https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/28/intermittent-fasting-doesnt-help-weight-loss-ucsf-study.html
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Intermittent fasting doesn’t help weight loss: UCSF study
November 11, 2020Should everyone be taking vitamin D? – BBC Future
April 18, 2020QT:{{”
There are two main types of D. The first is vitamin D3, which is found in animals including fish and is the kind the skin makes when exposed to sunlight. The second is vitamin D2, which comes from plant-based foods including mushrooms. Studies have found that D3 is more effective, and the conclusions of a 2012 meta-analysis argue that D3 is the preferred choice for supplementation.
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When his team analysed raw data from 25 clinical trials involving 11,000 patients from 14 countries, they found a small benefit to taking daily or weekly vitamin D supplements to reduce the risk of respiratory infections, asthma attacks and bronchitis. Although the paper soon attracted robust criticism, Martineau points out that the reduction of risk, while slight, is still significant and comparable to the effects of other health measures: to prevent a single respiratory infection, you’d have to give 33 people vitamin D supplements – compared to, for example, giving a flu vaccination to 40 people to prevent a single case of flu.
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181010-do-vitamin-d-supplements-work
Facts (and Myths) About Boosting Your Immune System – WSJ
March 29, 2020Highlights yogurt & vitamin D!
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facts-and-myths-about-boosting-your-immune-system-11584050588
11 Healthy Foods That Are Very High in Iron
November 23, 2019https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/11-healthy-iron-rich-foods#section2
thumbs up for :
spinach, legumes (beans, lentils, chickpeas, peas and soybeans), red meat, pumpkin seeds, quinoa, turkey (dark meat), broccoli, tofu
but not interested in #1 !
Death of the calorie | 1843
April 17, 2019https://www.1843magazine.com/features/death-of-the-calorie
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This was pioneering stuff for the 1890s. Atwater eventually concluded that a gram of either carbohydrate or protein made an average of four calories of energy available to the body, and a gram of fat offered an average of 8.9 calories, a figure later rounded up to nine calories for convenience. We now know far more about the workings of the human body: Atwater was right that some of a meal’s potential energy was excreted, but had no idea that some was also used to digest the meal itself, and that the body expends different amounts of energy depending on the food. Yet more than a century after igniting the faeces of Wesleyan students, the numbers Atwater calculated for each macronutrient remain the standard for measuring the calories in any given food stuff. Those experiments were the basis of Salvador Camacho’s daily calorific arithmetic.
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Wine: From the Lightest to the Strongest | Wine Folly
January 13, 2019https://winefolly.com/tutorial/the-lightest-to-the-strongest-wine/
some light ones {{”
Kabinett Riesling 8% ABV (light sweet German Riesling)
Spätlese Riesling 8.5% ABV (rich sweet German Riesling)
Muscadet 9.5% ABV (France)
Pinot Grigio (Italy)
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No sweat: The smart guide to exercise | New Scientist
August 18, 2018No sweat: The smart guide to exercise
https://www.NewScientist.com/round-up/no-sweat/ Useful tidbits related to scientific studies of #exercise: stretching has not proven useful. 150 min/week is good &half that in HIT, even better
yogurt probiotics survival after freezing
February 5, 2018QT:{{”
not finding very good data on how much of the bacteria will survive freezing in yogurt.
This “ask the professor” column matches intuition.
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http://tuftsjournal.tufts.edu/2008/06/professor/01/
However, these two sources say there’s no loss in viability… https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030200749277?via%3Dihub
Holcomb et al. (1991) reported that both L. acidophilus and
Bifidobacterium were able to survive and grow in soft-serve frozen yogurt after freezing [Holcomb, J.E., Frank, J.F. and McGregor, J.U. (1991), Viability of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidum in soft-serve frozen yogurt. Cult. Dairy Prod. J. 26, 4-5.]
pre-frozen yogurt can contain active cultures — just have to check the label.
How Long Does Yogurt Last? Shelf Life, Storage, Expiration
December 16, 2017“Yogurt Expiration Date
(Unopened) Refrigerator Freezer
Frozen Yogurt lasts for — 2-3 Months
Drinkable Yogurt lasts for 7-10 Days, 1-2 Months
Reduced Fat Yogurt lasts for 1-2 Weeks, 1-2 Months
Yogurt With Fruit lasts for 7-10 Days, 1-2 Months
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All yogurt manufacturers that we checked with guarantee their product quality for 7 days beyond the printed sell by date
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How to tell if Yogurt is bad, rotten or spoiled?
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Although not a perfect test, your senses are usually the most reliable instruments to tell if your yogurt has gone bad. A small amount of liquid is ok in most yogurts, it is called whey and actually contains several nutrients that should be mixed into the yogurt before eating. But an increased amount of surface liquid (or, in the case of Yoplait yogurt and a few others that do not have any excess liquid to begin with, it’s when a puddle begins to form) and a curdling texture near the bottom of the container are the first signs of yogurt going bad. The final signal that your yogurt has indeed gone bad is the formation of mold and at that point you must throw the entire container away, no matter what. Live bacterial cultures in yogurt act as a preservative, but once those cultures start to die off then mold can start to form. Never consume mold in any shape or form!”
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Sweet taste, not just calories, dictates metabolic response | YaleNews
September 30, 2017Sweet taste, not just calories, dictates metabolic response
https://News.Yale.edu/2017/08/10/sweet-taste-not-just-calories-dictates-metabolic-response May explain link betw. diabetes & artificial #sweeteners
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“When sweet taste and calories do not align, the body’s metabolism is fooled, a finding that may help explain the link between artificial sweetener use and diabetes, a new Yale University study has found.” “}}
