INTERESTING TIMES

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/02/10/feds-poised-to-withdraw-longstanding-warnings-about-dietary-cholesterol/

At least according to the US government.
LOL how long is the lag between science and widespread acceptance?

This is some pretty wild new info. According to Mercola, cooling the palms of the hands may activate brown fat cells causing more fat to burn. Burn baby burn.

http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2012/03/30/hand-cooling-device-for-effective-workout.aspx?e_cid=20120330_FNL_art_1

dietary supplementation with coconut oil-->reduction in waist circumference after 1 week!!
also coconut--> higher HDL, lower LDL:HDL ratio
randomized, double-blind clinical trial, 12 week long diet
n = 40 women in 2 groups, daily soybean oil vs daily coconut oil
all walked and ate low cal diets
at 1 wk: soybean oil group had incr total chol, LDL and LDL:HDL ratio, decr HDL
(bad trend in fats)
( the study )

fascinating factoid per Drs Szabat & Ambrose: scutellaria inhibits expression of IL6, 6/2011

Family: Labiatae (MINT family)
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on the prevalence of antidepressant use and the risks involved
on the non-drug treatment that has the greatest effect: exercise
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/10/06/the-real-cause-of-americas-mental-illness-problem.aspx

premature ovarian insufficiency associated with depression (Turner's Syndrome)
http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/733820?src=cmemp
they're talking about txing this with estrogens instead of SSRIs

trans fat consumption associated with increased depression risk
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/736460?src=mpnews&spon=12

The "rare syndromes" that are associated with multiple lipomas, according to my minor surgery notes, are "Gardner's syndrome and two benign conditions--multiple symmetrical lipomatosis and Dercum's disease. In the latter, the lipomas are painful". I had to look it up because my sister's husband is covered in them, and because in the last 2 years I've begun to develop them all over my body including strange locations such as over the biceps femoris tendon in my posteriolateral popliteal area--very small so far--I suspect a hormonal etiology. More occur in women after menopause, and familial types onset at adolescence. With some types there is an increased incidence of breast, endometrial and thyroid cancer. Sounds like it may be related with estrogen dominance. This would be supported by the increased incidence with obesity. There is also an association with multiple endocrine neoplasia type I (lipomas and pancreatic, parathyroid, pitutitary tumors). The list of hormonal associations increases the deeper I dig. There are also fat deposits associated with spina bifida. Looks like nobody has studied hormones in lipomatosis patients, but based on my short survey I have just now formed the opinion that is expressed in the title of this entry.
( notes: fyi, when something is marked with triple questionmarks it means that the source is not convincing and I kinda doubt it, but I'm recording it for future reference anyway )

DIABETES and HYPOGLYCEMIA
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