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Quick Links: Don’t Pass On the Salt
Last week, the NY Times discussed a study (here) that found: …that the less salt people ate, the more likely they were to die of heart disease — 50 people in the lowest third of salt consumption (2.5...
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Forks Over Knives: The Coming Sh*tstorm
If you haven’t heard, there’s a new documentary out called Forks Over Knives that promotes a vegan diet for health. It’s getting heavy support from Whole Foods, which held advanced screenings in...
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Quick Links: Egyptian Mummy has Atherosclerosis
The NY Times says (here) that a 3,500 mummy belonging to an Egyptian princess presents the oldest example of atherosclerosis. And they seem to think the study dispels “the myth that heart disease is a...
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Quick Links: Sunscreens
I’m a fan of the Environmental Working Group, and today they’ve released their annual sunscreen report (here). The San Francisco Chronicle featured a write-up on it (here) that succinctly explains the...
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Quick Links: Are Our Guts Running the Show?
"Here, let me unbutton my jeans so you can better see my stomach." Apparently, researchers are zeroing in on the idea that our gut flora might be responsible for some of our behavior (see Scientific...
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Quick Links: Barefoot Running
The NY Times has a piece addressing the dubious claim that barefoot running will cure you of your running injuries (here). For one thing, I don’t know anyone who has made that claim. I have seen people...
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They Always Blame the Meat
How could these cute, fluffy, tasty creatures possibly be to blame? I’m glad Melissa McEwan said it (here), ’cause I’ve been thinking the same thing. After reading The End of Overeating by David...
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Quick Links: Lotsa Good Stuff
A torrent of great article links have been coming across the Twitter wire today, so here they are in one place for you. As if you needed any, here‘s more evidence that grass-fed meat is very good for...
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The Trouble with Moderation
Earlier this week, I quicklinked to an article in the NY Times that talked about a study that essentially proved that what we eat matters, not just how much (here). The study had a lot to say about the...
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Quick Link: Laboratory Meat
Just saw this from NPR about the efforts to grow meat in test tubes. I’m guessing you just gagged like I did. And apparently, more than one laboratory had this brilliant idea. There’s one in the...
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