Good article in Journal of the American College of Nutrition titled Types of Dietary Fat and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: A Critical Review
It has a chart shows how LDL and HDL is affected by the various types of fat. Interestingly, certain saturated fats raises the good HDL cholesterol by the same amount that it raises the bad cholesterol LDL. So it balances out and may not be as bad as some people think.
Good reference.
WashingtonPost has chart linked here showing the relative mercury levels and the relative omega-3 levels of various seafoods.
You want the one with high omega-3 and low mercury.
Ever wonder what do teens text about? Find out in this infographic on Mashable.
Dr. Ben Kim writes article explaining why a person can die from force drinking too much water.
Unfortunately, it was reported that someone did die in a water-drinking contest called “”Hold Your Wee For A Wii” in which she drank 2 gallon worth of water.
This is due to consuming too much water in a too short amount of time and not allowing your bladder to empty. The circulatory system gets diluted with water, reducing electrolytes level. And the cells in the brain swell with water causing cranial pressure.
Infographic of the evolution of Facebook Features by GroSocial….
Each atom in the periodic table is unique and has an unique atomic number which indicates the number of protons that it has.
Scientific American has an periodic table that contains fun facts about each of the elements.
Another place to get info about the periodic table of element is WebElements. If you need more detailed info about the element, find it on Wikipedia.
University-Review.ca has a nice pictorial chart of the elements. If you have to remember all the elements for school, the pictures help you remember.
Via: OnlineSchools.org
Do not eat polar bear liver. At least not the whole thing in one meal. This is because it contains so much vitamin A that it becomes toxic. It contains a form of vitamin A called retinol. Vitamin A is one of those vitamins that one can overdose on.
But can a person die from it? Article on HowStuffWorks asks the question “Will I die if I eat polar bear liver?” It depends on how much is eaten. But it does report that early Western explorers suffered from “acute hypervitaminosis A” from eating polar bear liver. They became drowsy, sluggish, and irritable. They have pains in their heads and bone. They vomit and their vision blurred, and their skins flaked. The severe cases had hemorrhaging and entire skins peeled off. Some went into coma and died.[2]
Paper by Rodahl and Moore writes of vitamin A toxicity of bear and seal liver as experienced by Arctic explorers. It also tells of rodent experiments demonstrating some vitamin A toxicity effects in rats.[3]
HuffingtonPost says that …
“In fact, the way the Inuit used to kill explorers in the Arctic was to feed them polar bear liver, which gave them toxic doses of vitamin A”[4]
So yes, if one eats enough of it, one can die from it. Dr. Chopra says so on page 140 of his book “Dr. Chopra Says” …
“If eaten in one meal, polar bear liver can be deadly.”
According to WebMd …
“Vitamin A is LIKELY SAFE for most people when taken by mouth in amounts less than 10,000 units per day”[5]
That is for adult that is. For children, it should be less. And it is also dependent on your age, gender, size, and physical condition.
But most likely and speaking generally, it would not become toxic until 25,000 to 33,000 IU per day is reached. [6] A polar bear liver contains 24000 to 35000 IU per gram.[7] So one gram of it is enough to be toxic.
Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin. So it does not eliminate in urine. Instead it bio-accumulates in the fat of the liver. Many animals have vitamin A in their livers. Polar bears eats a lot of these animals (such as seals) and accumulate their vitamin A into their own liver.
[1] Vitamin A Toxicity
[2] Will I die if I eat polar bear liver? – HowStuffWorks.com
[3] The Vitamin A Content and Toxicity of Bear and Seal Liver
[4] Mark Hyman, MD: Vitamin D: Why You Are Probably NOT Getting Enough and How That Makes You Sick
[5] VITAMIN A: Uses, Side Effects, Interactions and Warnings – WebMD
[6] Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University
[7] Vitamin A in Polar Bear Liver
Upon looking on Amazon, there are so many types of diet book out there. There are three categories of macro-nutrients that the body consume: fat, protein, and carbohydrates. And there are good and bad types of each of these. So different types of diets try to tweak different portions of these macro-nutrients.
Here are just some of the types of diet books found on amazon in no particular order. They are not recommendations and some may even be harmful. But you may find some good info in some. And not all diet is right for everyone.
Low-Fat Living
Living Low Carb
The 30-Day Low-Carb Diet Solution
The Mediterranean Diet
The South Beach Diet
The New Atkins for a New You
The Spectrum
The UltraSimple Diet
The Insulin-Resistance Diet
The Diabetes Diet
The Glycemic Load Diet
The Paleo Solution
The Dash Diet
The New High Protein Diet
The Metabolic Effect Diet
The Real Food Diet Cookbook
The Oil-Protein Diet Cookbook
The High Intensity Diet
The Flexitarian Diet
The Vegan Diet
The Vegetarian Low-Carb Diet Cookbook
Flat Belly Diet
The 10/60 Diet
The Dukan Diet
Easy HCG Diet
The G.I. Diet
The New Detox Diet
The Carb Lovers Diet
The Raw Food Diet Plan
The Fat Resistance Diet
The Fat Burning Diet
The False Fat Diet
The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Vegetarian Diet
The Mayo Clinic Diet
The PCOS Diet Plan
The Full Plate Diet
The 17 Day Diet
Crazy Sexy Diet
The Hormone Diet
The No S Diet
The Thyroid Diet
The Beck Diet Solution
The Kind Diet
Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No Sugar Diet