https://www.lifebiosciences.com/our-research
Research on epigenetic reprogramming of existing cells to restore them to youthful states, including the ability to regenerate.
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Why does everyone have to become vegetarian? When everyone stops eating meat and turns to "healthy" meals like corn based vegetarian burgers I think we are all worse off. Variety, locally grown produce, locally raised animals is the best way to keep diversity and quality. The vegetarian food available now is good because it's not as mass produced.
The point of ethical vegetarianism is not keeping diversity and quality of foods, it's preventing bad life of animals. It's also not the point of ecological vegetarianism: it's preserving the diversity of natural ecosystems, as opposed to food farms.
What do you think happens to all the animals no longer used as a food source in a capitalistic society?
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30 year pescetarian here. I mean, mainly vegetarian but some fish every so often. I gave up meat at 17 on the basis of no reason whatsoever, I was just a contrary teen who liked giving things up. Down the line a few years I find so many compelling reasons to not eat meat. Each individually may be argued out of the room but collectively it's pretty compelling. Ethically: there's no arguing meat eating is better. None.…
I agree with a lot of the points you made, though: > Ethically: there's no arguing meat eating is better. None. However well you treat animals you're still ultimately going to kill them. Ultimately every animal is going to die. If the moral hangup for you is the certainty of death, then wouldn't you consider any form of reproduction immoral? 'However good and rewarding their life may be, children are still going to d…
If you could grow and kill with a small fraction of the suffering that farmed animals endure today, then eating meat would be mostly fine (other than environmental issues, perhaps). Unfortunately that's impossible for all but a very small minority of people - those who can raise and kill animals themselves or have someone they trust very well to do it for them.[0][1]
Well over 95% of meat is factory farmed[2], and animals that are raised in factory farms do not live pleasant lives, to put it lightly.[3] This is coming from someone who grew up on a farm, and whose parents are still farmers.
[0] People think that buying from their local butcher or local farm must make their meat ethical. In fact, small abbatoirs often have very shoddy killing protocols compared to the large ones. You end up with farmers clubbing animals to death, or putting 5 bullets into a pig's head before it dies: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-14/tasmanian-abattoir-ac...
[1] Hunting isn't an ethical source of meat. Even professional hunters (e.g. those who kill kangaroos for farmers in AU) will let ~1 in 20 get away with a bullet in them. That could mean suffering for hours or even days if it clots but then dies due to internal bleeding or infection. I used to hunt and I would go to sleep thinking about the animals that got away wounded that day. Still, it took me far too long to realise that there is no need to eat animals.
[2] https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/us-factory-farming-estima...
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> Health: again, see pretty much all the research ever. Eating a plant based diet is so much better for weight, health, BMI, etc etc etc It took me 5 minutes of Googling to find articles that refute this from all kinds of credible sources. Going vegetarian might be a step up from the average Americans diet, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find any research that demonstrates plant-based diets are any better than…
I dunno what Google you're using but it took me half a minute to get to multiple sources suggesting vegetarians are on average healthier, have lower BMI, lower incidents of common cancers and more. Obviously balance probably trumps everything as it always does but there's imo fairly compelling evidence in the non meat direction, on average, for most people. But once again may I stress that for me it's a whole range o…
The fact that you can find studies that say that is a long way away from your claim that all research says that.
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#195Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Health: again, see pretty much all the research ever. Eating a plant based diet is so much better for weight, health, BMI, etc etc etc It took me 5 minutes of Googling to find articles that refute this from all kinds of credible sources. Going vegetarian might be a step up from the average Americans diet, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find any research that demonstrates plant-based diets are any better than…
Typical American/prominent meat diet population: Obese, cardiovascular issues, cancers, highly dependent on meds, health outcomes determined by income Most Asian/plant based diet population: quite healthy, live longer, less pill popping and more homeopathic traditional meds. Forget googling studies. Read about the China Study: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Study Even without studies, ask yourself why you mo…
>Typical American
I'm not American, so who cares. But some of the highest life expectancy in the world are European countries. I certainly don't see "Asia" (lol) as a standout.
>Even without studies, ask yourself...
Not interested in anecdata or hocus pocus.
>Buuuuuut can't let anyone stand in between you and your Whopper®, right?!
See, the difference between you and me is that I don't care what you choose to eat. Meanwhile, you feel the need to shame and lie and impose your preferences on others. It's why "annoying vegetarian" is a meme.
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#196Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Health: again, see pretty much all the research ever. Eating a plant based diet is so much better for weight, health, BMI, etc etc etc It took me 5 minutes of Googling to find articles that refute this from all kinds of credible sources. Going vegetarian might be a step up from the average Americans diet, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find any research that demonstrates plant-based diets are any better than…
Typical American/prominent meat diet population: Obese, cardiovascular issues, cancers, highly dependent on meds, health outcomes determined by income Most Asian/plant based diet population: quite healthy, live longer, less pill popping and more homeopathic traditional meds. Forget googling studies. Read about the China Study: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Study Even without studies, ask yourself why you mo…
I'm plant-based, and your comment is embarassing.
> homeopathic traditional meds
Jesus. Really?
The is no evidence that homeopathy is effective at treating anything. On the other hand there's a mountain of evidence that people who eat no meat, or less than once per week live significantly longer. See citations on this[0] wiki page. The studies control for a bunch of different lifestyle factors including smoking, exercise level, and so on.
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#197Earlier quoted context omitted.
Typical American/prominent meat diet population: Obese, cardiovascular issues, cancers, highly dependent on meds, health outcomes determined by income Most Asian/plant based diet population: quite healthy, live longer, less pill popping and more homeopathic traditional meds. Forget googling studies. Read about the China Study: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Study Even without studies, ask yourself why you mo…
> Typical American I'm not American, so who cares. But some of the highest life expectancy in the world are European countries. I certainly don't see "Asia" (lol) as a standout. > Even without studies, ask yourself... Not interested in anecdata or hocus pocus. > Buuuuuut can't let anyone stand in between you and your Whopper®, right?! See, the difference between you and me is that I don't care what you choose to eat.…
You missed the most cringe part of that comment:
> homeopathic traditional meds
That said, if you think that lower meat consumption isn't correlated with increased life expectancy, then you should read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism#Longevity
You can control for a bunch of lifestyle factors like smoking and exercise level, and the correlation still exists. It uncontroversial at this point - which is why every major national dietetics association (don't confuse them with "nutritionists") has a position statement on plant-based diets saying that they're as healthy or healthier than regular diets.
And with UFC fighters[0], NBA planers, national weightlifting champtions[1], world-record-holding powerlifters[2], and so on eating plant-based diets, it's getting harder to make the "okay, sure you live longer, but you probably sacrifice strength/vigor/etc throughout your life" claim.
[0] https://www.mensjournal.com/sports/nate-diaz-and-other-vegan...
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#198Strapi is VERY nice. It's still missing a bit and can be a pain at time but they're pretty responsive to bug reports. Also I'd like to add meilisearch to the list.
Have a look at Typesense as well which is an OSS alternative to Algolia: https://github.com/typesense/typesense
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What would you say is the advantage of roam research over the open source alternative of Obsidian?
I tried both and found the UI to be better in Roam. The WYSIWYG aspect of Roam is real nice, vs having unrendered markdown in one pane and the rendered version on the other side. Also, the “daily notes” feature in Roam is really useful, it’s a small UI thing but it gives me a nudge to make a daily note when I do any thinking, rather than having to file it manually in Obsidian. Obsidian has most of the core stuff that…
Obsidian also has a daily note extension built in to the app.
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#200Mycoworks: which makes leather from mycelium. Will see products 2021. Brightseed: uncovering the medicine that’s in our food. Uses AI to identify bioactive molecules found in common food crops that can regulate genetics associated with health. Imagine safe drugs that only take 24 months to get to market. Atomo Coffee: Makes molecular without the coffee bean; made from sustainable agriculture side streams. Best coffee…
> Mycoworks
How did they trademark "reishi," a mushroom variety, for what's essentially mushroom leather?