Five servings of fruits and vegetables a day — in particular, three vegetables and two fruits — provide the greatest mortality benefit, according to an observational study and meta-analysis in Circulation. Researchers analyzed results from the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. Over 100,000 people regularly completed food-frequency questionnaires and were followed for […]
I just learned how to embed a tweet into a blog post so I decided to embed my own tweet (in case you were wondering).
I have a Covid shelf in my Pandemic Pantry which can now be redeployed. The question is what do I do with all of those disinfectant wipes I bought?
Since the initial outbreak, physicians and scientists have learned that infections with SARS-COV-2, severe enough to require hospitalization, can elicit an over-activation of the immune system. The inflammation can become severe enough to cause extensive organ damage, but the degree of damage may not be known or recognized for weeks to months after recovery. In […]
The short and simple answer is no. This eating pattern worked for me until it didn’t. For example, researchers told 51 adults with overweight or obesity to eat 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day, either as three meals or as mini-meals (with at least 100 calories each) every few hours. After six months, the grazers […]
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.