Public Health: Stop eating fresh fruits and vegetables
Yeah, they said that.
Health: Why soluble fiber lowers cholesterol
It binds with bile acid, which is made of cholesterol, resulting in your body drawing cholesterol from the blood to make more bile acid.
Follow up: What happened to “microplastics”?
Recent studies indicate early panic over microplastics may have been due to false positives and contaminated samples.
Public health: Oregon expands Medicaid to non-medical assistance
In Oregon, Medicaid now provides grocery assistance, housing, home modification assistance, cleaning assistance, pest control, and "climate-related equipment".
Health: How we shame and blame patients
Heart disease is one of the few diseases where we blame the patient - even though the blame is not warranted.
Public health: Up to 90% of US population has had Covid-19
Basically everyone has had Covid-19 at least once. The vaccine did not prevent infection, as initially claimed, but may have reduced the impact.
Public health: Public health had Google install tracking apps on phones
Public health authoritarians tracked your phones, collected data, w/o permission.
Nutrition Science’ish, per Dave Barry
When eating guidelines are more complicated than the Tax Code :) Liink to Dave Barry's column.
Nutrition: “Plant-based” is an invented marketing term
The term "whole food, plant-based" diet is a marketing term invented to overcome the public's stigma against vegetarian or vegan eating.
Dueling experts: AHA versus USDA Dietary Guidelines
Dueling experts issue differing nutrition guidelines. What are regular people supposed to do?
Public health: 4% of Americans oppose eating meat
This is roughly consistent with a 2023 Gallup poll.
Public health: Start measuring cholesterol levels at age 10
Cardiologists want far more people on cholesterol medication, at even younger ages. Plus my not good experience on these meds ...
Nutrition: Americans tired of being told what to eat
Dietary advice is constantly changing, and you need an app or spreadsheet to track your food and adhere to guidelines. Survey says people are fed up with it.
Health: Covid “pro masking” scientists say cloth and surgical masks never worked
That is quite the flip flop.
Demographics: Most life expectancy gains came from eliminating child illnesses
People live longer because we have greatly eliminated childhood mortality. Most of the gains occurred before 1950.