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dixiegrrrrl
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dixiegrrrrl's Journal
May 25, 2019
Warren and AOC teamed up to sock it to Mnuchin in a short video.
Team being the operative. they look SO good together.
https://twitter.com/forrespect/status/1131541901553934336
May 17, 2019
The study gave people a diet of processed food, and the control group got what I call "real" food...minimally processed food.
both groups had the same calories per meal. Both groups ate the meals for 2 weeks.
the ultra-processed food group gained weight, average of 2 pounds over 2 weeks, while the control group, eating real food, averaged a loss of 2 pounds over 2 weeks.
Here's the kicker...at the end of 2 weeks, the groups switched diets, and guess what? weight gain again with the processed foods.
the study also seemed to indicate the cause of weight gain on processed foods, which I found very interesting.
The entire article is important to read, has more detail and describes how the research was set up.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/16/723693839/its-not-just-salt-sugar-fat-study-finds-ultra-processed-foods-drive-weight-gain
I found a DU post by nitpicker, from late 2018, that talks about cancer links to utra-processed foods.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/114219211
Study Finds Ultra-Processed Foods Drive Weight Gain
The study, conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, is the first randomized, controlled trial to show that eating a diet made up of ultra-processed foods actually drives people to overeat and gain weight compared with a diet made up of whole or minimally processed foods.
The study gave people a diet of processed food, and the control group got what I call "real" food...minimally processed food.
both groups had the same calories per meal. Both groups ate the meals for 2 weeks.
the ultra-processed food group gained weight, average of 2 pounds over 2 weeks, while the control group, eating real food, averaged a loss of 2 pounds over 2 weeks.
Here's the kicker...at the end of 2 weeks, the groups switched diets, and guess what? weight gain again with the processed foods.
the study also seemed to indicate the cause of weight gain on processed foods, which I found very interesting.
"........some of the hormones that are involved in food intake regulation were quite different between the two diets as compared to baseline,"
When the participants were eating the unprocessed diet, they had higher levels of an appetite-suppressing hormone called PYY, which is secreted by the gut, and lower levels of ghrelin, a hunger hormone, which might explain why they ate fewer calories. On the ultra-processed diet, these hormonal changes flipped, so participants had lower levels of the appetite-suppressing hormone and higher levels of the hunger hormone.
When the participants were eating the unprocessed diet, they had higher levels of an appetite-suppressing hormone called PYY, which is secreted by the gut, and lower levels of ghrelin, a hunger hormone, which might explain why they ate fewer calories. On the ultra-processed diet, these hormonal changes flipped, so participants had lower levels of the appetite-suppressing hormone and higher levels of the hunger hormone.
The entire article is important to read, has more detail and describes how the research was set up.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/16/723693839/its-not-just-salt-sugar-fat-study-finds-ultra-processed-foods-drive-weight-gain
I found a DU post by nitpicker, from late 2018, that talks about cancer links to utra-processed foods.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/114219211
May 16, 2019
C-span channel is not working. ( I find that interesting) so have to find an alternate site.
Is anyone streaming the live House reading of the Mueller now?
C-span channel is not working. ( I find that interesting) so have to find an alternate site.
May 16, 2019
try to catch the documentary Harry and Snowman. It's on Netflix streaming.
It's about a young man who came to America from war torn Holland, who bought an Amish "plow horse" to save it from the glue factory.
Magic happens between them.
Kleenex recommended.
If you are like horses, and stories of courage,
try to catch the documentary Harry and Snowman. It's on Netflix streaming.
It's about a young man who came to America from war torn Holland, who bought an Amish "plow horse" to save it from the glue factory.
Magic happens between them.
Kleenex recommended.
May 14, 2019
I find it horrifying. By keeping it secret, people died needlessly, and there is no telling how many cancer cases in Europe resulted.
Acting is excellent, tho.
Anyone watching the Monday HBO series Chernobyl?
I find it horrifying. By keeping it secret, people died needlessly, and there is no telling how many cancer cases in Europe resulted.
Acting is excellent, tho.
May 12, 2019
I love his twitter feed. Nothing but warmth and encouragement for people.
a good place to visit when I feel overwhelmed by the insanity of the moment.
https://twitter.com/BarackObama
Pres. Obama is supporting the global youth who are demonstrating about climate change needs.
I love his twitter feed. Nothing but warmth and encouragement for people.
a good place to visit when I feel overwhelmed by the insanity of the moment.
https://twitter.com/BarackObama
May 10, 2019
Photo of principal, teachers posing with noose in leaked photo incites outrage
pic at link...
Four educators who smiled for a photo with a noose are all suspended, along with their principal, who reportedly shared it in a mass email.
Linda Brandt, the principal of Summerwind Elementary School in Palmdale, California, allegedly emailed the photo to her staff, attaching a second image of the noose hanging in an office, according to Los Angeles television station Fox 11. Other parents found the photo on Instagram.
Brandt is in consideration to become the next district superintendent.
The Superintendent said all 4 were suspended, but a parent was "shocked that all four teachers had resumed their daily lessons, despite their alleged suspensions.
“They had the audacity to show up today,” she says. “The integrity of the school is completely compromised. To the black community, a noose is a weapon, a symbol of slavery and lynching.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/principal-teachers-suspended-noose-leaked-photo-203413175.html
Linda Brandt, the principal of Summerwind Elementary School in Palmdale, California, allegedly emailed the photo to her staff, attaching a second image of the noose hanging in an office, according to Los Angeles television station Fox 11. Other parents found the photo on Instagram.
Brandt is in consideration to become the next district superintendent.
The Superintendent said all 4 were suspended, but a parent was "shocked that all four teachers had resumed their daily lessons, despite their alleged suspensions.
“They had the audacity to show up today,” she says. “The integrity of the school is completely compromised. To the black community, a noose is a weapon, a symbol of slavery and lynching.
May 10, 2019
Must be a hell of a lot of terrorism, look at all the bases we have since the creation of AfricaCom. in 2007.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/revealed-the-us-militarys-36-codenamed-operations-in-africa-090000841.html
Huge US military footprint in Africa....why do I smell Erik Prince in this?
because....
Used extensively across Africa, 127e programs can be run either by Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), the secretive organization that controls the Navy’s SEAL Team 6, the Army’s Delta Force and other special mission units, or by “theater special operations forces.” These programs are “specifically designed for us to work with our host nation partners to develop small — anywhere between 80 and 120 personnel — counterterrorism forces that we’re partnered with,” said Bolduc.
“They are specially selected partner-nation forces that go through extensive training, with the same equipment we have, to specifically go after counterterrorism targets, especially high-value targets.”
“They are specially selected partner-nation forces that go through extensive training, with the same equipment we have, to specifically go after counterterrorism targets, especially high-value targets.”
Must be a hell of a lot of terrorism, look at all the bases we have since the creation of AfricaCom. in 2007.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/revealed-the-us-militarys-36-codenamed-operations-in-africa-090000841.html
May 10, 2019
Would prohibit private insurance coverage of abortion, and, unbelievably, existing treatments for ectopic pregnancy -- a life-threatening condition for women.
The bill "would also ban effective methods of birth control" and require re-implantation of ectopic pregnancies into the uterus, a medical procedure that doesn't exist.
https://t.co/maWW3PhNLl
Ohio's new Handmaid bill.
Would prohibit private insurance coverage of abortion, and, unbelievably, existing treatments for ectopic pregnancy -- a life-threatening condition for women.
The bill "would also ban effective methods of birth control" and require re-implantation of ectopic pregnancies into the uterus, a medical procedure that doesn't exist.
https://t.co/maWW3PhNLl
May 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1126901383972773888
The Rudy Giuliani-in-Ukraine story, in summary:
From SethAbramson.......
Trump's lawyer has self-admittedly gone overseas to solicit 2020 election interference from pro-Kremlin Ukrainians at a time he knows the Kremlin is engaged in an ongoing cyberattack on our electoral infrastructure.
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1126901383972773888
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