Dispatches From the Culture Wars – December 3, 2024
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The Great Purge and Resistance 2.0
The Great Purge and Resistance 2.0
The Great Purge and Resistance 2.0
Why Scientific Support for Alcohol’s Health Benefits Is Fading
Guardian
Research exposes flaws of older, often industry-funded studies and finds lowest mortality risk in lifelong abstainers
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Does Chicken Soup Really Help When You’re Sick? A nutrition specialist explains what’s behind the beloved comfort food
The Conversation
Chicken soup as a therapy can be traced back to 60 A.D. army surgeon whose five-volume medical encyclopedia was consulted by early healers for more than a millennium. But the origins of chicken soup go back thousands of years to ancient China.
How To Eat Carbs (Without Regrets)
The Conversation
Fiber is your body’s natural guide to weight management – rather than cutting carbs out of your diet, eat them in their original fiber packaging instead
Why You Should Feed Your Hangry Gut Bacteria
The Conversation
The microbiome’s signals regulate the growth and function of energy-producing mitochondria across many cell types. The ultraprocessed foods that make up an increasing fraction of American diets can disrupt these signals.
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What’s This ‘Longevity’ Diet, and Will It Really Make You Live Longer?
The Conversation
The longevity diet is a set of eating recommendations compiled by Valter Longo, director of the University of Southern California’s Longevity Institute; he is known for his research on the role of fasting and its impact on aging and disease.
Our Ancestors Ate a Paleo Diet. It Had Carbs.
Knowable Magazine
There is no one prehistoric meal plan. A modern hunter-gatherer group known as the Hadza has taught researchers surprising things about the highly variable menu consumed by humans past.
The New Science on How We Burn Calories
New York Times
How the new science of metabolism could change our understanding about, for starters, chronic disease, aging and obesity
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Our Diets Are Changing Because of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Is It for the Better?
Time Magazine
The shift toward home cooking and eating at home during the past months of the pandemic may lead to healthier diets.
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After calorie counts go on fast-food menus, orders dip a bit
Chicago Tribune
Soon after calories were posted on fast-food menus, people cut back a little bit on what they ordered. But it didn’t last.
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