Apr 08, 20:00

WebMD Health Friday, April 8, 2022 5:51 PM
     In The Business of Birth Control, a documentary available digitally and in theaters this week, the filmmakers argue that while hormonal birth control was considered a huge step toward women's reproductive freedom when doctors began prescribing it 60 years ago, it also isn't without its share of risks, which may be why more and more women are seeking holistic and ecological alternatives to the pill.
WebMD Health Friday, April 8, 2022 5:16 PM
     The COVID-19 symptoms caused by the Omicron variant tend to last about two days shorter than symptoms from the Delta variant, according to a new study published in The Lancet.
WebMD Health Friday, April 8, 2022 4:57 PM
     A new study in Science shows that Some of the beef cattle in a no-antibiotics program tested positive for antibiotics, which could call into question the "raised without antibiotics" label on products.
WebMD Health Friday, April 8, 2022 4:13 PM
     Supply chain problems are to blame and some retailers are now limiting how much baby formula people can buy at one time.
WebMD Health Friday, April 8, 2022 4:01 PM
     Congress adjourned without renewing $5 billion in international COVID-19 funding, which has some officials worried about a resurgence.
WebMD Health Friday, April 8, 2022 12:42 PM
     An analysis of published papers in Chinese language journals provides evidence of decades of widespread organ harvesting from individuals who are still alive.
Mark's Daily Apple Friday, April 8, 2022 1:30 PM
    

Research of the Week

MCT oil helps seniors with Alzheimer's disease.

Chocolate also helps seniors with memory.

The smell of putrescine (smell of death) may confer greater life satisfaction (makes you love life) on those smelling it.

Oxidized linoleic acid promotes colorectal cancer.

Wearing many common types of face masks causes you to breathe in microplastics.

New Primal Kitchen Podcasts
Primal Kitchen Podcast, Episode 25: Pasturebird Founder Paul Greive Talks the Future of Farming and Regenerative Practices
Media, Schmedia
Frame healthy eating as rebellion to get teens off junk. Could it work?

The carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages.
Interesting Blog Posts
A panel on linoleic acid and obesity.

An easy way to consume liver.
Social Notes
Man live tweeting his participation in a dysentery vaccine challenge study.

Make the online real.
Everything Else
"Pfizer and me — Best buddies"

"Irrespective of source..."

Big brains win.
Things I'm Up to and Interested In
Interesting: Sleeping more causes overweight adults to eat less.

I'm not surprised: Everyone in the world seems to enjoy the smell of vanilla.

Fascinating study: "What would you do if you were me, doctor?"

What can't it do?: Keto helps with binge eating.

Interesting video: Peter Thiel on Bitcoin.
Question I'm Asking
What should you be doing but aren't?
Recipe Corner

Thai salmon cakes, easy and delicious.
Southern Thai dry curry with chicken. Just use avocado oil instead of vegetable oil, of course.

Time Capsule
One year ago (Apr 2 – Apr 8)

Is Alcohol Bad For You if You're Not Addicted? — Well, is it?
Learning Deadlifting: 10 Mistakes Almost Everyone Makes— What to avoid.

Comment of the Week
"I had lion meat once at a fancy wild game dinner event. It is… not good…. It had the texture and color of a pork chop, but the flavor was just… weird. I can't imagine anyone buying lab grown lion more than once, and if it's the first lab grown meat they ever try, they might blame the process and not the "animal," and never buy lab grown meat again. You decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing."

-Lion meat sounds terrible.

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