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Medical news of the week: Fat is good for you
A couple weeks ago, I saw an article saying that the US Air Force found they had less accidents and more alertness if they fed high fat meals to their pilots. I presumed this was due to the ability of fatty fools to equ… -
Other Medical headlines
NYTimes notices Father Damien...and notes that in many countries, Hanson's disease still results in ostracism by the public. Father Damien is being canonized as a saint...he lived at the leper colony of Molokai and help… -
The Truth about Brussel Sprouts
cross posted from BNN ch were soggy, bitter and terrible tasting. Indeed, they come in first in a UK poll on the most hated vegetable. But they are a source of Vitamin C, and in places like Great Britain they are part o… -
Beware the fat police in Scotland
crossposted from BNN...(I've been having internet connection problems from typhoons etc. and trying to get these essays posted). There you are, peacefully walking down the street, when suddenly a government paid busy bo… -
Stop, Lolo, don't drink that Chinese Milk
CROSSPOSTED BNN China is in the midst of a major scandal of contaminated milk. And it may be hitting the Philippines and other countries.Someone has been watering down their milk and adding the chemicalMelamine to … -
eat your broccoli george
cross posted from BNN It’s not quite as high in kid’s list of veggies most hated: brusselsprouts or eggplant probably rate higher; and Papa Bush openly said hehated to eat it, but nevertheless, eating vegetables suc… -
The latest food no-no: Talapia
cross posted BNN Farm raised talapia goes back 4500 plus years, sincepictures of tilapia ponds have been found on Egyptian tombs; similarponds were first noted in Chinese writings 3000 years ago. It’s an easyway… -
Why fewer people are dying of heart disease nowadays...
Good news: The heart attack death rate is down. In fact, the death from heart disease has been cut almost in half since 1980. The real question is why. This week's New England Journal of Medicine has an analysis of the … -
The Fat epidemic
Today’s big news is about fat. Yup. That stuff around your waist. Or didn’t you know that About 1.6 billion people are overweight worldwide, with 400 million of them considered obese, according to the World Heal… -
The Tale of the Evil Grapefruit
I'm waiting to see it on CSI...our intrepid investigaters find a young person dead from unknown causes...autopsy revealed an abnormally high level of drug X in the person's system, so the original cause of death was lis…
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Medical news of the week: Fat is good for you
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