Quotes About Risk

Would I have fared better if I had stood my ground and stared down my pursuers? Could so-called self-preservation sometimes backfire and become the very cause of pain?

Courage makes people face the unknown and find their own paths.

If you show someone something you've written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, 'When you're ready'.

I've become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave.

One thing I do know, and I believe you know it too, is that what he is doing goes against the very grain of the universe. He's taking the path of Icarus, and no matter how you mix the wax, it melts when it gets too close to the sun.

You've got to stop letting women slip drugs into your mouth, Dex, it's unhygienic. And dangerous. One day it'll be a cyanide capsule.

This, I thought, is why we have comfort zones, because they are comfortable. What can possibly be gained by leaving them?

Wasn't this exactly one of the experiences she craved? Why couldn't she be more spontaneous and reckless?

Jake the trapeze artist was a man who stared death in the face, while most nights I stared television in the face.

It's like Russian Roulette, one in six'll kill you.

I asked an indifferent copywriter what books he had read about advertising. He told me that he had not read any; he preferred to rely on his own intuition. 'Suppose,' I asked, 'your gall-bladder has to be removed this evening. Will you choose a surgeon who has read some books on anatomy and knows where to find your gall-bladder, or a surgeon who relies on his intuition? Why should our clients be expected to bet millions of dollars on your intuition?

Our best medical journals are now brimming with high-profile, rigorous studies that show a stunning correlation between high blood sugar and risk for dementia.

Archives of Internal Medicine revealed that postmenopausal women who were put on statin drugs to lower their cholesterol had a nearly 48 percent increased risk of developing diabetes compared to those who weren't given the drug.

Eating high-cholesterol foods has no impact on our actual cholesterol levels, and the alleged correlation between higher cholesterol and higher cardiac risk is an absolute fallacy.

As an example, a recent report in the prestigious Archives of Internal Medicine revealed that postmenopausal women who were put on statin drugs to lower their cholesterol had a nearly 48 percent increased risk of developing diabetes compared to those who weren't given the drug.

refuted. The most important modifiable risk factors related to heart attack risk include smoking, excess alcohol consumption, lack of aerobic exercise, overweight, and a diet high in carbohydrates.

It's well documented that glycated hemoglobin is a powerful risk factor for diabetes, but it's also been correlated with risk for stroke, coronary heart disease, and death from other illnesses. These correlations have been shown to be strongest with any measurement of hemoglobin A1C above 6.0 percent.

No es coincidencia que la gente obesa tenga más riesgo de padecer impedimentos en la función cerebral, y que quienes tienen diabetes sean doblemente propensos a desarrollar Alzheimer.

statins may lessen brain function and increase risk for heart disease. The reason is simple: The brain needs cholesterol

And now we have the evidence in the scientific literature to prove that when cholesterol levels are low, the brain simply doesn't work well; individuals with low cholesterol are at much greater risk for dementia and other neurological problems.

ApoE ?2 is relatively rare, but if you inherit this allele, you're more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease later in life. ApoE ?3 is the most common allele, but it's believed to neither increase nor decrease your risk. ApoE ?4, however, is the one typically mentioned in the media and feared the most. In

reduce the risk of LDL oxidation—not necessarily levels of LDL itself. A principal player in that risk of oxidation is higher levels of glucose; LDL is far more likely to become oxidized in the presence of sugar molecules that will bind to it and change its shape. Glycosylated

For people who never consumed fish, the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease during the four-year follow-up period was increased by 37 percent. In those individuals who consumed fish on a daily basis, risk for these diseases was reduced by 44 percent. Regular

the "normal range" have a much greater risk for brain