Harold Weil

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[Dalton (Analyze & Optimize) @Outdoctrination]

Ice cream is actually one of the healthiest foods in existence, judging by a multitude of recent research articles.

There was a very highly publicized article that came out in 2018 out of Harvard.

It was for a student's dissertation, he found that ice cream was inversely associated with heart disease.

The nutrition department and the student himself tried repeatedly to "make the association go away" with different analysis, and checking his work.

But it didn't.

Not only was ice cream reported as beneficial,

it was actually one of the most beneficial dairy products analyzed.

With up to a 12% reduction in heart disease risk for having >2 servings of ice cream per week.

This wasn't the first study to find benefits of ice cream, and it also wasn't the last.

In a 2013 meta analysis of studies, they also found a protective effect of ice cream on diabetes.

You can see the bias against ice cream, as they don't even mention it in the main page.

That's despite ice cream showing one of the BEST results of any food studied for diabetes risk.

Another study from 2014 showed the same thing.

Again, this is a meta analysis, not just one study. They are pooling together all of the studies on ice cream and diabetes and still finding this.

The best result of any dairy food studied - here with a 32% reduction in diabetes risk.

The bias against ice cream is very strong in these studies.

A 2016 study once again showing the same benefit of ice cream for diabetes risk.

They say that the study above (Chen et al) showed "attenuated association" once diet collection information was stopped after hypertension or high cholesterol diagnosis.

They argue that this means that the association is invalid.

But not only did they not try to dismiss any other food studied like this, but this is just objectively not true (see above - there still was an association).

They also buried their results on ice cream in the supplementary tables so it didn't even make the paper.

That's probably because they didn't like the fact that once again, ice cream intake was inversely and strongly associated with diabetes risk.

So you really can't argue that there was some kind of agenda in favor of ice cream here.

More recent studies show the same thing.

A 2019 paper again showed a lower risk of diabetes with increased ice cream consumption.

And again, they put this information at the very end in the supplementary tables to try to hide it.

Finally, the most recent study in 2024 showed the STRONGEST association for ice cream's protective effect on diabetes.

There was a linear dose response.

That means more ice cream = less diabetes, straight up.

In fact, there was a 50% reduction in risk for having one serving per day.

Which, as you could guess by this point, was the greatest risk reduction of any dairy food studied.

Why would ice cream actually be good for you?

My main guess is the unique protective fats in dairy, that are abundant in ice cream.

◇ C15
◇ C17
◇ CLA
◇ TVA
◇ TPA

are fats almost exclusively in dairy fat, and all have unique effects.

◇ Mitochondrial enhancing
◇ Anti-inflammatory
◇ Anti-thrombotic
◇ Lipid lowering
◇ Fat burning
◇ Cancer preventing

I've covered these all at length in other content.

Of course, this is all observational.

This is simply seeing what people eat and then seeing what happens to them. It's not an experiment. That is definitely a limitation.

However, when you see the same association, consistently, across decades, regardless of analysis and confounding adjustment, you probably have something real.

This is not to say everyone should go and immediately pound gallons of ice cream for invincibility.

But... it does mean having reasonable amounts of ice cream is likely good for you.

[Adam Louis-Klein @adam_louis52328]

Post this under anyone who spreads the antizionist genocide libel.
#antizionismisgenocide

[Michael MacKay @mhmck]

Aggressor russia will be defeated. Defender Ukraine will be victorious.

It is in the best interests of humanity that Ukraine’s victory is a total one and that russia’s defeat is catastrophic and humiliating – and leads to the final destruction of the Moscow Empire.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

You don’t want to be a Russian soldier right now

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

How can any American still perceive Trump seriously as POTUS?
Spoiler: No foreigner does.

[Bernard-Henri Lévy @BHL]

Trump abandoned the Kurds, the Afghans, the Ukrainians, and the Iranians. Today, he is abandoning the Israelis (and their Arab allies). I have been saying so, and writing so, for years. But I have never been so saddened to be proved right.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Oh ok.

Maybe the 42nd time is a charm

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Tell us about the time you stole billions from Medicare, Rick.

[Steve Schmidt @SteveSchmidtSES]

"A society that can’t blush is a society in danger. A people who can’t be embarrassed by corruption will eventually be governed by the corrupt. A nation that stops caring about honor will eventually be led by people who don’t possess it."

https://t.co/IzkgblgyPq

[Adam Louis-Klein @adam_louis52328]

How the colonizer libel grounds all of the claims of antizionist ideology: including the genocide libel.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today, for the first time, we mark the Day of the Unmanned Systems Forces, and from now on, each year, June 11 will be a day of our gratitude to the warriors of the Unmanned Systems Forces.

Modern warfare can no longer be imagined without drones, and Ukrainian unmanned systems are operating successfully at different levels: from carrying out missions on the frontline to striking important enemy facilities hundreds of kilometers deep inside its territory. All of this is being documented, and it is thanks to the precision and skill of our operators that Russia’s losses have long exceeded 30,000 killed and wounded per month.

I thank each and every person serving in the Unmanned Systems Forces, developing Ukrainian technologies, and working for the sake of our advantage on the battlefield. Thank you to everyone who is working to reduce Russia’s capabilities and strengthen our security.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

Trump Goes Full Chaos Mode: Kharg Island Is Next

President Trump announced Thursday that the US would strike Iran again, threatening to take control of the country’s energy infrastructure including the key oil export hub of Kharg Island. 

“The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.  This will be the third consecutive night the US military strikes Iran. 

An operation to “assume total control” of Iran’s oil and gas markets and infrastructure will occur “at some point in the not too distant future,” Trump vowed. Kharg Island accounts for around 90% of Iran’s crude exports. 

White House officials believe taking the island would “totally bankrupt” Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

Trump told Fox News that US forces would “bomb the s—” out of Iran tonight if Tehran declines to sign a peace agreement. Iran’s foreign ministry condemned the “blatant aggression.” Iran, for its part, is reportedly willing to negotiate, but Trump says they are being too proud for their own good.

The pattern here is familiar. A man who swings between dealmaker and demolition crew is using maximum pressure as a negotiating tactic, with a $90-a-barrel oil market and the global economy as collateral. Whether tonight brings bombs or a phone call, nobody, including apparently anyone inside the White House, seems entirely sure.

Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

[Adam Zivo @AdamZivo]

Did you know that 52% of British Muslims wanted to outlaw homosexuality in 2016? That number isn’t an outlier: numerous studies have shown that Islamic homophobia is a major problem, including in Canada 🇨🇦 — so what can we do about it?

#cdnpoli #onpoli #topoli

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

So Trump is sending his Secretary of State to tomorrow’s opening match between the U.S. and Paraguay in Los Angeles. Is he afraid of getting booed, or afraid he’ll fall asleep during the entire match?

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

@GunterFehlinger The vigorous reporting into Aughinish was kickstarted by Irish people who are disgusted by the russian refinery. That includes @ConorGallaghe_r and the team at Alumina21. Yes there’s problems with politicians in Ireland but it’s not representative of the Irish people 🙏

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

A large military + strong alliances prevents war. One without the other doesn't. We've run this experiment before. We know how it ends. (link in reply)

[Harold Weil @HWEIL]

@DrEliDavid Sleepy Don is at it again.

[Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid]

🚨 Breaking: Iran was just given a 2-day ultimatum to reach a deal.

If they fail to do so in 2 days, the consequences are clear: they will have another 2 weeks. Or 2 months.

[Adam Louis-Klein @adam_louis52328]

@hasanthehun @KweenInYellow

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

REP. BACON: President Trump wants to negotiate settlement between Ukraine and Russia, acting like referee in boxing match, but that’s not the case. There’s good versus evil here.

Russia invading Ukraine, bombing cities every night. America should be unashamedly on the right side — the side of democracy, the side of Ukraine, country that wants to align with us.

Russia hates us. Putin hates United States, hates what we stand for. I don’t know why President Trump can’t see that.

I’ve waited year and a half in this Congress to get something done on Ukraine, and we’ve done nothing.

There have been no votes, no policies from the leadership here or from President to support a country that is fighting for its life.

I agree that Ukraine has the upper hand right now, but Russia is bombing those cities every night, and we should be there to help them defend against these ballistic missile attacks.

Actions speak louder than words.