Nutrition: Junk Science all the way down, part 2
Back in the days when all fat was bad and sugar was fine.
Nutrition: Junk Science all the way down
The man who promoted bans on animal/dairy fats - and a switch to trans fats - ultimately died of heart failure.
Healthcare: 20% of Americans have cholesterol risk factor unaffected by lifestyle
20-25% of the population has a cholesterol issue unaffected by lifestyle/eating choices.
Nutrition: Plant-based meat products fading away
Poorly positioned and marketed, ultraprocessed fake meat products have faded from view.
Public health, Disinformation: Covid vaccinated cannot give infection to others
Remember when the head of the CDC said vaccinated individuals cannot transmit Covid to anyone else?
Nutrition: Many “experts” say nutrition science is terrible
Nutrition "Science" is of poor quality, frequently contradictory, and largely unusable, say a lot of the people involved.
Demographics: Lack of births leads to birth centers closing
A collapse in births (1 or 2 per week) has led to the closure of rural birthing and maternity care centers.
Education: Medical school enrollment, by sex
Apparently, the shift to more women than men in medical school is, in large part, due to far more women than men now applying to medical schools. MD-Granting Medical Schools…
Healthcare: ACA/ObamaCare failed to control prices
ObamaCare was sold as a system that would control the rate of growth in health care spending. Annual costs are now increasing faster than before the ACA was passed.
Nutrition: USDA to release new dietary guidelines
Behind the scenes, the evidence for the guidelines is apparently weak, inconsistent and sometimes contradictory.