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!
Health: Flu hospitalizations per 100,000 people
Be skeptical of media and social media reports hyping the flu season. They do this hype every year.
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Public Health/Nutrition
Elder care in the past versus today
Almost all elders, today, continue to live in a home-based environment. Very few live in elder care communities or institutions.
Statistics: Absolute versus Relative Risk
Fun with statistics: Relative risk versus Absolute Risk. Most of the time, particularly with medical drugs, we only hear the relative risk values.
Nutrition: Disconnected from reality
Dietician says we should eat amaranth grain for high protein, yet just 1% of world's supply is grown in the U.S. and amaranth doesn't contain vitamin B-12.
Economy: The real reason people are falling behind on payments and debt? Living for the present?
Post Covid there has been increase in "living for the present" as people realized they might be postponing experiences for a future that does not come.
Nutrition: Vegetarian eating not widespread
Media stories imply there are a lot of vegans and vegetarians. A 2023 Gallop poll found just 4% of the US is vegetarian and 1% vegan, down from 6%/2% 18…
Public health: Nutrition science messed up
Cardiologist says nutrition science was wrong in the 1980s onward and increased heart disease risks.
Nutrition: Good article on vitamin B-12 deficiency
Finally, a good article on B-12.
Nutrition: “Nutritionist warns eating cereal for breakfast is ‘one of worst things'”
I am so old I remember nutritionists telling us to eat healthy high fiber breakfast cereals and eggs were terrible for us!
ClimateNutrition: You need an instruction manual and spreadsheet
You need an instruction manual and spreadsheet to eat the planetary-diet - the diet that leads to nutrient deficiencies, per studies.
Nutrition: How Nutrition Science Had Everything Wrong
And the critical question - can we rely on what they say today?
Nutrition: Sugar used to be good now sugar is bad for you
Once upon a time, nutrition "science" said sugar consumption was ok and healthier than fats. Today sugar consumption is strongly viewed as not ok, and dangerous.
ClimateNutrition: Sales of plant-based milk fall sharply
Plant-based fake milk sales are collapsing, just as Beyond Meat becomes beyond viable as a business.
Nutrition: An honest look at “vegan” diets
There are health risks to vegan diets, and getting it precisely right is not easy.