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No, Resveratrol Is Not A Cognitive Enhancer, and Yes, Peer-Reviewed Science Is Important

Here is why you have to read original peer-reviewed research—not just the popular media’s summary of it, or interim findings presented at conferences.

Red Wine Goes To Your Head – But Helps You Think – Medical News Today – April 3, 2009

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Physical Fitness: Who Cares? Answer: Because Being Fat Makes You Depressed, and Being Depressed Makes You Fat

Obesity and depression are strongly linked. (The quoted study can be found here.)

“Obesity, Luppino and colleagues found, increases the risk of depression in initially non-depressed individuals by 55 percent and depression increases the risk of obesity in initially normal-weight individuals by 58 percent.” […] [ . . . ]

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When The Conclusions Don't Match The Headlines (Or The Data): Michael Benton Is Wrong, and Darwin Is Still Right

This article trumpets a startling lead: “Charles Darwin may have been wrong when he argued that competition was the major driving force of evolution.” “Space is the final frontier for evolution, study claims” -BBC News

Professor Michael Benton of Bristol University makes his pot-stirring mission abundantly clear by stating outright “Competition did not [ . . . ]

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No, Resveratrol Is Not A Cognitive Enhancer, and Yes, Peer-Reviewed Science Is Important

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When The Conclusions Don't Match The Headlines (Or The Data): Michael Benton Is Wrong, and Darwin Is Still Right