Monday, February 21, 2011

The China Study II: Wheat, dietary fat, and mortality

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In this post on the China Study II data we have seen that wheat apparently displaces dietary fat a lot, primarily fat from animal sources. ...
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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Is working standing up too expensive? It could cost you as little as $10

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Spending too much time sitting down is clearly unnatural, particularly if you sit down on very comfortable chairs . Sitting down per se is ...
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Sunday, January 30, 2011

The China Study II: A look at mortality in the 35-69 and 70-79 age ranges

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This post is based on an analysis of a subset of the China Study II data, using HealthCorrelator for Excel (HCE) , which is publicly availab...
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Monday, January 24, 2011

HealthCorrelator for Excel (HCE) is now publicly available for free trial

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HealthCorrelator for Excel (HCE)  is now publicly available for download and use on a free trial basis. For those users who decide to buy it...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Do you lose muscle if you lift weights after a 24-hour fast? Probably not if you do that regularly

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Compensatory adaptation (CA)  is an idea that is useful in the understanding of how the body reacts to inputs like dietary intake of macronu...
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Monday, January 10, 2011

How come evolution hasn’t made us immortal? Death, like sex, helps animal populations avoid extinction

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Genes do not evolve, nor do traits that are coded for our genes. We say that they evolve to facilitate discourse, which is alright. Populati...
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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Does strength exercise increase nitrogen balance?

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This previous post  looks at the amounts of protein needed to maintain a nitrogen balance of zero. It builds on data about individuals doing...
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