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Link found between consuming trans fat and aggression
Due to the fact that the human brain (excluding water) is composed mostly of fatty acids, it is understandable how synthetically produced trans fats could adversely affect brain and psychiatric health. In fact, a recent animal study demonstrated that long-term trans fatty acid feeding in animals contributed to the incorporation of these fats in the …
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Potential Progress on Pink Slime in Schools
So it looks like the interest in pink slime in school lunches may be leading to changes. Amid a growing social media storm over so-called “lean finely textured beef,” the Agriculture Department announced Thursday that, starting next fall, schools involved in the national school lunch program will have the option of avoiding the product. Under the change, schools will …
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‘Pink Slime’ in Supermarket ground beef and USDA school lunches
There been a sharp uptick of people searching google for “pink slime”. What is “pink slime”? You probably don’t want to know but you probably should know. Pink Slime. Jamie Oliver Food Revolution. – YouTube Gerald Zirnstein grinds his own hamburger these days. Why? Because this former United States Department of Agriculture scientist and, now, whistleblower, …
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Summarizing water filter research
I put a lot of hours into doing the research on counter-top and shower water filters. But those article are long and detailed and I wanted to point people at just my conclusions and recommendations. What I am choosing for myself are what I will call the mid-range recommendations. Since these filters will be used …
The effectiveness of food labeling regulations
This certainly looks like a victory for food labeling regulations and health education efforts. Blood levels of trans–fatty acids (TFAs) in white adults in the U.S. population decreased by 58 percent from 2000 to 2009 according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published in the Feb. 8 edition of the Journal of …
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Behavior altering parasites getting news coverage
It is good to see this subject getting some non-trivial press coverage: Certainly Flegr’s thinking is jarringly unconventional. Starting in the early 1990s, he began to suspect that a single-celled parasite in the protozoan family was subtly manipulating his personality, causing him to behave in strange, often self-destructive ways. And if it was messing with …
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Researching counter-top water filters
I currently have an Aquasana AQ-4000 counter-top water filter. The water quality is very good but I’ve had similar problems to other AQ-4000 owners with hassle and problems when replacing filters. My last filter replacement left the unit leaking and I have been unable to stop the leaks. As others have noted, the quality of the …
Researching shower water filters
I’ve been using a shower filter for some time. I bought an Aquasana AQ-4105 which I’ve been pretty happy with. I thought I would do some research on what else is out there and whether I could find something better. My current apartment has a shower head which is mounted far too low on the wall …
When all you have is a hammer…
Doctors in the US have 2 primary modalities – medicine and surgery. I don’t want to discount some of the effective treatments that can result from those modalities. However, I keep hearing more and more stories of people having surgeries to remove organs and I really question whether this is in the patients’ best interests. …