- 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.
What is the “diet-heart idea”? I don’t want to pay for the (probably publicly subsidized) research paper.
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”.
off-thread: pickle juice and leg cramps.
https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/phys-ed-can-pickle-juice-stop-muscle-cramps/