More Thoughts on Macronutrient Trends

I had a brief positive exchange with Gary Taubes about the NuSI post. He reminded me that there's an artifact (measurement error) in the USDA data on fat consumption in the year 2000 when they changed assessment methods. Here are the USDA data on macronutrient consumption since 1970, corrected for loss (28.8%) but not corrected for the artifact:

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Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI)

Some of you may have heard of an ambitious new nutrition research foundation called the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI). In this post, I'll explain what it is, why it matters, and how I feel about it-- from the perspective of an obesity researcher.

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Calories and Carbohydrate: a Natural Experiment

In the lab, we work hard to design experiments that help us understand the natural world. But sometimes, nature sets up experiments for us, and all we have to do is collect the data. These are called "natural experiments", and they have led to profound insights in every field of science. For example, Alzheimer's disease is usually not considered a genetic disorder. However, researchers have identified rare cases where AD is inherited in a simple genetic manner. By identifying the genes involved, and what they do, we were able to increase our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of the disease.

The natural experiment I'll be discussing today began in 1989 with the onset of a major economic crisis in Cuba. This coincided with the loss of the Soviet Union as a trading partner, resulting in a massive economic collapse over the next six years, which gradually recovered by 2000.

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AVG Free Edition 2013.0.2667 (32-bit)

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is trusted antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows available to download for free. In addition, the new included LinkScanner® Active Surf-Shield checks web pages for threats at the only time that matters - when you're about to click that link.
AVG Anti-Virus Free has these following features:

• Award-winning antivirus and antispyware
• Real-time safe internet surfing and searching
• Quality proven by 80 million of users
• Easy to download, install and use
• Protection against viruses and spyware
• Compatible with Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is only available for single computer use for home and non commercial use.

Title:	AVG Free Edition 2013.0.2667 (32-bit)
Filename:	avg_free_x86_all_2013_2667a5738.exe
File size:	118.78MB (124,547,976 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows7
Languages:	Multiple languages
License:	Freeware
Date added:	September 7, 2012
Author:	AVG Technologies www.avg.com
Homepage:	free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/
MD5 Checksum:	4E56485CDD2A7C07B29D8DB6B06B6F18

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uTorrent 3.2 Build 27886

µTorrent is a small and incredibly popular BitTorrent client. Micro-Sized Yet Feature Filled
Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet). Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification (compatible with Azureus 2.4.0.0 and above, BitComet 0.63 and above) and peer exchange.
Resource-Friendly
µTorrent was written with efficiency in mind. Unlike many torrent clients, it does not hog valuable system resources - typically using less than 6MB of memory, allowing you to use the computer as if it weren't there at all. Additionally, the program itself is contained within a single executable less than 1 MB in size.
Skinnable and Localized
Various icon, toolbar graphic and status icon replacements are available, and creating your own is very simple. µTorrent also has support for localization, and with a language file present, will automatically switch to your system language. If your language isn't available, you can easily add your own, or edit other existing translations to improve them!
Actively Developed and Improved

Title:	uTorrent 3.2 Build 27886
Filename:	uTorrent.exe
File size:	876KB (896,912 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows (All Versions)
Languages:	en-US
License:	Freeware
Date added:	September 6, 2012
Author:	BitTorrent www.bittorrent.com
Homepage:	www.utorrent.com
MD5 Checksum:	2C1EF6485EEB834187FC69556A64EAFE

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A Late Summer Harvest

It's been a good year for gardening in Seattle, at least in my garden. Thanks to great new tools* and Steve Solomon's recipe for homemade fertilizer, my house has been swimming in home-grown vegetables all summer. I'm fortunate that a friend lets me garden a 300 square foot plot behind her house. Here's a photo of part of today's harvest; various kale/collards, zucchini, tomatoes and the last of the pole beans:

Perfect for the Eocene diet.

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Google Chrome 23.0.1255.0 Dev

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. One box for everything Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages. Thumbnails of your top sites Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Incognito mode Don't want pages you visit to show up in your web history? Choose incognito mode for private browsing. Safe browsing Google Chrome warns you if you're about to visit a suspected phishing, malware or otherwise unsafe website. For information about alpha and developer builds, check out the Chrome dev channel here. Title:	Google Chrome 23.0.1255.0 Dev
Filename:	23.0.1255.0_chrome_installer.exe
File size:	31.58MB (33,119,144 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64
Languages:	Multiple languages
License:	Open Source
Date added:	September 5, 2012
Author:	Google www.google.com
Homepage:	www.google.com/chrome
MD5 Checksum:	E5CA32848500A9F559FB77D8B4BFAF59

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Firefox 16.0 Beta 2

The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox sets the pace with dozens of new features to deliver a faster, more secure and customizable Web browsing experience for all.
User Experience. The enhancements to Firefox provide the best possible browsing experience on the Web. The new Firefox smart location bar, affectionately known as the "Awesome Bar," learns as people use it, adapting to user preferences and offering better fitting matches over time.
Performance. Firefox is built on top of the powerful new Gecko platform, resulting in a safer, easier to use and more personal product.
Security. Firefox raises the bar for security. The new malware and phishing protection helps protect from viruses, worms, trojans and spyware to keep people safe on the Web.
Customization. Everyone uses the Web differently, and Firefox lets users customize their browser with more than 5,000 add-ons.

Title:	Firefox 16.0 Beta 2
Filename:	Firefox Setup 16.0b2.exe
File size:	17.93MB (18,801,928 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64
Languages:	en-US
License:	Open Source
Date added:	September 5, 2012
Author:	Mozilla Organization www.mozilla.org
Homepage:	www.mozilla.com/firefox/
MD5 Checksum:	16CA2D08EB55B4B85F5F3E3DF9992034

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Google Chrome 23.0.1251.2 Dev

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
One box for everything
Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.
Thumbnails of your top sites
Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.
Incognito mode
Don't want pages you visit to show up in your web history? Choose incognito mode for private browsing.
Safe browsing
Google Chrome warns you if you're about to visit a suspected phishing, malware or otherwise unsafe website.

Title:	Google Chrome 23.0.1251.2 Dev
Filename:	23.0.1251.2_chrome_installer.exe
File size:	31.51MB (33,036,712 bytes)
Requirements:	Windows XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64
Languages:	Multiple languages
License:	Open Source
Date added:	September 3, 2012
Author:	Google www.google.com
Homepage:	www.google.com/chrome
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