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ubermeisters t1_j96hjq6 wrote

Reply to comment by Educational-Stock708 in Females' propensity to deposit more fat in places like their hips, buttocks and the backs of their arms, so-called subcutaneous fat, is protective against brain inflammation, which can result in problems like dementia and stroke, at least until menopause, scientists report. by QualityWork_

Nah, I think it's perfectly clear that fat has a place in the body as a protective element, and it's also pretty clear that when fat exists in places, or quantities, that are abnormal, it causes problems. none of that is new.

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ubermeisters t1_j7m75xa wrote

Reply to Loves pyre by linuxknight

well honestly this is awfully executed. OP shame on you, someone is going to have a fucking seizure from this awful animation.

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ubermeisters t1_j6vp59m wrote

Reply to comment by TatosTatoes in Discovery of embalming workshop reveals how ancient Egyptians mummified the dead by Magister_Xehanort

to preserve the body longer so the afterlife is a better experience. your inside have a lot more bacteria than your outsides do. those bacteria rot and bloat your corpse etc etc. so, removal of most of the bacterial load, and further mummification keeps the exterior flesh from rotting away. That's why we can still find the preserve remains.

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Reply to comment by shiruken in The implementation of a soft drinks industry levy in the UK in 2018 was associated with an 8% reduction in obesity among 10-11 year old girls with the greatest reductions seen in those living in the most deprived areas. No such association was found in 10-11 year old boys or younger children. by shiruken

Ok. well I'm officially going to renounce any claim to know what I'm talking about then, and I'm going to stop talking and go freshen up on this. embarrassing to think I knew such fundamental things about this soft drink tax, just to be wrong twice in a row.

Thanks stranger.

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ubermeisters t1_j61pk3i wrote

Reply to comment by shiruken in The implementation of a soft drinks industry levy in the UK in 2018 was associated with an 8% reduction in obesity among 10-11 year old girls with the greatest reductions seen in those living in the most deprived areas. No such association was found in 10-11 year old boys or younger children. by shiruken

yeah I definitely was under the impression that it was supposed to be affecting people's habits, since the people are the one paying the tax... shouldn't the companies pay the tax if this is geared towards changing the way they do business? I don't understand why consumers have to foot the bill to get a company to change? What happened to this world ugh

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ubermeisters t1_j619rtc wrote

Reply to comment by shiruken in The implementation of a soft drinks industry levy in the UK in 2018 was associated with an 8% reduction in obesity among 10-11 year old girls with the greatest reductions seen in those living in the most deprived areas. No such association was found in 10-11 year old boys or younger children. by shiruken

so basically this is proof that the tax has done nothing other than convince companies to reduce soda sugar I guess? these are not the most promising results I've ever seen that's for sure. This is a rounding error at best.

Narrator: He didn't know what he thought he knew, ya know?

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ubermeisters t1_j617kue wrote

Reply to comment by shiruken in The implementation of a soft drinks industry levy in the UK in 2018 was associated with an 8% reduction in obesity among 10-11 year old girls with the greatest reductions seen in those living in the most deprived areas. No such association was found in 10-11 year old boys or younger children. by shiruken

That doesn't make sense to me. The volume of soft drinks didn't change, but the amount of sugar per household did? so the tax made people buy beverages with less sugar? Those would still be taxed though right? something doesn't add up here, I'm not convinced this is correlative.

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Reply to comment by LitLitten in Canadian scientists exposed mice to vapour from JUUL e-cigarettes and found it caused changes in the animals' pulmonary immune cell composition and altered gene and protein levels in their lungs. by MistWeaver80

"generally" doesn't interest me, personally. "generally" anything I can buy at a store with money, is reasonably safe for use.

it's the wierd off-brands coming from suspicious places, containing unknown chemicals, that I think are worth looking into more, in addition to the overall study.

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Reply to comment by denyjunctionfunction in Canadian scientists exposed mice to vapour from JUUL e-cigarettes and found it caused changes in the animals' pulmonary immune cell composition and altered gene and protein levels in their lungs. by MistWeaver80

Yes I'm trying to shift the focus to the fact that we need to control what's being sold to be put into youth's bodies. I don't think that's so far off subject.

also this is why I thought Juul was illegal now, I remember seeing this, And I guess I thought more came from it:

> The FDA temporarily banned Juul products in June 2022 because the company failed to provide enough evidence that its products were “appropriate for the protection of public health.” The e-cigarette company has also been accused of fueling the teen vaping crisis by using marketing and advertising tactics to appeal to a younger audience.

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ubermeisters t1_j5tu1t0 wrote

Reply to comment by Plastic-Ad-5324 in Canadian scientists exposed mice to vapour from JUUL e-cigarettes and found it caused changes in the animals' pulmonary immune cell composition and altered gene and protein levels in their lungs. by MistWeaver80

And is it unique to vaping a Juul if so? why was this the device they chose to use for the study anyway? Aren't those illegal now or something?

what they should be doing is testing all the fake knockoffs from China because those are the ones the kids are getting.

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Reply to comment by its_ean in Fluke Discovery of Ancient Farming Technique Could Stabilize Crop Yields by Cross_examination

any article in this subreddit that starts the word 'fluke' automatically is going on the "do not click" list for me. It's an unscientific term and to start out with it is an obvious giveaway to the clickbait intent.

> scientists hate these top 10 ways ancient people were better at graining than you

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Reply to comment by CryptoYaar in Researchers at UC San Diego found that a single 20 minute session under a UV-light nail polish dryer results in cell death for 20-30% of exposed cells. The UV emissions also damaged DNA and caused cellular mutations. by bog_witch

imagine making a life decision based on an improper article designed to scare people. think about the last time you used one of these, do you think you were under it for 20 minutes or even close? there's a substantial difference.

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ubermeisters t1_j55mdt6 wrote

Reply to comment by Prestigious_Carpet29 in Researchers at UC San Diego found that a single 20 minute session under a UV-light nail polish dryer results in cell death for 20-30% of exposed cells. The UV emissions also damaged DNA and caused cellular mutations. by bog_witch

I'm a guy. Not into fancy nails. My best friend is a girl who is definitely into fancy nails. I also have 3D printing as a hobby, part of that being UV resin related. I have worked out that the UV light which I use to cure my models after printing, is the same wavelength as the acrylic setting UV lights. it doesn't even take 5 minutes for a large model to be cured all the way through, and that model doesn't need to be clear. The longest I've seen nails take is like 3 or 4 minutes. so where does 20 minutes garbage is coming from, I really don't understand? That's a fuckload of UV light, and would make the nails beyond brittle...

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Reply to comment by ThorDansLaCroix in Earliest evidence of the use of the Mesoamerican 260-day calendar, ‘centuries earlier than its previously known use in textual records,’ revealed by the orientations of newly-uncovered ruins along Mexico’s southern Gulf Coast by marketrent

same amount of life experience just so be older? no thanks. I don't want to be old anyway, let alone live extra long? Ill pass on 50 years of diapers thanks.

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