QuantumAphid

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by QuantumAphid 4y ago
Zoë Harcombe's primary value appears to be providing reading material for a specific audience of anti-establishment contrarians. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Zo%C3%AB_Harcombe
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by QuantumAphid 4y ago
Thank you for your civil and balanced reply. I don't mind that contrarians like Seyfried exist and ask questions. They appeal to my contrarian and skeptic nature. What I have an issue with is a medical doctor/researcher like Seyfr
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by QuantumAphid 4y ago
I wouldn't page David Sinclair about any supplements. See: Resveratrol.
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by QuantumAphid 4y ago
That doctor (Seyfried) is not a great doctor either. He is an antiestablishment, contrarian ideologue who omits data and arranges his facts to fit his hypothesis. Sure, cancer might be a metabolic disease to some varying degree (depending o
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by QuantumAphid 4y ago
I think this is a solid take. Not a hater of Elon, but the last year has made it difficult to remain impartial on anything about him. Billionaires, you're not sending your best.
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by QuantumAphid 5y ago
Maybe you missed the part where I did not dismiss the results of the study. I simply took the next logical step and pointed out that vitamin D has not been proven as a preventative or cure for COVID. That's right. Vitamins don't p
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by QuantumAphid 5y ago
I think that full vaccination and reasonable measures for masks/social-distancing are still the best approach for trying to halt the spread/damage of covid. Realistically, I can't argue with your point. It's like giving
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by QuantumAphid 5y ago
This is a strange way of titling that article, I think. Not very responsible journalism, but I get that this is the kind of title that generates clicks. Vitamin D doesn't "fight" COVID directly. Vitamin D plays a critical rol
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by QuantumAphid 5y ago
Perhaps better than the current labeling system, but I think there are a wide range of foods where whether or not they are good for you depends largely on your specific health and nutrient status. Examples: Cheese (generic), for the average
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by QuantumAphid 6y ago
Tragically accurate comment.
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by QuantumAphid 6y ago
So data is the new gold... I'll stick with actual gold.
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by QuantumAphid 6y ago
I found this article to be unnecessarily complex. Can banks and lending institutions create money out of thin air? Contrary to the title of this article, in the US the answer is yes. Money is created by the "stroke of a pen" on th
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
Shouldn't be difficult to get a long gun you have valid ID, no felonies, no history of violent use of firearms (or threatening display), no sex offenses, no misdemeanors and don't admit to marijuana use. If you want to get a (long
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
California has hurdles to clear (universal background check law, a 10-day waiting period, limits on handgun purchases, a microtracking system, a personal safety test, a ban on assault weapons, a minimum age to purchase of shotguns/rifl
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
Although beef and other animal ruminants have always been part of the planet's carbon cycle where carbon sources are kept in balance by carbon sinks. What knocks us out of balance is extracting carbon sources (ancient forests) from und
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
Brazil is the dominant food producer in the Western Hemisphere. I didn't mean to bring up soybeans with regard to deforestation (although it is a factor), I used the soybeans example to illustrate that livestock, agriculture and global
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
This is true. Many people think that you can just get rid of livestock and grow kale. It doesn't work like that. Still others think you can get rid of livestock, which eliminates the need for feed crops, which then allows you to grow
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
Q: If I give up meat, will Brazil reduce its cattle ranching? A: No. Brazil isn't raising livestock for the US or North America. Not even 1% of their livestock products are imported to the US.
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
Where does 50% of all fertilizer come from? Animal waste/manure. Where does the rest of fertilizer come from? It is synthesized from fossil fuels...
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
What is a net positive about "stop eating meat" unless you're livestock? From a nutrition perspective it's not a positive thing to "stop eating meat". Besides changing your diet there are hundreds of other net
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
The supporting study: Flavonoid intake is associated with lower mortality in the Danish Diet Cancer and Health Cohort https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11622-x "Dietary data were collected using a validat
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
Just playing devil's advocate here. Are you sure there is enough arable land and healthy topsoil to meet demand? Is it feasible or practical to create arable land and topsoil? If the answer to either of these questions is "I don&#
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
Um, people PREFER to be deluded and promised all the sweet things needed that prop up their belief systems. Hence the world is chock full of shysters, hucksters and snakeoil salesmen. I mean, case in point: who occupies the Oval Office?
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
Fiber and colorectal diseases: Separating fact from fiction - World Journal of Gastroenterology https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i31/4161.htm Eat as much fiber as you like. I don't think it
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
See my other comment: Fiber and colorectal diseases: Separating fact from fiction - World Journal of Gastroenterology https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i31/4161.htm
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
Interesting debate on this topic between Nina Teicholz and David L. Katz, MD. Good points on both sides. Are Vegetarians Healthier than Omnivores? A Soho Forum Debate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qDYl4zHmAg
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
Posted elsewhere (by me) in this discussion: Fiber and colorectal diseases: Separating fact from fiction - World Journal of Gastroenterology https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i31/4161.htm "T
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
If you want to see what the term "skinny fat" means, I invite you to look at the hard-core vegans, especially the fruitarians and others who look like their lifeforce is slowly draining away. It's a shame from a nutrition sta
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
Fiber and colorectal diseases: Separating fact from fiction - World Journal of Gastroenterology https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i31/4161.htm "This article reviews the physiology of ingesti
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by QuantumAphid 7y ago
A countering viewpoint of fiber: Dr. Zoë Harcombe - 'What about fiber?' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KrmpK_Lckg

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