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IMPLICATIONS. "The prospect of information storage ... could have immense implications for nature, especially for biomedicine. The EZ’s semi-crystalline nature provides a potential substrate for storage, much like other information-storing crystals." https://lnkd.in/dxwWtq3 View in LinkedIn

CALORIE FALACY. "According to the “calories in, calories out” (CICO) way of thinking, obesity is simply a matter of eating too many calories. In my opinion, one of the biggest fallacies in nutrition is to think that all calories are created equal." https://lnkd.in/eS66aPi View in LinkedIn

CALORIE RED HERRING. "Foods affect our bodies in different ways and go through different metabolic pathways. Therefore, the types of foods we base our diet around are just as important as the amount of calories we are eating." https://lnkd.in/eS66aPi View in LinkedIn

A CALORIE IS NOT A CALORIE. "Generally, more energy is required to process protein than carbs, and more energy is required to process carbs than fat. What this means effectively is that a 2,500-calories-a-day high-protein diet adds fewer calories to the body than a 2,500-calories-a-day high-carb diet, which in turn adds fewer calories to the body than a 2,500-calories-a-day high-fat diet." https://lnkd.in/eUfDdug View in LinkedIn

IS CALORIE COUNTING A RED HERRING? A Calorie Is Not A Calorie. "Carbohydrate, fat and protein calories are indeed equal by definition in terms of their energy content, but the body processes each in a distinct way, and these differences have real implications for weight management. In addition, food calories of all types may have very different effects on the body depending on when they are eaten and what they are eaten with." https://lnkd.in/eUfDdug View in LinkedIn

BACKLASH FROM FOOD INDUSTRY against Fed Up. "The loudest cry is coming from the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which has launched a website called Fed Up Facts that mimics the plate-and-menu graphics of the documentary's website." The GMA is also leading the fight to stop GMO labeling. https://lnkd.in/eFjt_Ku View in LinkedIn

THE CORRUPTED FOOD SUPPLY has been a theme in this blog for a long while, as a contributor to ovesity, hormonal disruption, antibiotic resistance, and a host of maladies. Sugar is not the only player. View in LinkedIn

MORE THAN SUGAR. "It is too bad that Fed Up ignored what many believe is a bigger reason for American obesity than sugar: Big Meat's use of growth enhancers like antibiotics, hormones, ractopamine and even arsenic. It certainly makes sense that chemicals and hormones that balloon livestock into huge carcasses with no increase in the amount of their feed would have the same effect on people who eat the meat." https://lnkd.in/eTjhfXc View in LinkedIn

US GOVERNMENT MAKING THINGS WORSE. "The national focus on diet, diet foods and exercise is not abating the obesity epidemic and actually making it worse ... The U.S. government plays both sides of the obesity street -- admonishing people to eat right while pushing the foods that make them fat -- because of the USDA's double mission of protecting the nation's health and protecting the health of the nation's farmers." (Bush days). https://lnkd.in/eTjhfXc View in LinkedIn

THE OBESITY NUMBERS. "One in three kids by midcentury in this country are going to have type 2 diabetes ... In 1980 zero kids had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It used to be considered adult-onset diabetes. And then by 2010 it was close to 57,000." https://lnkd.in/ePxGA7t View in LinkedIn