{"id":3910,"date":"2017-05-13T10:32:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T16:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=3910"},"modified":"2017-05-13T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T16:33:00","slug":"odd-lots-307","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=3910","title":{"rendered":"Odd Lots"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href= \"http:\/\/www.advicegoddess.com\/archives\/2017\/05\/03\/post_28.html\" target=\"_blank\">A study performed almost fifty years ago<\/a> has come back into the light, in which half of a reliable (i.e., institutionalized) sample population was fed saturated animal fat, and the other half was fed vegetable oils. After almost five years researchers found that low cholesterol was <em>not<\/em> heart-healthy. For every observed 30 point drop in cholesterol, overall mortality went up 22%. Step <em>away<\/em> from the corn oil!<\/li>\n<li>Again, not new (from 1998) but intriguing: <a href= \"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/9505799\" target=\"_blank\">A study showed that people on a high-fat diet exhibited a better mood than those on a low-fat diet<\/a>. I&#8217;m always in a better mood when things taste better, and fat tastes better than almost anything else you could name.<\/li>\n<li>We are slaughtering <em>so<\/em> many sacred cows these days: <a href= \"http:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/business\/biotech\/sd-me-salt-diet-20170425-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">A brand-new study shows that only 20-25% of people exhibit BP sensitive to sodium<\/a>. And not only that: Among the others, the ones who ate the <em>most<\/em> salt were the ones with the <em>lowest<\/em> blood pressure.<\/li>\n<li>OMG: Cheese is as addictive as crack! <a href= \"https:\/\/inyourfacenutrition.com\/2016\/02\/04\/cheese-addictions-yfas-casein-peptids-not-addictive-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\">Actually, it&#8217;s not<\/a>. And today&#8217;s fake science is brought to you by a former vice-president of PETA. Yes, scientists have a constitutional right to vent politicalized nonsense and swear fealty to political parties and ideologies. I have a constitutional right to mark down their credibility if they do.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve been saying for a long time that counting calories is worthless, based on <a href= \"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Calories-Dont-Count-Herman-Taller\/dp\/B000O86EPI\/\" target=\"_blank\">research that goes back almost sixty years<\/a>. If <em>The Atlantic<\/em> piles on, <a href= \"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2017\/04\/baths-and-calories\/522756\/\" target=\"_blank\">I suspect the debate is over<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For her eighth birthday recently, I gave my niece Julie three books on <a href= \"https:\/\/backchannel.com\/the-kids-computer-language-that-became-a-mind-bomb-for-the-hacker-ethic-a0b7e42c229d\" target=\"_blank\">the visual programming language Scratch<\/a>. Julie, who, when her mother told her she was too young for roller skates, tried to make her own out of Lego. I&#8217;m not sure what she&#8217;ll do with it&#8230;but trust me, she&#8217;ll think of something. (Thanks to Joel Damond for the link.)<\/li>\n<li><a href= \"https:\/\/proteinpower.com\/drmike\/2011\/12\/19\/are-we-meat-eaters-or-vegetarians-part-iii\/\" target=\"_blank\">Due to an intriguing gadget called an isotope ratio mass spectrometer<\/a>, we can say with pretty reasonable confidence that human beings were top-of-the-food-pyramid carnivores long before we ever domesticated plants. Yes, it&#8217;s a long-form piece. Read The Whole Thing.<\/li>\n<li>Look at <a href=\"http:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/\" target= \"_blank\">the US Drought Monitor<\/a>. I remember when much of California and Nebraska were dark brown. If this be climate change, let us make the most of it.<\/li>\n<li><a href= \"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2017\/04\/17\/every-sci-fi-star-map.html\" target=\"_blank\">This may be funnier<\/a> if you&#8217;re deep into RPGs, but I found it pretty funny nonetheless. I suspect that I dwell somewhere in the Diverse Alliance of Nice Guys. And hey, that&#8217;s where Space Vegas is.<\/li>\n<li>Beware <a href= \"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/deer-eating-human-remains\" target= \"_blank\">the Bambie Apocalypse<\/a>! (Thanks to Esther Schindler for the link.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study performed almost fifty years ago has come back into the light, in which half of a reliable (i.e., institutionalized) sample population was fed saturated animal fat, and the other half was fed vegetable oils. After almost five years researchers found that low cholesterol was not heart-healthy. 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