January 2011


The China Study II: A look at mortality in the 35-69 and 70-79 age ranges

This post is based on an analysis of a subset of the China Study II data, using healthscave for Excel (HCE) , which is publi…

Jan 30, 2011

healthscave for Excel (HCE) is now publicly available for free trial

healthscave for Excel (HCE)  is now publicly available for download and use on a free trial basis. For those users who decid…

Jan 24, 2011

Do you lose muscle if you lift weights after a 24-hour fast? Probably not if you do that regularly

Compensatory adaptation (CA)  is an idea that is useful in the understanding of how the body reacts to inputs like dietary i…

Jan 16, 2011

How come evolution hasn’t made us immortal? Death, like sex, helps animal populations avoid extinction

Genes do not evolve, nor do traits that are coded for our genes. We say that they evolve to facilitate discourse, which is a…

Jan 10, 2011

Does strength exercise increase nitrogen balance?

This previous post  looks at the amounts of protein needed to maintain a nitrogen balance of zero. It builds on data about i…

Jan 6, 2011

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