Ok, so as a medical anthropologist, I read just enough science to make me nervous, but not enough to make me qualified to say anything meaningful about the results of tests and/or experiments.
But, when I read that an expert is nervous, it makes me even more nervous.
Here is a story from the BBC - quoted [...]




Finally, some sanity about eggs, drinking 8 glasses of water per day, and other health fears that our grandparents never thought twice about . . .
One of the things that boggles my mind is the fact that some people will do anything to be “healthier”, where “healthier” is a stand-in for one or all of the following:
1. Look younger.
2. Stave off aging in all forms. Haven’t you heard that 50 is the new 30? (Or so people who are 50 [...]
April 6, 2008
Categories: age appropriate, aging, commentary, diet, family, getting older, health, humor, life, mid-life crisis, prevention, science . Tags: aging, comedy, commentary, family, fitness, health, health myths, humor, life, science . Author: tmacphail . Comments: 2 Comments