Assorted Links
- Quotation bias in reviews of the diet-heart idea. “Criticism of the diet-heart idea is often met with the argument that consensus committees have settled the issue unanimously.” Uh, where have I heard that?
- Kefir for sale in Beijing. Eating plenty of fermented food for the first time, “for whatever reason this is first trip where I didn’t have any real bout with food poisoning or tourista.”
- Cheese and tooth decay
- Tim Harford on Jane Jacobs
- Fermented grain recipes from around the world
- Triumph over HMO. “His lack of action protected his status and his organization, but put [my daughter's] safety and well-being at risk.”
- Never bet against New Yorker writer Susan Orlean
Thanks to Steve Hansen and Gary Wolf.
June 8th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
What is the “diet-heart idea”? I don’t want to pay for the (probably publicly subsidized) research paper.
June 8th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
The idea that certain diets cause heart disease. Those “atherogenic” diets are “rich in cholesterol and saturated fatty acids and poor in polyunsaturated fatty acids”.
June 9th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
off-thread: pickle juice and leg cramps.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/phys-ed-can-pickle-juice-stop-muscle-cramps/