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Healthcare, science, snake oil and pharmaceuticals.

Research proves popular intermittent fasting diet is just another scam

Another trendy diet is a scam? I’m almost surprised to hear that. Looks like diet and exercise is still the only thing that works aside from surgery.

The study by researchers from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) found that those who intermittently fasted for 12 weeks only lost a half-pound more than a group of people who ate normally.

Apparently some of the participants lost muscle as an added bonus. In the end this diet proved to be nothing more than snake oil and self-delusion.

How the wealthy are trying to buy immortality

Human, computer, robot? Why not all the above! That is the hope that many wealthy investors and they’re pouring money into trying to cheat death in a high-tech fashion.

You can read more of this in the Wall Street Journal but here is a little taste:

…in the midst of a global pandemic, but not long ago some of the most forward-looking people in the world believed that humanity was close to abolishing death. “If you ask me today, is it possible to live to be 500? The answer is yes,” said Bill Maris, the founder of Google Ventures, in 2015.

Apparently when you have enough money you even start believing you can buy your way outta dying. Do you think they can make it happen?