I read a lot about the so called “Blue Zones”, where people live to crazy old ages, when I was in college. Turns out, it’s probably just fraud

Aaron Carroll explains in this edition of Healthcare Triage (video)

**Spoiler alert**
Way too much nutrition “research” is little more than hardcore p-hacking.

Tongue-in-cheek. Hilarious.

And a cautionary tale about trusting observational data.

Workplace Wellness Programs Don’t Work Well. Why Some Studies Show Otherwise.

One of the enduring mysteries of biology is why biologists keep assuming that anything they don’t understand is “junk”.

Some DNA Dismissed As ‘Junk’ Is Crucial To Embryo Development

I ouch, ouch, ouched my way through this article “The Dangers of Distracted Parenting”.

Parents should give themselves permission to back off from the suffocating pressure to be all things to all people. Put your kid in a playpen, already! Ditch that soccer-game appearance if you feel like it. Your kid will be fine. But when you are with your child, put down your d* phone.

(Quote lightly edited to keep our family-friendly rating.)

Emergency foods are packed with the sugar and salt that makes them shelf-stable and safe to be eaten without cooking! (Horror!)

Even if you’re shopping at Whole Foods, it costs five times more to order in or go out.

Yes, I know it’s satire. But it’s perfect.

https://babylonbee.com/news/young-earth-creationist-parents-force-child-to-play-with-human-action-figures-dinosaurs-at-same-time/

“Catholics use the same words as us but have a different dictionary.”

Helpful thoughts for sharing the faith with Catholics.

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