Welcome to 2012, and welcome back, my friends, to this blog that I allowed to go fallow these past months.
After a bit of rest and time away, I'm ready to get going again with fresh thoughts to share. I'm starting off with a Trivia Tuesday that points to health, since I'm sure most of us have at least contemplated resolutions to make a few improvements in this area (and you might have already changed your mind and chowed down on a bag of chips).
I receive a daily e-newsletter from Health Sciences Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. It's full of information that debunks a lot of the misconceptions and misrepresentations surrounding health, wellness, and medicine.
After a bit of rest and time away, I'm ready to get going again with fresh thoughts to share. I'm starting off with a Trivia Tuesday that points to health, since I'm sure most of us have at least contemplated resolutions to make a few improvements in this area (and you might have already changed your mind and chowed down on a bag of chips).
I receive a daily e-newsletter from Health Sciences Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. It's full of information that debunks a lot of the misconceptions and misrepresentations surrounding health, wellness, and medicine.
Jenny Thompson writes the articles and I enjoy her humorous take on things. This past fall two short articles caught my attention and I thought I'd share them with you.
If you'd like to take a longer look at HSI, click here for a link to their website (you can sign up for the free e-newsletter from the home page if you'd like).
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The USDA estimates that since 1970, average daily calorie intake in the U.S. has increased by nearly 25 percent.
But this calorie-climbing trend apparently goes back much further than 40 years.
Cornell University researchers examined 52 of the most well known paintings of The Last Supper. More than 1,000 years separated the earliest painting from the most recent.
As they report in the International Journal of Obesity, plate size and entrée size enlarged by about two-thirds over the millennium.
Bread size increased too -- by nearly 25 percent.
Looks like we've taken the multiplying of fish and loaves just a bit too far.
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How easy is it to conduct a study that pulls the wool over just about everyone's eyes?
A junior high school student won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair. For his project, he asked people to sign a petition demanding stern regulation and possibly even a ban of a chemical called dihydrogen monoxide.
The Eagle Rock Junior High student listed seven reasons why the chemical needed strict controls...
1) It can cause excessive sweating and vomiting
2) It is a major component in acid rain
3) It can cause severe burns in its gaseous state
4) Accidental inhalation can kill you
5) It contributes to erosion
6) It decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes
7) It has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients
Out of 50 people, 43 signed the petition. Six were undecided. And only one man said no. Apparently that man had paid attention in chemistry class, and knew that dihydrogen monoxide is the chemical name for water.
It's THAT easy to pull the wool over someone's eyes.
See you tomorrow with Wordless Wednesday.
A junior high school student won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair. For his project, he asked people to sign a petition demanding stern regulation and possibly even a ban of a chemical called dihydrogen monoxide.
The Eagle Rock Junior High student listed seven reasons why the chemical needed strict controls...
1) It can cause excessive sweating and vomiting
2) It is a major component in acid rain
3) It can cause severe burns in its gaseous state
4) Accidental inhalation can kill you
5) It contributes to erosion
6) It decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes
7) It has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients
Out of 50 people, 43 signed the petition. Six were undecided. And only one man said no. Apparently that man had paid attention in chemistry class, and knew that dihydrogen monoxide is the chemical name for water.
It's THAT easy to pull the wool over someone's eyes.
See you tomorrow with Wordless Wednesday.
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Welcome back and happy new year.
Travis Erwin said...
January 3, 2012 10:25 AM
Love the water story.
Stephen Parrish said...
January 3, 2012 12:04 PM
Thanks Travis! Happy New Year to you and your family too.
Being Beth said...
January 3, 2012 12:57 PM
By the way, Travis, the holidays absorbed nearly every free second, and I haven't gotten started reading the Feedstore Chronicles, but it's the first book I'll read in 2012.
Being Beth said...
January 3, 2012 1:01 PM
Stephen,
Wasn't that great? It's easy to get duped when you refuse to stop and think for a few seconds. I hope you're writing, cause Im ready to read another of your books. Happy New Year!
Being Beth said...
January 3, 2012 1:02 PM
welcome back and Happy New Year! Is this the year of a Beth book? You've got so much good material...I'd be in line to buy.
Joanne said...
January 3, 2012 4:35 PM
Ha. That water story is too funny!!
Glad you're back!
Nancy said...
January 3, 2012 4:59 PM
Happy New Year to you Joanne! I think since the world is supposed to end in December, I might as well get a book out there before that happens. This is definitely the year for it.
Being Beth said...
January 4, 2012 7:49 AM
I'm glad the water story made you laugh - I love to make you laugh! Happy New Year!!!
Being Beth said...
January 4, 2012 7:50 AM