Guest guest Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Hi folks: For some reason Al's post below causes me to become a bit philosophical. Perhaps because of the depths of the insights it reveals for the first time about human nutrition and behaviour. Isn't it wonderful to be lucky enough to be alive in an age which started only about 400 years ago, when science finally, after millions of years of our existence, began to understand the nature of things? Things the knowledge of which enables us to cure all kinds of previously incurable diseases; communicate with each other instantly over thousands of miles; travel in a few hours to places to which only Drake or Marco Polo travelled a few centuries ago; send humans for the first time away from planet earth, to our nearest interplanetary neighbor the moon; and fairly soon, no doubt, to planets such as Mars and perhaps beyond? Etc. etc. etc.. In addition, finally scientists are enabling all of us to get a much better idea about how the human body works, what nutrition is all about, how diseases can be prevented, and how we can each slow our rate of aging and extend our lifespans .............. at least for those who choose to pay attention and incorporate existing knowledge into our own lives. In addition, only a few years ago the internet was developed which enables us all for the first time, like-minded in issues of health, to communicate with each other here for our mutual benefit. And to have people like Francesca who has provided us with the facility through which we can all communicate this kind of information; and people like Al who keeps feeding us this wonderful stuff (an example of which is below) which very gradually, piece by piece, is unravelling the puzzle of what we are all about - and how to take advantage of that knowledge. Yes. Certainly there are things in the world about which, even in North America, we can feel distinctly uneasy. But we all have an enormous amount to be grateful for. Bravo, folks. Keep it up. This place is an invaluable source of information for those who like to get their health information from seriously credible sources and delivered, most of the time, in language we can understand. The world has come a long way in just the past twenty years. It is difficult to imagine progress continuing at anywhere near the recent rate. But is probably going to .......... quite likely at an accelerated pace! The cure for aging can't be all that far in the future. Perhaps 100 years? Perhaps 50? Perhaps 20? Who knows? Which reminds me I have another hundred calories to delete from my diet. Better start tomorrow! Rodney. --- In , Al Pater <old542000@y...> wrote: > > Hi All, > > The apparently free-to-all-full-text below is the review and article. It is > pdf-available off-list from me. > > Abumrad NA. > CD36 may determine our desire for dietary fats. > J Clin Invest. 2005 Nov;115(11):2965-7. > PMID: 16276408 > > http://www.jci.org/cgi/content/full/115/11/2965 > > " Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half. " > > Laugerette F, Passilly-Degrace P, Patris B, Niot I, Febbraio M, Montmayeur JP, > Besnard P. > CD36 involvement in orosensory detection of dietary lipids, spontaneous fat > preference, and digestive secretions. > J Clin Invest. 2005 Nov 1;115(11):3177-3184. > PMID: 16276419 > > http://www.jci.org/cgi/content/full/115/11/3177 > > Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@y... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Hi folks: For some reason Al's post below causes me to become a bit philosophical. Perhaps because of the depths of the insights it reveals for the first time about human nutrition and behaviour. Isn't it wonderful to be lucky enough to be alive in an age which started only about 400 years ago, when science finally, after millions of years of our existence, began to understand the nature of things? Things the knowledge of which enables us to cure all kinds of previously incurable diseases; communicate with each other instantly over thousands of miles; travel in a few hours to places to which only Drake or Marco Polo travelled a few centuries ago; send humans for the first time away from planet earth, to our nearest interplanetary neighbor the moon; and fairly soon, no doubt, to planets such as Mars and perhaps beyond? Etc. etc. etc.. In addition, finally scientists are enabling all of us to get a much better idea about how the human body works, what nutrition is all about, how diseases can be prevented, and how we can each slow our rate of aging and extend our lifespans .............. at least for those who choose to pay attention and incorporate existing knowledge into our own lives. In addition, only a few years ago the internet was developed which enables us all for the first time, like-minded in issues of health, to communicate with each other here for our mutual benefit. And to have people like Francesca who has provided us with the facility through which we can all communicate this kind of information; and people like Al who keeps feeding us this wonderful stuff (an example of which is below) which very gradually, piece by piece, is unravelling the puzzle of what we are all about - and how to take advantage of that knowledge. Yes. Certainly there are things in the world about which, even in North America, we can feel distinctly uneasy. But we all have an enormous amount to be grateful for. Bravo, folks. Keep it up. This place is an invaluable source of information for those who like to get their health information from seriously credible sources and delivered, most of the time, in language we can understand. The world has come a long way in just the past twenty years. It is difficult to imagine progress continuing at anywhere near the recent rate. But is probably going to .......... quite likely at an accelerated pace! The cure for aging can't be all that far in the future. Perhaps 100 years? Perhaps 50? Perhaps 20? Who knows? Which reminds me I have another hundred calories to delete from my diet. Better start tomorrow! Rodney. --- In , Al Pater <old542000@y...> wrote: > > Hi All, > > The apparently free-to-all-full-text below is the review and article. It is > pdf-available off-list from me. > > Abumrad NA. > CD36 may determine our desire for dietary fats. > J Clin Invest. 2005 Nov;115(11):2965-7. > PMID: 16276408 > > http://www.jci.org/cgi/content/full/115/11/2965 > > " Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half. " > > Laugerette F, Passilly-Degrace P, Patris B, Niot I, Febbraio M, Montmayeur JP, > Besnard P. > CD36 involvement in orosensory detection of dietary lipids, spontaneous fat > preference, and digestive secretions. > J Clin Invest. 2005 Nov 1;115(11):3177-3184. > PMID: 16276419 > > http://www.jci.org/cgi/content/full/115/11/3177 > > Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@y... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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