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I am going to bend my no-ranting-on-weekends rule for this story on a PROBIOTIC for OBESITY because it is so very misleading. It's not a PROBIOTIC. It didn't significantly affect OBESITY. And there's more! nytimes.com/2019/07/01/wel…
There were 3 groups in the study (n=32): bacteria, placebo, and "pasteurized" bacteria. PASTEURIZED MEANS DEAD and it was the DEAD BACTERIA group that actually saw the piddly-ass benefits the study reported. nature.com/articles/s4159…
The actual PROBIOTIC didn't do much of anything. This, despite the fact that the study was FUNDED by the company that is selling it (LIVE!) as an obesity treatment. Yet this is the @nytimes headline:
Read more about this in a GOOD story by @BethMarieMole in @arstechnica (HT @phylogenomics). arstechnica.com/science/2019/0…
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The world is a poorer and slightly less argumentative place today. My Dad, Chuck Haspel, died over the weekend, peacefully, at home with my Mom. Since all that’s left is what we know of him, I want you all to know him. May I ask a daughter’s indulgence to introduce you?
I don’t have good pictures of my parents. We weren’t a picture-taking family and my Mom says every one of her and Dad should have the same caption: The Terrorist and the Imbecile. Dad was the terrorist. But I’ll share a couple of the least bad ones.
He was a deeply principled man who would nevertheless take any side in any argument, just to hash it out. If you’ve ever wondered how I got to be a world-class irritant, well, I come by it honestly. But I also learned that most disagreements have two reasonable sides.
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It’s Monday and I am going to THREAD about BIGGEST LITTLE FARM, the latest pricy-food-for-rich-people farm held up as an example of how we fix agriculture. Grab your COFFEE. There’s a lot to cover. latimes.com/home/la-hm-big…
Let me start by saying I am TOTALLY rooting for them. The Chesters are working their asses off trying to build soil and grow crops and raise animals at Apricot Lane Farms. I grow OYSTERS and am WILDLY in favor of expensive food for rich people.
They are growing DIVERSE fruit & veg crops, incorporating animals, making soil health a priority and I say BRAVO. The question here is what this tells us about larger questions of SUSTAINABILITY.
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Another day, another Food Guide! This time, it's CANADA. They boil it down to one picture, where half the plate is fruit & veg, 1/4 is protein, 1/4 is whole grain. Let's compare it to the EAT-Lancet report, shall we? 1/ food-guide.canada.ca/en/food-guide-…
It's not that different, but there's one difference I'd like to talk about. STARCHY VEGETABLES. I know y'all are used to wonky threads, but this one is SUPER-DUPER wonky, and not for the faint of heart. eatforum.org/content/upload…
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