"Cold Water Therapy Might Do More Harm Than Good. An Expert Explains."
May 24, 2023
Link via Instapundit who I agree with: Good, because I don't like cold water.
Link via Instapundit who I agree with: Good, because I don't like cold water.
OK, but I'm not sure if the finding generalizes: the study was on Finns.
It's a ways off yet, because they're currently in a phase 2 trial. But if it pans out it could be amazing.
"We are currently expending about 220 kcal/d less for males and 122 kcal/d less for females than people of our age and body composition were in the late 1980s."
If the guy hadn't been a doctor it seems there would have been a tragedy.
I consume a fair amount of erythritol--an artificial sweetener--so this was interesting:
Whether these findings are sufficient to consider erythritol as a cause of CVD [cardiovascular disease] remains debatable.
Bring it on, please.
More hopeful news on Alzheimer's:
"MIT scientists discover ‘remarkable’ way to reverse Alzheimer’s disease".
"Conquering Alzheimer’s: a look at the therapies of the future".
Fascinating story. Worth keeping in mind the next time you hear "The science says . . ."
Studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream. Scientists don’t want to talk about it.
Speed it up, please.
Which raises the obvious question: why wasn't this paper checked? Why weren't there lots of attempts to replicate the results which would have exposed any fraud?
(I actually think I know the answer: academic publication honors novelty way above truth. It's improved a little in the last three or four decades, but progress is painfully slow.)