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• amund289 commented on Have You Tried Barefoot Running
  I would be more worried about running on a rock more than the comfort level. I grew up on a farm, and over the many years spent playing outside barefoot yeilded a slew of injuries. From steping on nails or glass to a bruised footbed from rocks, it all hurts like hell and can lead to a worse injury down the line. It would definately be interesting to see what the professionals would say about this topic in depth. I personally do not see any advantages in running barefoot....
• phela012 commented on Harmful vitamins?
  I think this article was pretty interesting, especially for the research that pertains to males and prostate cancer. Although I do believe that everyone should try as hard as they can to get their vitamins naturally, I think some kinds of vitamins aren't harmful, as long as they're more "anecdotal" in nature. As a female, Calcium and Iron are two crucial vitamins, so if I don't get enough calcium during the day, I don't think this article would make me stop taking my daily vitamin that DOES make up for some of my voids....
• hendr433 commented on Have You Tried Barefoot Running
  Well this article defiantly brings me back to the days when I was younger and running around the yard, I have always felt lighter on me feet well barefoot running but I think that it has as much to do with running with shoes(added weight) as it does being natural. Personally I think that although barefoot running can improve performance why would anyone do it. For one thing I would never run on streets bare foot due to glass and other trash and another is they just don't make grass tracks in my area....
• hendr433 commented on Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents, seriously?
  I don't even know what to say, I still don't understand how people let themselves get to such extreme weights where surgery is the only viable option, It seems like the term "SELF CONTROL" no longer exists. For adolescents the parents need to sign off on the surgery, I'm wondering where were those parents several years ago....
• nguye561 commented on Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents, seriously?
  While i do agree that children should be allowed to explore their own interests and specialize in what they want, i don't exactly know how parents and children can let themselves get extremely overweight or obese....