Sunday, April 16, 2017

Weekend Link Love – Edition 448

weekend_linklove in-lineRESEARCH OF THE WEEK

Chronic sleep deprivation batters bone formation.

Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages as they grow makes mice more aggressive.

After telling no lies and being completely honest in every conversation for three days, people discovered that “being honest is far more pleasurable, leads to greater levels of social connection, and does less relational harm than” expected.

Food smells better when you’re sleep-deprived.

If you’ve got metabolic syndrome, better eat your avocados.

Cannibalism was more ritual than nutritional. We’re too hard to catch and too stringy.

How stevia controls blood sugar.

Paleolithic hunter-gatherers were amateur dentists.

Kids who spend time in places where people have smoked have nicotine on their hands and in their saliva.

Calorie reduction as you age has favorable epigenetic effects.

Central-Eastern Europe was full of giant hunters who specialized in killing mammoths and, eventually, dunking basketballs.

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INTERESTING BLOG POSTS

Fecal transplants (from young to old) may increase longevity.

Talk about a success story.

A shoe blogger discovers the advanced technology attached to his ankles.

Evolution is bigoted against the aged.

MEDIA, SCHMEDIA

Penzeys Spices scion dishes on the futility of salt grinders and other juicy spice trade gossip.

Could a virus trigger celiac disease?

Diabetes is even worse than we thought.

EVERYTHING ELSE

Apple’s working on a non-invasive way to track blood sugar levels.

Would you swim in this pool?

Horse versus alligator.

Researchers can now identify trace remnants of organic poisons from archaeological dig sites.

Dinosaur-faced chicken? Sure, let’s go with it.

Even meaningless rituals are probably good for us.

THINGS I’M UP TO AND INTERESTED IN

Excellent news from New Zealand: New Zealand just appointed Professor Grant Schofield, noted low-carb, high-fat proponent, to be its Ministry of Education’s first Chief Education Health and Nutrition Advisor.

Study that may explain why I’m still a fan of fruit: Eating fresh fruit is associated with a lower incidence of diabetes than not eating fresh fruit.

An excuse I’ve made a few times myself: Blame the dog.

Podcast I enjoyed: How Trauma Lodges in the Body (episode of On Being with Krista Tippett).

Miscellaneous news I enjoyed: Unilever is getting out of the margarine game.

RECIPE CORNER

TIME CAPSULE

One year ago (Apr 16– Apr 22)

COMMENT OF THE WEEK

“Healthy white adults with borderline hepatitis…” hmmm, not exactly what I would label as healthy, but then again, I’m no scientist. Haha

– I had the same reaction, Sara.

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