Fruit and Vegetables - What Are Plants Really Trying to Accomplish?

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #1
(Bacon is a many-splendoured thing) #2

Great post from the Hyperlipid blog. One of the things I like about Peter’s blog is that the comments section is almost as interesting as the blog itself.

(Bacon is a many-splendoured thing) split this topic #3

3 posts were split to a new topic: Covid deaths in U.S., U.K., and Ireland

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #4

@PaulL Did you catch his link to the bacon trial way down the comments at 1 Mar 2008, 21:35:00.

Bix’s lack of awareness of the bacon trial merely highlights the limitations of her reading…

Here’s the good news about bacon:

… the ACF multiplicity was reduced by 12% in rats fed a diet with 30% bacon and by 20% in rats fed a diet with 60% bacon (p < 0.001)…The results suggest that, in rats, beef does not promote the growth of ACF and chicken does not protect against colon carcinogenesis. A bacon-based diet appears to protect against carcinogenesis, perhaps because bacon contains 5% NaCl and increased the rats’ water intake.