Analysis of nicotine and tobacco product use by sexual identity, gender identity, and sex assigned at birth finds notable differences in use across groups.
Different prevention and cessation interventions may be needed to meaningfully curb use.
The Pleasure Trap Mastering the Hidden Force That Undermines Health & Happiness by Douglas J. Lisle, Ph.D., 2010
This book challenges conventional wisdom about sickness and unhappiness in today's contemporary culture and offers solutions for achieving change. The authors provide a fascinating new perspective on how modern life can turn so many smart, savvy people into the unwitting saboteurs of their own well-being.
New ferment underway. This batch follows what seems to be my now-standard list of ingredients except that I had forgotten to buy Medjool dates. Next time I'll remember.
A quick lunch that turned out to be very tasty rapini (AKA broccoli rabe) and arugula for the greens, young red garlic, Cambray onion, fingerling potatoes, and so on.
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
“The Romans developed Roman Medicine by leaning on the knowledge of the Greeks, the Egyptians, the Etruscans, and others. Many of their medical practices are still in use today.”
‘Treat food companies like cigarette companies who are trying to get us addicted’
“Ultra-processed foods are designed to make us overeat and are causing both the obesity and mental health crises in the UK, says scientist and author Tim Spector.”
‘Treat food companies like cigarette companies who are trying to get us addicted’
“Ultra-processed foods are designed to make us overeat and are causing both the obesity and mental health crises in the UK, says scientist and author Tim Spector.”
Oh, my! Excellent chili. It's the best so far. Tempeh-based, it's a whole-food non-animal chili. Also fits a vegan diet. Tempeh is homemade. Zero added salt. Substantially more than a single serving.
High levels of ultra-processed foods linked with early death, brain issues.
I found that for me, it was much easier to cut out highly-processed foods altogether (I went on a whole-food non-animal diet) that it was to "cut back." By cutting them out altogether, I lost my taste for them in just a few weeks.
This can easily be ascribed to folks that are poorer, working longer and harder jobs, without the time to make healthier meals for themselves (eating freezer meals or cheaper processed foods) die earlier than richer folks.
So its not what they eat. Its just that they're poor. So they lack healthcare and have higher stress lives.
Rich people, who have healthcare and more stability (thus lesser stress lives) tend to eat higher quality food. But its not the food that causes them to live longer, its the healthcare and lower stress.
See attached for the key points. Notice the last point on limitations by the study. The researchers SPECIFICALLY warned not to make the assumptions that the article writers (and that terribly false headline) made.
"Ultra-processed foods are ready-to-eat/heat industrial formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods, including flavors, colors, texturizers, and other additives, with little if any intact whole food."
That's the definition from a BMJ study of the effects of UPF on all-cause mortality (not good).
"Infant mortality rates have plummeted over the last 50 years.
Globally, they’ve fallen by over two-thirds, from around 10% in 1974 to less than 3% today.
The study’s researchers estimate that 40% of this decline is due to vaccines."
Hannah Ritchie (2024) - “Vaccines have saved 150 million children over the last 50 years” Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: 'https://ourworldindata.org/vaccines-children-saved' [Online Resource]
Scientists are trying to get cows pregnant with synthetic embryos
"Synthetic embryos are clones, too—of the starting cells you grow them from. But they’re made without the need for eggs and can be created in far larger numbers—in theory, by the tens of thousands."
"While ChatGPT-4 correlates closely with established risk stratification tools regarding mean scores, its inconsistency when presented with identical patient data on separate occasions raises concerns about its reliability."
Heston TF, Lewis LM (2024) ChatGPT provides inconsistent risk-stratification of patients with atraumatic chest pain. PLOS ONE 19(4): e0301854. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301854