The gut microbiome can make a significant difference (sometimes life or death) for those with severe illnesses such as covid. It can be partially controlled with diet!
"... the lack of computer skills and the perception of a relatively higher workload
prevented students from perceiving a higher performance while adapting to the ‘new normal’; namely,
education from a distance."
I can't imagine the covid situation with no internet or computer resources. These students have it the worst
"A strictly healthy type of obesity is rare and its maintenance is even rarer; nearly 80% of these strictly healthy obese adults develop at least one metabolic risk factor after 20 years."
It sounds like "healthy" obesity is a step or two away from actual obesity
Here is more information on the aronia berry, in case you were like me and didn't know what an aronia berry was: https://aroniainamerica.blogspot.com/2011/03/aronia-melanocarpa-is-native-to.html
Insecticides cause a shift in the gut microbiome of honeybees which, according to the authors, negatively affect their ability to resist diseases and absorb nutrients
Protein powder is no secret anymore, as shown by this study. Daily quantity of ingested protein has to be among the most predictive factors for muscle building and preservation
The problem with LSD therapy is you can't prove therapeutic effects with a double-blind experimental design. The subject will know whether they got the control or the real deal!!
This is a pretty solid list, it's important to remind yourself from time to time that you can't put literally everything on your plate. You'll get overwhelmed!!!
The figures in this publication are phenomenal. They used many different packages to illustrate clear differences in genome origin. Here are links to the paper and my favorite figure:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03039-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03039-0/figures/4
Cockroaches are really good at bunching together and finding the perfect hiding spots. This landmark paper is proof of systematic aggregation for the species
It looks like the increase in overall expenses was driven by increases in premiums for the lowest-cost plan, which is the last thing you want to see...
It's funny that Toyota and Tesla just announced a re-partnership after basically a decade apart - I wonder how auto manufacturing executive boards interpreted this paper when it came out 5 years ago...
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