[GOTFIVEONIT]

Originally Posted by MossadConspiracy

Thats why you need to see a psychiatrist

anyway, i dont know how a topic about magical chinese tea turned into a long rant about how girls dont like you for being ugly and poor and black-looking etc. Is self-pity the central theme of your life?

just get help

ws

i just try to be realistic in things, i dont know why that bothers people so much.

[MossadConspiracy]

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

i just try to be realistic in things, i dont know why that bothers people so much.

well i cant really speak for others but i dont think it bothers people

i just think its wierd that you choose to dwell so much on these things, to the point where any discussion about any subject somehow becomes about how girls think you're ugly, poor, a loser, etc. I dunno, whatever

ws

[YOUSUFofSD]

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

i have a sqaure dangeling outta my mouth as im writing this hahaha. not only do i enjoy the habit, but i use it to treat my possible add. and the only reason you feel the way you do, well your just another desi geek in my opinion, and its desi geeks who hate anything that goes against their geeky desi ways.

Actually the reason i hate it is because it's haram. Are you going to be laughing when you possibly getting cancer? Dude grow up.

Another thing f00, im not desi, i'm Muslim

[Revert]

The reason G5 hates Desis and fobs so much is because he is one..I stumbled upon his review for The Kite Runner one time. He has a thick half Fobbish accent and thats the source of his hatred for life, he's a self loathing hater.

I feel bad for him, inshaAllah he can find whatever it is he's looking for.

Anywho Chinese Tea is beneficial to those that eat right and live healthy, ie don't smoke and don't eat crap.

[hefty]

teaposy- pretty and yum!

[GOTFIVEONIT]

Originally Posted by YOUSUFofSD

Actually the reason i hate it is because it's haram. Are you going to be laughing when you possibly getting cancer? Dude grow up.

Another thing f00, im not desi, i'm Muslim

with all due respects, its not 'haram' thats simply your opinion based on your own interpretation. now alchohol, pork, and marrying kaffirs, thats all haram because it clearly says so.

[Khairan]

Originally Posted by Revert

G5 is on to something, go natural, healthcare in the US is a joke. I can't afford insurance and my job won't insure me for another year, basically i'm screwed.

The problem with "natural therapies" is that we have NO empiric data on how they work, we have only anecdotes. The process by which we study drugs and their utility in various conditions certainly is not perfect, but nevertheless it's pretty functional and it has helped us develop powerful therapies for a number of different disease states, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, infectious diseases, and thyroid dysfunction, to name but a few.

Herbal medicine may be effective, but the point is those claims are not tested in a manner which offers measurable, reviewable data. Therefore, these therapies are essentially a black box and much of the time we simply don't know what good (or bad!) they can do to a person. A famous example is reserpine, which is one of the oldest antihypertensive drugs known, existing long before the time of big pharma and which was essentially a herbal medicine for much of its time in use. When it was studied carefully however, only within the latter part of the previous century, we came to realize that it is associated with a higher rate of suicide, precipitating concerns regarding its effects on depression and people with depression.

I think people find it easy to connect the idea of corporations such as pharm companies with the notion that there are sinister conspiracies to profit from people's helplessness or general ignorance, but if we pay attention we ought to realize that herbal supplements don't have nearly the same level of regulation or accountability that pharm drugs do.

I'm not suggesting everybody go out and get a prescription or three just on general principle, but certainly if you're going to make a choice to distrust the drug industry it ought to be with an understanding of why the medical establishment uses "drugs" versus "herbs."

Originally Posted by Salika

I'm not saying the FDA is completely useless, but just because something is or is not 'FDA approved' does not mean it's bad or good for you.

"FDA approved" basically means that someone has demonstrated through a formalized study that a drug is effective for a particular indication and that the risks of using that drug for that indication are outweighed by the benefits.

However, it is worth noting that much of the time doctors use drugs in an "unapproved" fashion on the basis of the drug's biochemical properties or the understanding of its physiologic effects.

For example, drug X may not be "approved for use" to treat asthma in pediatric patients simply because it was never studied, but it may have been proven in adults and a doctor might use it "off-label" because he believes it will work the same.

[bravotwozero]

Originally Posted by Khairan

However, it is worth noting that much of the time doctors use drugs in an "unapproved" fashion on the basis of the drug's biochemical properties or the understanding of its physiologic effects.

For example, drug X may not be "approved for use" to treat asthma in pediatric patients simply because it was never studied, but it may have been proven in adults and a doctor might use it "off-label" because he believes it will work the same.

Isn't that kind of risky? If the drug in question is 'unapproved', then it's effects, as well as its SIDE EFFECTS have not been studied. Is is really a good idea to prescribe drugs when you don't really know what side effects it can cause?

[YOUSUFofSD]

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

with all due respects, its not 'haram' thats simply your opinion based on your own interpretation. now alchohol, pork, and marrying kaffirs, thats all haram because it clearly says so.

Ok lets go with that. Any recent fatwa that I have read by any major scholar has said it was haram. So not really my own opinion based on my own interpretation. Also the reason I say recent is because nowadays it has become common knowledge and proved without a doubt about the very serious health issues.

[Khairan]

Originally Posted by bravotwozero

Isn't that kind of risky? If the drug in question is 'unapproved', then it's effects, as well as its SIDE EFFECTS have not been studied. Is is really a good idea to prescribe drugs when you don't really know what side effects it can cause?

Well, like I said, they don't go around thinking "well, I have NO IDEA what this pill does but what they hey, let's give it a shot."

They operate based on principles and on how the pill is used in other contexts. You might know that the drug stimulates particular receptors or has certain physiological effects that are desirable for what you are treating. Remember also that doctors frequently rely on their clinical experience when they make judgments about how to choose medications and dose them. If you read the literature about sedative-hypnotic medications, it won't be emphasized to you that Ambien can make people psychotic. If anything, it is billed as one of the safest drugs for sleep that is available, with mild or very tolerable side effects. However, from experience, I know that it can literally make people insane, so I have to be reasonably confident that a patient of mine is in good shape before I am willing to give it to them.

Another example: quetiapine is on many occasions used as a sleeping pill, sometimes for people who may have psychotic features in their behaviour. To my knowledge, it has not been studied and "approved" for that use, but we know that one of the side-effects of quetiapine is drowsiness so in this case we merely change our definitions and make a "side-effect" the primary desired effect of the drug.

[sixpakistan]

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

even if i die tommorrow so what, who would care? would you? would anyone else care? no they wouldnt, that the truth. lets not be polite and lie to each other, because the fact is no one would. do i have myself to blame for this, yes i do, i have only myself to blame. honestly i really dont care if i live or die. most bad things happen to me anyways, so whats the put in living, since im already living in hell as it is.

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I suggest a pink font+black background. Maybe a Morrissey track playing in the background.

[GOTFIVEONIT]

Originally Posted by sixpakistan

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I suggest a pink font+black background. Maybe a Morrissey track playing in the background.

ill write whatever i want you two-faced hypocrite. what are you gonna do about it??? i would really love to know....

no matter how much you whine and cry, there isnt a daam thing you can do about it. so why dont you just stfup already.

[sixpakistan]

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

ill write whatever i want

You go, girl!

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

you two-faced hypocrite.

Why do you call everyone here two-faced hypocrites? How exactly do you determine who is a "two-faced hypocrite?"

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

what are you gonna do about it??? i would really love to know....

I'll be amused by it or ignore it

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

no matter how much you whine and cry, there isnt a daam thing you can do about it. so why dont you just stfup already.

See, I don't really want to do anything about it, nor was I whining or crying. I was mocking your whining and crying. You sound like a depressed teenybopper chick.

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

even if i die tommorrow so what, who would care? would you? would anyone else care? no they wouldnt, that the truth. lets not be polite and lie to each other, because the fact is no one would. do i have myself to blame for this, yes i do, i have only myself to blame. honestly i really dont care if i live or die. most bad things happen to me anyways, so whats the put in living, since im already living in hell as it is.

Reading that tragic little blurb without knowing who the author was would probably lead one to conclude that it was written by a 16 year old goth chick with a habit of cutting satanic sigils into her forearms.

[AmroodWaala]

So, I finally learned the art of brewing.

Before being lazy, I used to dump the bag/loose tea into the pot and leave it in with boiling water.

It turns out, it's best to wait couple of minutes after the water boils so the temp can drop a bit, pour it into the cup, and then put the tea bag. wow

For white tea, 3-5 minutes of brewing is preferred. For green, ~2 min.


have a happy tea!