12-13-17 Black Holes or Not

12/13/17

Black Holes. David McClintock & Stephen Goodfellow duke it out

SMA Science Book Club update

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Introductions/News

Black Holes or Not? David McClintock lays out the evidence for, Stephen Goodfellow, against. You decide!

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This Wednesday, December 13th, 2017 @ 11:00am to 1:00pm Community ​​Room,​​ Puente Vie​​jo on Calzada de la Aurora #52

​Puente Viejo is a gated community; sign in at the entrance.

Any problem, have them call David McClintock - 415-112-5202 ********

Rob Lerner's Links:

Block Chain explained:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYip_Vuv8J0

RadioLab podcast; creation of a new cryptocurrency:

http://www.radiolab.org/story/ceremony/

ASAP Science YouTube; How Can You Change Somebody's Opinion?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEWLY3mdk8E&feature=em-subs_digest

All in the Mind podcast; Why we deny the science

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/2017-12-03/9198086

Inquiring Minds podcast; Janna Levin - Black Hole Blues

https://inquiring.show/episodes/2017/11/27/202-janna-levin-black-hole-blues

Waking Up podcast; interview with CRSPR discoverer Jennifer Doudna

https://wakingup.libsyn.com/106-humanity-20

Science News: Designer babies?

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-public/ethics-gene-editing-babies-crispr?utm_source=editorspicks120117&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Editors_Picks

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CRISPR GENE EDITING

https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-crispr-gene-editing/?mbid=nl_120517_daily_list3_p1

Commonwealth Club podcast; REVERSALS OF COGNITIVE DECLINE IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2016-11-17/first-reversals-cognitive-decline-alzheimers-disease

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Also, Pat Sommer's response to Robert Lerner's link on insulin resistance:

Here are some links about insulin resistance. There has been consensus for a good while now that saturated fat is the root cause.

From Wikipedia:

It is well known that insulin resistance commonly coexists with obesity.^[16] Dietary fat has long been implicated as a driver of insulin resistance. Studies on animals have observed significant insulin resistance in rats after just 3 weeks on a high-fat diet (59% fat, 20% carb.)^[17] Large quantities of saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated omega-6 fats all appear to be harmful to rats to some degree, compared to large amounts of starch, but saturated fat appears to be the most effective at producing IR.^[18]

Especially galling is the maligning of an especially healing carb: the legume

Summarized in video: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/diabetics-should-take-their-pulses/

• U Schlemmer, W Frolich, R M Prieto, F Grases. Phytate in foods and significance for humans: Food sources, intake, processing, bioavailability, protective role and analysis. Mol Nutr Food Res 2009 53 - Suppl - 2:S330 – 75.
• P Singhal, G Kaushik, P Mathur. Antidiabetic potential of commonly consumed legumes: A review. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2014 54(5):655 – 672.
• J L Sievenpiper, C W C Kendall, A Esfahani, J M W Wong, A J Carleton, H Y Jiang, R P Bazinet, E Vidgen, D J A Jenkins. Effect of non-oil-seed pulses on glycaemic control: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled experimental trials in people with and without diabetes. Diabetologia 2009 52(8):1479 – 1495.
• S V Thompson, D M Winham, A M Hutchins. Bean and rice meals reduce postprandial glycemic response in adults with type 2 diabetes: A cross-over study. Nutr J 2012 11:23.
• S Song, H Y Paik, Y Song. High intake of whole grains and beans pattern is inversely associated with insulin resistance in healthy Korean adult population. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2012 98(3):e28 – 31.
• A Helmstadter. Antidiabetic drugs used in Europe prior to the discovery of insulin. Pharmazie 2007 62(9):717 – 720.
• Helmstadter A. Beans and diabetes: Phaseolus vulgaris preparations as antihyperglycemic agents. J Med Food. 2010 Apr;13(2):251-4.
  • Will have a look at the dangerous retro trend of ketosis. Even dietary supplements of ketones are being flogged now.

It certainly works toward rapid weight loss (with a boomerang effect). Weight loss itself causes a drop in cholesterol, short-term; advanced cancer or heroine addiction do too.

cheers,

Pat

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Best,

Stephen Goodfellow