Level-headed commentary on trans fat

Now there’s a craze to remove trans fats from food, but will that make us healthier. This balanced piece from USA Today claims the answer is yes, but only marginally. And they’re right. A Krispy Kreme doughnut without transfat is only a little better than a Krispy Kreme doughnut as it stands now, mainly because [...]

I wonder how many grams of transfat this has

The Krispy Kreme cheeseburger. Here’s a reference on how thoroughly I’m disgusted. However, I bet the Apostropher would be delighted, given his taste in food. [Update] I’m a year behind. See the comments. At least I have a picture Technorati Tags: transfat, doughnut, Krispy Kreme

Poetic law

Not all laws have to be dry prose. (via tendentious) Technorati Tags: politics

More cool things from Google

You can search through open source code. You can even specify license:gpl or whatever. Technorati Tags: Google

And the practice deepens

The great thing about doing a yoga workshop is that my practice tends to deepen a lot. A lot of times it’s like reading a book I’ve read thousands of times and finding something new. This past weekend was just like that. It was the second weekend of the Anusara immersion I’ve been attending. We [...]

Polio vaccine: safety

So I have (slowly) been reading through Neil Miller’s book Vaccines: Are the Really Safe and Effective? As you can probably guess from the title and circumstances, the book is very skeptical about the utility of vaccines. In the last examination of this book, I tackled Miller’s assertion that the polio vaccine was not responsible [...]

Sanskrit for bird of paradise pose

Once upon a time, I thought the bird of paradise pose was baddha urdhva parsvakonasana. However, I either was wrong or was getting the pose name from another system. In Anusara (and Iyengar?) it is Svarga Dvidasana. (Or something close to that.)

The polio vaccine: friend or foe?

Before I launch into this entry, let me add the following disclaimer: You and you alone are responsible for your health. This entry, and any other medical advice you read or get (even from doctors) with an honest, open-minded skepticism. Get the facts, and evaluate the evidence. Even doctors, and Ph.D. biostatisticians, make mistakes. This [...]

Ch-ch-changes

We have a new party in charge of the houses, and many have anticipated that this would bring changes in the way we develop and market drugs. And the potential is there. Eye on FDA summarizes new legislation. Quick thoughts: Kennedy-Enzi – yes, the FDA needs greater authority for post-marketing enforcement, and I’m glad to [...]

I gotta new drug

Life has been hard recently, what with some increased effort at work, sick kids, and other family efforts. However, I feel great, because I found a new drug. Now life is peachy, and I don’t suffer any more from dysphoric social attention consumption deficit anxiety disorder. Technorati Tags: havidol