May 24, 2014

This: 5 Signs You Should Be Eating More Carbs (Huffpost)…
…then this (Nature World News): To increase muscle strength try including protein in every meal, rather than just dinner, researchers say.

WTF? More vapid headlines at the cutting edge of health reporting. The only logical explanation is that the headlines were seeded by the “Eat More America” PAC? Eat more for health? Doesn’t seem like we have any trouble with that. Unfortunately.

This Is What a Holy Shit Moment for Global Warming Looks Like

For the love of God, it’s time to bust a move on climate change people. If not for us, then for the penguins’ sake. No doubt we will soon begin to understand (if we don’t already) that health issues are way bigger than whether or not you are exercising and eating whole foods. Everything is a health issue…for everybody…even for Lebron James, who may be the only person who will not be utterly submerged in Miami when the SHTF.

Mental Disorders Shorten Life [More] Than Heavy Smoking, Study Shows

Well that’s an example of an utterly [one is tempted to use an insensitive adjective here] “Useless Health News Flash.” Not really hard to guess that both mental disorders and smoking could affect our ability to respond to the demands of the environment. I guess if you’re still smoking in the 21st century it gives you the fallback position of “At least I’ll live longer than a mentally disabled person….” Not really a compelling argument for smoking; might want to look into vaping. Might just want to quit.