Nutrition: Very low fat diets may cause gallbladder inflammation
Very low-fat diets can lead to gallbladder inflammation.
Now with 35% more protein!
The new "more protein" offerings from fast food vendors (famous for selling sugar!) is mostly a scam to raise prices.
Nutrition: “The Vegan Boom Has Collapsed”
Vegan/vegetarianism is a niche market given excessive media attention. How small? Just 4% of US adults are vegetarian as of 2023, 1% vegan.
Public health: Influenza trend
Despite the media hyperventilating over the flu, it looks like the season has possibly peaked.
Public health: “Microplastics” in our bodies might not be real
The "microplastics" fears may have been false positive artifacts of bad science.
Public health fear: “1000s exposed to measles at airport”
Good thing that an estimated 92% of the U.S. population has either already had measles or is vaccinated against measles. Infection rates elsewhere are many times higher.
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Economy: Should billionaires be forced to give away all wealth to the government?
Bill Gates has donated over $200 billion to charitable causes, WHO, foundations, research, drug discovery, education and more.
Public health: Now you should be tested for influenza?
I'm so old, I remember when we got sick, we generally had to stay home - now you need to be tested to confirm you are sick!