The Life and Death of American MallsSep 26
rip malls and the socialist who escaped nazis to create them, and the era when we had one perfectly air-conditioned place to hang out together irl
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NIH-Funded "Food Pyramid" Rates Lucky Charms Healthier Than Steak
40% of Americans are obese, 71.6% of adults over 20 are overweight, and for the first time in decades, life expectancy is falling due to chronic illness. wtf is going on?
Justin Mares
Nov 11, 2022
A few weeks ago the White House hosted a conference on hunger, nutrition and health. One of the key organizers of the conference — Dariush Mozaffarian, Dean of the Tufts School of Nutrition — had just finished spending 3 years and millions of dollars designing a new food pyramid. His findings? Lucky Charms are healthier than steak.
Americans have a massive obesity and disease problem. Are we really not understanding why?
According to the Tufts Food Compass — which they tout as “the most comprehensive and science-based nutrient profiling system to date” — Lucky Charms are healthier than whole milk, more than twice as healthy as beef, and better for you than a baked potato or cooked green peas.
The Life and Death of American Malls
Men's Health: The Benefits of BleedingSep 22
from leeches to bloodletting, the ancients were right: modern doctors are overlooking the risk of iron overload in men, who evolved to bleed in combat (start donating, boys)
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Murder is Bad Sep 16
pirate wires #148 // on accusations of "fanning the flames" after accurately describing reality, and an earnest appeal to the center left: we must reassert a strong taboo against violence — together
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