Everyone knows about FAT: we all care about it and everyone worries about it. Fat is among the most popular topics in the urbanized world, perhaps slightly less of a concern to the rural population and in some societies, an asset to some few. Our conversations about FAT are limited, most of the time, to “White” Adipose Tissue, referred to in the medical literature as WAT; most of us know nothing about brown fat – our Brown Adipose Tissue, jocularly nicknamed BAT. [1] Graphic from “ice bath science”, by Thomas P. Seager, PhD; https://www.morozkoforge.com/post/ice-bath-science [1] We have 2 types of…
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I just received a note in my “Guardian” newsfeed, regarding a much-lauded, best-selling book, entitled “Uprooting: From The Caribbean To The Countryside – Finding Home In An English Country Garden”, by Dr. Marchelle Farrell. [1]According to the Guardian newspaper, Dr. Farrell, a psychiatrist of African/Trinidadian origin who studied, and is working, in the UK, describes the dismay and anxiety which she experienced, on hearing that as an Afro-Caribbean migrant, any children she might have were highly likely to develop schizophrenia.She was advised that the risk of schizophrenia in the offspring of African/Caribbean-origin women, migrant to the UK, is “9 times…
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