Public health: A history of “fortified” foods
Salt is “fortified” with iodide. Milk with added vitamin D. Flour has lots of vitamins added to it .
Nutrition: Who is a vegetarian? Hard to say.
UK government web site: "Some people may also define themselves as vegetarians but still eat some fish, meat, or poultry occasionally"
Public health: Which animals can get H5N1 Avian Bird Flu?
Since H5N1 can infect almost all animals, how would NPIs work - if at all?
Public health: How would we stop an H5N1 pandemic?
No one has a clue or a successful strategy but there will be much hand waving from experts.
Nutrition: Nutrient deficiencies, widespread, worldwide
The WHO and others are pushing everyone to “plant-based” eating which risks making this problem worse: The study found significant intake inadequacies for nearly all of the evaluated micronutrients, excluding…
Nutrition, Business: Another vegan restaurant closes
Vegans force closure of a formerly vegan restaurant, putting everyone out of work.
Nutrition: USDA to release new dietary guidelines
Behind the scenes, the evidence for the guidelines is apparently weak, inconsistent and sometimes contradictory.
Public health: “Quad-demic” Fear Porn
Seeing lots of posts on X pushing the “We are all going to die this winter” from Covid, RSV, flu or sometimes norovirus (hence, the “quad” demic claim). The Data…
Nutrition: Vegetarian eating is great as long as you avoid the problems
Health problems associated with vegetarian eating; It's fine if you can avoid the problems.
Public health: A disease so bad, you don’t even know you have it
Covid has gotten so bad "There’s a good chance that a lot of people are going to get sick in the next couple of weeks and be unaware of it.…
Nutrition: Early humans ate mostly meat
They were not vegetarian: Mammoths topped the menu for North American Ice Age people
Nutrition: Another story of B-12 deficiency
Another example of someone with B-12 deficiency.
Public health: WHO says no longer need 10-year tetanus booster shots
WHO has dropped the ten-year tetanus booster shot recommendation while the CDC still recommends the booster shot. Confused?