apnea nutrition

[trux]

Originally Posted by apneaboy

I've never eaten placebo, can you have it on cereal instead of milk?

Or on toast instead of cheese?

Sure, placebo is a "simulator", it can replace anything. You can even have placebo sex if you wish.

[apneaboy]

Ha ha. No thanx trux, i'm taken, but thanks for the offer.

I am aware of the placebo effect, over the years i suppose there has been loads of things 'i must do' or 'must eat' or 'must drink' before diving or it 'would be impossible for me to do any good'. Most of them only helped me feel better and when they were removed didn't make the dive any worse.

I think routines and things that psychologically make you feel like you can do well on the day can improve depth and distance at the time so i suppose even placebos have their uses. Just don't think negatively about them though.

Milk and dairy doesn't seem to make me congested luckily.

[Mullins]

Originally Posted by apneaboy

Ha ha. No thanx trux, i'm taken, but thanks for the offer.

It wouldn't need to be the real Trux, it could an exact replica. Or perhaps a double-blind test to see which performed better?

[trux]

Yes, that's exactly my opinion on placebo. Homeopathy, from scientific (physical/chemical) point of view should not work, and is nothing else than placebo, but in our family these placebo medicaments take care of most medical problems quite efficiently. Nobody tells placebo does not work. Quite oppositely. As I wrote, the above mentioned study failed to prove any physiological impact of dairy products consumption on mucus build-up. In no way I wrote that it said placebo did not work. The exact contrary is true - the placebo worked so well, that it was impossible to prove the impact of the real lactose.

The conclusion is that if you are persuaded that you get congested after consuming milk, you may well be even if it is physiologically not true at all, and even if you drink placebo instead of milk. It means, if you believe in the bad impact of milk, you better avoid it. On the other hand, if you never thought about limiting the consumption of dairy products before diving, you can quietly go on ignoring advises to avoid dairy products, and consume them as much as you like - and more than likely you won't have any problems.

[apneaboy]

And if Trux thinks hes good in bed , but no-one else does, it doesn't matter

Aha i get it

[trux]

I hate to disapoint you, but at placebo sex you are usually alone

[apneaboy]

Damn this forum, i had a really good one word reply to that but it was only six letters and it needs to be ten!!

[island_sands]

Originally Posted by trux

Sure, placebo is a "simulator", it can replace anything. You can even have placebo sex if you wish.

eh???? more details please

[drunkinbda]

Originally Posted by apneaboy

Damn this forum, i had a really good one word reply to that but it was only six letters and it needs to be ten!!

just fill hte other four with a nice array of symbols :P

my fav is !?!!