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Could Diabetes Spread Like Mad Cow Disease? (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit quotes Science magazine:
Prions are insidious proteins that spread like infectious agents and trigger fatal conditions such as mad cow disease. A protein implicated in diabetes, a new study suggests, shares some similarities with these villains. Researchers transmitted diabetes from one mouse to another just by injecting the animals with this protein. The results don't indicate that diabetes is contagious like a cold, but blood transfusions, or even food, may spread the disease.
The work is "very exciting" and "well-documented" for showing that the protein has some prionlike behavior, says prion biologist Witold Surewicz of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who wasn't connected to the research. However, he cautions against jumping to the conclusion that diabetes spreads from person to person. The study raises that possibility, he says, but "it remains to be determined."
The work is "very exciting" and "well-documented" for showing that the protein has some prionlike behavior, says prion biologist Witold Surewicz of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who wasn't connected to the research. However, he cautions against jumping to the conclusion that diabetes spreads from person to person. The study raises that possibility, he says, but "it remains to be determined."
AIDS is only transferred when you fuck someone in the ass or share needles. It is VERY difficult to catch unless you are a stupid drug addict or you like to sodomize other people and not use a condom.
Are you trolling, or do you really believe this? If the latter, please tell us that you're not actually sexually active. If you are, by all means, please give this speech to any prospective partners.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
It's only when politicians discovered that they can get HIV from having penis/vagina sex with female prostitutes that government research funding took off.
This isn't a public health issue? Check out the rates world-wide.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
You throw cutting carbs out like it is some easy task. Getting down to 15g/day is not trivial and takes a fair amount of dedication and changing almost everything you eat. Most people I've converted to keto have trouble getting to under 50g/day consistently. Use 2tbp of ketchup? Close to the limit. Eat two carrots? Close to the limit. Drink a glass of milk? Over the limit.
Now you don't mention replacing carb calories with fat, so I'm not sure if you're even a keto or low carb high fat (LCHF) follower...but I will agree that LCHF/keto diet has my body & mind feeling and operating better than ever.