on how many companies use "detox" as a method of marketing products, though they are in fact no different from other products on the market. "That's legalized lying really," he said. "I think that if we allow the companies to just get away with making any claims that they like, not only do they cost the paying public — the trusting public — a great deal of money on products that don't work, but they also have a further reaching effect which is to tell people scientific untruths, and I think the public deserves more than that." The British retailer Boots defended its detox program, saying it encouraged consumers to drink more water, according to the BBC. Similarly, the manufacturer Garnier said it stood behind claims made for its face wash — which was included in the study. "All Garnier products undergo rigorous testing and evaluation to ensure that our claims are accurate and noticeable by our consumers," a spokesman told the BBC. Sheldon noted the best advice for people seeking healthier lifestyles is to eat a balanced diet, drink plenty of liquids, stop smoking, drink alcohol in moderation, ensure a good night's sleep and exercise regularly. "It's straightforward, it hasn't changed," he said. "You will not add anything of value to that process by going on some magic 15-day detox plan with fasting and smoothies; it won't get you anywhere." Just in case anyone was wondering about detox plans. ATeam, I've been thinking about some classes for nutrition as well, but would have to find a programme that isn't all upsidedown. I'm not sure if the Atkins Centre has course or not, or if a Naturopathic school would be better. I may need something to fall back on, in case this receptionist gig at the furniture factory crashes	Reba	Female	0	2009-01-08 07:24:00