Super-sized beavers were as big as black bears. They suddenly became extinct 10,000 years ago, while small modern beavers survived. Now scientists know why. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/why-giant-beavers-went-extinct…
Tag: diet
Heavily Processed Food Like Ready Meals and Ice Cream Linked To Early Death
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: People who eat large amounts of heavily processed foods, from breakfast cereals and ready meals to muffins and ice-cream, have a greater risk of heart attack, stroke and early death, according to two major studies. In the French NutriSante study, researchers at the University of Paris gathered details on the diets and…
Zombie Diet: 10 Real-Life Examples of Humans Eating Humans
The dead don’t eat the living, but sometimes the living eat their dead. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65593-zombie-cannibal-cultures.html
CrossFit Storms Off Facebook and Instagram
“CrossFit, the branded workout regimen, deleted its Facebook and Instagram pages earlier this week and explained the reasoning through an impassioned press release,” reports the Verge. TechSpot has more details:
In a press release, CrossFit revealed the breaking point: the deletion of the Banting7DayMealPlan user group, without warning or explanation. Banting is an alternative high-fat low-carb diet with no set meal times…
Here’s How Many US Cancer Cases Are Tied to Unhealthy Diets
More than 80,000 cancer cases diagnosed each year in the U.S. may be tied to an unhealthy diet, according to a new study. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65541-cancer-unhealthy-diets.html
Peasants in medieval England ate a diet of meat stew and cheese
Medieval peasants mainly ate stews of meat and vegetables, along with dairy products such as cheese, according to a study of old cooking pots Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2203574-peasants-in-medieval-england-ate-a-diet-of-meat-stew-and-cheese/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Japan Prepares To Ban Flying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Under the Influence of Alcohol
Drinking and droning? It could soon cost you up to a year in jail in Japan, where an amendment to the country’s civil aeronautics law being debated in the Diet would make it illegal to operate unmanned aerial vehicles while under the influence of alcohol. From a report: According to the transport ministry, there were 79 incidents involving drones in the…
2 Popular Foods May Turn Immune System Against Brain
Sayer Ji – Two of the Western world’s most popular foods have been implicated in immune mediated brain damage. Source: https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/05/06/2-popular-foods-may-turn-immune-system-against-brain/…
Yes, the Internet is destroying our collective attention span
Source: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/5/3/18514330/distraction-collective-attention-research…
Pandas eat as much protein as carnivores despite their bamboo diet
The panda gut digests protein in bamboo so well that the animal’s nutritional profile for calories resembles a wolf’s. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pandas-eat-much-protein-carnivores-despite-their-bamboo-diet4…