No chance.
No chance 93% didn’t lie.
Liars.
Source: NY Times Magazine
Tag: Research
The Wisdom of Crowds
Notes:
- Source: NY Times Magazine (July 17, 2016)
- Post Title taken from James Surowiecki’s Book: The Wisdom of Crowds
- Post inspiration: Vera Meum – “Why does the sound of rain gently tapping on the roof and windows instantly relieve stress? It is a reminder of survival, an appreciation for being safe, dry, and warm, the most basic of needs. Therein lies a secret to contentment; to remind ourselves regularly of the satisfaction of our basic needs, to appreciate another moment of survival, and forget the extraneous factors that cause us undue stress.”
Unfairly Demonised. That’s Right.
1980’s: Replace butter with margarine. Overturned.
1990’s: Eliminate salt. Debunked.
2000’s: Eliminate/reduce carbs.
And today, the big news:
- “Eating pasta is not fattening and actually decreases the chances of becoming obese”
- “A new survey of more than 23,000 people, however, has linked pasta consumption to both lower body mass and waist-to-hip ratio.”
- “…also found that the correlation between pasta intake and lower obesity rates occurred independently of overall diet”
- “evidence that carbohydrates have been “unfairly demonised”.”=
- “the current trend of people cutting out pasta from their diets in an effort to lose weight was unjustified”
- “a fundamental component of Italian Mediterranean tradition, and there is no reason to do without it”
- results clearly show that it is wrong to demonise carbohydrates as the data clearly show that consumption of a carbohydrate-rich food such as pasta does not have an adverse effect on body weight.
Read more at The Telegraph: Eating pasta helps you lose weight, says Italian study
Moral of the story:
1) Wait long enough and it all comes home.
2) Back up the Pasta Truck.
3) Next up: Ice Cream.
Notes: (1)Â Thank you Rich for sharing the research. Â (2)Â Photo: Credit
Duh!
You the oldest sibling? Just say Bollocks to new research.
Dear Brothers (both younger, adults, but needing direction):
Remember the research on margarine vs. butter? This falls on the same playing field. Don’t believe everything you read.
ScienceDaily, July 15, 2015:
Massive study: Birth order has no meaningful effect on personality or IQ:
For those who believe that birth order influences traits like personality and intelligence, a study of 377,000 high school students offers some good news: Yes, the study found, first-borns do have higher IQs and consistently different personality traits than those born later in the family chronology. However, researchers say, the differences between first-borns and ‘later-borns’ are so small that they have no practical relevance to people’s lives.~ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
If you missed the prior post on my Brother Rich, here’s the link; “New Research. Bull. It’s the natural order.
Notes: Photograph: Thank you Emily RC Photography