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đź’” Do high fat diets cause heart disease:
- In the Meat Health group I saw someone bring up a common argument against meat and in favor of a plant-based diet. The member said he had just listened to a Dean Ornish TED Talk discussing how a high fat diet leads to heart disease. Basically he still subscribes to the fat—cholesterol—heart disease hypothesis. And Dean has "proved" it by reversing heart disease in patients with a low fat, whole plant food based diet. Not only does the latest research not support this, but what tends to get lost in these case studies is that if you take someone on a horrible diet (SAD) and put them on a whole food
plant-based diet (a much better diet, but far from ideal) sure you can improve outcomes. But that doesn't mean it's ideal, but perhaps just "less bad."
- What also gets lost is the "complete picture." Looking at one specific outcome without looking at the broader picture can have untoward consequences. We know cholesterol is vital. It is made by every cell in the body for a reason. Trying to manipulate it with statins or avoiding it all together (plants don't have cholesterol) may help reduce the risk of heart disease but increase the risk of other serious diseases. Low cholesterol is associated with decreased life expectancy in the
elderly, increased cancer risks, and increased brain health risks (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, mental health, cognition). If you put all the attention on not killing the heart and kill the brain as a side effect, I don't consider that a win.
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🏆 How to get your work recognized:
- Most people (especially women) tend to understate their capabilities and accomplishments. If you tend to error on the side of humility, I'd recommend filling out this template.
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 🔥 52 things I learned in 2020:
- Tom Whitwell puts an interesting list of 52 learnings every year.
#18:Â The psychology of gift giving and receiving is fascinating and fairly well researched. In short: ask them what they want and give them that.
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#22:Â Lab-grown meat start-ups have a secret: Those cultured burgers are grown in a fantastically expensive liquid called Fetal Bovine Serum.Â
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#46:Â When you lose 1kg of weight, around 840g of that weight is exhaled as carbon dioxide.
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 🎹 What a 15-foot piano sounds (and looks...) like:
- The tallest piano in the world. Its design gives it the fullest tone ever created in a piano. My next house is going to have 20+ foot ceilings so I can get one.
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🧠What quote I've been thinking about:
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"Individuals search for truth. Groups search for consensus."
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đź’˛ Which would you pick:
- Imagine it's January 1st, 2021. I give you 2 choices:
- Option #1: You can get $1,000 per day, every day for the year.
- Option #2: You can get a 1 penny doubled every day throughout January.
- Which do you pick?
- Option #1 is fairly straightforward, you'd have $365k at the end of the year.
- Option #2 is less clear. You'd have over $10M at the end of the month.
- It's not easy to grasp exponentials. But many of the best investors use mental shortcuts (like the "Rule of 72") to help guide their decisions.
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🔨 Cool tool of the week:
- If you ever want to read an article online, clear of distracting ads, with the ability to annotate, this is your tool.Â
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As always, it's an absolute pleasure and an honor getting to spend some time with you, hope you have a great weekend!
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A Saturday morning roundup on health and wealth, art and science, creativity and innovation, laughs and life by Kevin Stock.
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