Quotes of the Day

Most of the thyroid cancers detected in screening do not require treatment. Finding and treating early disease is not useful. Only reducing the incidence of late-stage disease is useful, and these are not necessarily the same thing due to the occurrence of early metastasis. By some estimates, as many as one third of all adults have evidence of thyroid cancer, but the vast majority of these cancers do not produce symptoms or cause health problems. Finding and treating cancers that don’t need to be treated is not a useful strategy. [2020] - Jason Fung

In a study that looked at the effect of strength training in 62 frail seniors, the subjects who did only strength training for 6 months gained no muscle mass. Another group of subjects was given protein supplementation (via a protein shake); those subjects added an average of about 3 pounds of lean mass. The extra protein likely made the difference. Similar results have been found in multiple other studies, although it remains unclear whether protein supplementation helps to improve muscle "strength" as well as muscle mass. We don't store protein in the way we store fat (in fat cells) or glucose (as glycogen). If you consume more protein than you can synthesize into lean mass, you'll simply excrete the excess in your urine as urea. [2023] - Peter Attia

US Dietary Guidelines recommend limiting sodium to less than 2.3 grams a day. Limit added sugar (to sweeten coffee or tea) and sugar naturally present in fruit juices, honey, and syrups to less than 8 to 10 grams a day (2 teaspoons). When possible use fresh and seasonal vegetables, and dried legumes (beans, lentils, peas) that have been soaked overnight. [2018] - Valter Longo

The most common running injuries are bursitis over the hip bone (ITB syndrome), anterior knee pain, Achilles tendinitis, shin splints, and plantar fasciitis (sharp heel pain when you first get out of bed in the morning). So what does a runner have to do to stay injury-free? Start with your big toe. Flex it up and down and move it all around in a circle. To land correctly, you need 70 degrees of flexibility in the big toe. Next, make sure your calves, hamstrings, and quads are well stretched. Our muscles are most efficient and most supple at their optimum length. Next, even runners need to work on keeping their legs, hips, and cores strong. Finally, don’t forget your most important piece of equipment for runners: the shoes. Even if the upper cloth part of your shoes still looks good, realize that the soles last only 350 to 500 miles before their engineering fails. [2015] - Vonda Wright

If you place your protection based on a percentage loss you are not trading the market. [2004] - Bill Williams