Capsaicin, the compound that makes chili peppers hot is an evolutionary filter designed to punish mammals and reward birds. Mammals feel it as pain because mammal digestion destroys seeds. Birds don’t have the receptor that detects it, so they eat the fruit, fly off, and deposit the seeds far from the plant from which they […]
Sugar-Free Diet Linked to Metabolic Changes “Completely removing sucrose from a low-fat diet may unexpectedly disrupt gut health and promote inflammation and metabolic dysfunction, highlighting that balanced nutrition is more important than simply eliminating sugar,” said Rasheed Ahmad, Ph.D., principal scientist and head of the Immunology & Microbiology Department at the Dasman Diabetes Institute, in […]
I seriously wonder if there are any original recipes out there. You think to yourself “Let’s make a black bean and corn thing tonight”. So you do what everyone else does and hop on the internet to find numerous recipes that are pretty much the same. Full Disclosure: This recipe is a copycat and my […]
Interesting insights from the oldest of the old. All charts are from the survey report which can downloaded here: https://www.uhc.com/content/dam/uhcdotcom/en/general/100-at-100-Final-Report-Aug2025.pdf
I was in St. Louis on business. One day these things showed up at the office. I had one (OK, two) after breakfast. Yes, they are that good. Memo to Self – Don’t get depressed that you only learned about this delicacy in your 7th decade. I wonder if they deliver to Oklahoma.
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This is very good news. Any idea how long it will be for the US to catch up with Israel?
Case counts are dropping but no one seems to know exactly why. Israeli stats are skewed since the numbers reflect older more cautious people who have been vaccinated. Hospitalizations in the younger cohorts increased. A recent WSJ Op-ED from a Johns Hopkins surgeon believes the US will achieve herd immunity by April. Dr. Fauci says Christmas. You guess is as good as mine.
Christmas sounds more like it to me.
I’m leaning towards 2022 myself.
Simulation: Why You Need High Vaccination Rates To Stop A Pandemic : Shots – Health News – https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/18/967462483/how-herd-immunity-works-and-what-stands-in-its-way?origin=NOTIFY
I thought this was pretty cool.
It is very cool. Thanks for the link.