This week Adam, Cat, Darren, Jon, and Xander discuss calorie restricted diets, wedding superstitions, bisphenol A, and the world of unlucky numbers. Due to time constraints no logical fallacy of the week was discussed.
Listen now: http://media.libsyn.com/media/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_13_-_2008-11-06.mp3
Show Notes
Calorie Restricted Diets:
Those in favour: Dr. Walford – Living the CR Way
Those skeptical: Dr. Novella
Wedding Superstitions:
weddings.co.uk
Snopes
How Stuff Works
Bisphenol A (BPA):
Studies
CBC Review
TIME Magazine Review
Unlucky Numbers:
Unlucky Chinese Number (Wikipedia)
Yaku-Doshi
Magic Chinese Wedding Date
A new study just got released that apparently shows that calorie restricted diet has no effect on rhesus monkeys. Bummer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/science/low-calorie-diet-doesnt-prolong-life-study-of-monkeys-finds.html?_r=1