There have been a few articles the past few weeks about the effect of carbon dioxide on the nutritional properties of crops, based on the research of Irakli Loladze, a math doctorate who became interested in a biological puzzle about two decades ago. If you haven’t read on this topic, here’s a good article that […]
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Post-Surgery Update #3
Hey Everyone! I had my first follow-up appointment with my surgeon yesterday, and I have another one today mostly to talk about what I can and can’t do—specifically vis-a-vis handstands, which was a question my neurosurgeon did not expect me to ask! So far, however, all the “normal” restrictions have been removed; I can sneeze again, blow […]
Read the full article...Post-Surgery Update #2
Hey everyone, I wanted to get an article out this week—and perhaps it’ll still happen—but things have been going a bit rocky. Last Friday, I developed a headache and a fever. I had no fluid leakage (the main thing I’m supposed to be aware of), so didn’t think too much of it at first, but […]
Read the full article...Post-Surgery Chondro Update
Hey Everyone! Surgery on Friday went really well. The surgeons were able to resect 95%+ of the tumor, which was confirmed to be a chondrosarcoma (still waiting on grading, though). I spent one night in the neuro ICU, the worst part of which was waiting for the catheter they put in for surgery to be […]
Read the full article...Chondro Update #1
Not a big update—I haven’t really learned anything new. The main item of note is that my first (and maybe last) surgery will be September 15th. After this surgery, I’ll be in the hospital anywhere from 2 to 7 days depending on how much CSF leakage I have and my general progress in recovery. Fun […]
Read the full article...Protein Is Dangerous… But Only If You Have Certain Diseases
Last week, a female bodybuilder from Australia (Meegan Hefford) died from what nearly every news outlet has called “too much protein” (or something along those lines). There’s a ton of stories out there, here’s just one. Buried within these stories is the true nature of Hefford’s untimely death: a urea cycle disorder, a metabolic disease […]
Read the full article...Diet Soda Does Not “Really Mess With Your Metabolism”
This is a quick rebuttal to the article published last week in Vox by Mark Schatzker entitled “Study: diet soda can really mess with your metabolism“. In the article, Schatzker details a study in which a group of scientists created an array of beverages that ranged in sweetness and carbohydrate content (by using sucralose and […]
Read the full article...Chondrosarcoma
I’ve been a bit sporadic with my writing of late; I’m trying to remedy it, but I want to fill everyone in on what’s happening and why my posts have been sporadic. About a month ago, I got an MRI of my head and neck done because I had some ongoing mild symptoms that were […]
Read the full article...EmbodyDNA and the False Hope of Personalized Weight Loss
Have you heard of EmbodyDNA yet? It’s been making some rounds on the internet. The basic idea is that it’s genetic testing specifically aimed at nutrition and weight loss, and it promises to be able to help you “fine tune” your dietary plan to lose weight (or be healthier, perhaps). Sounds great, but there’s a […]
Read the full article...An Interesting Question—But Probably Without Merit
I read an article in Slate last week called “Are Diets Just Placebos?“, and though it’s taken me a week to get around to it, I wanted to write a quick post about it with my thoughts. If you haven’t read the article, it’s fairly quick. The author of the article (Erik Vance) hypothesizes that diets could conceivably […]
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