James
@softstance
Ex physicist, ex financial trader, now self employed. Lifelong learner. Health and nutrition, physical fitness.
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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; 1/
Game of thrones has become so powerful that it just took an hour from 25% (?) of USA population..
A randomized controlled trial found 4 common chemical sunscreens (avobenzone, oxybenzone, octocrylene, and ecamsule) were absorbed into the bloodstream at concentrations above the FDA's potential toxicological threshold. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise increased activation in the brain regions associated with memory and improved short-term memory in older adults. sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/…
Just out: @AmDiabetesAssn guidelines--most comprehensive review to date of Dietary Patterns + diabetes prevention/treatment. What's new: low-carb recommendations are prominent. (Says low-carb "are among the most studied eating patterns for T2 diabetes.") bit.ly/2XnSNvF
What is a healthy diet? Hot topic lately. I wouldn't be shocked if after the dust has settled, they conclude something like "eat protein and fat together", and "eat sugars and fibre together", since that is basically the way nature packages these things for us. First principles
“If anyone can prove and show to me that I think and act in error, I will gladly change it— for I seek the truth, by which no one has ever been harmed. The one who is harmed is the one who abides in deceit and ignorance.” Marcus Aurelius
"Clear your mind and get a hold of yourself and, as when awakening from sleep and realizing it was only a bad dream upsetting you, wake up and see that what is there is just like those dreams" Marcus Aurelius
LDL (amount) is not reliable predictor of heart risk, but predominance of small, dense LDL-P matters - asso w/ elevated Triglycerides/low HDL. Pharma is mute about LDL-P because statins preferentially target benign “Pattern A” particles. bit.ly/2TDYWXm
Podcast recommendation: Iain McGilchrist's way of thinking and analyzing the world is different than anyone else I have come across in years. So dopamine hits from novelty abound. Worth listening to if only to prod your brain a little. npr.org/2019/02/01/690…
This figure is striking. It shows the relationship between where people think they are in the income distribution and where they actually are. Observations below the line indicate that people think they are poorer than they really are (and the reverse above the line).
Hyperbolic, but worth the read
This is why when people (many of my peers) say "We need to run the country like a business" it makes me want to throw up. The country is not a business. Saying we should run the country like a business is like saying we should fly the airplane like a unicycle. You will crash.
The University of Colorado School of Medicine returned a $1 million gift from Coca-Cola once it was revealed that the money was used to fund an advocacy group devoted to dismissing links between soda and obesity. buff.ly/2KCh6km
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