Jumat, 08/10/2010 15:47 WIB
Daging Merah Pemicu Kanker?
Renny Wahyuningsih - detikFood

Jakarta - Apakah Anda tergolong penggemar daging? Jika ya, ada baiknya sedikit berhati-hati dalam mengkonsumsi daging merah. Konon, daging merah disinyalir sebagai pemicu kanker payudara. Bagaimana mungkin?

Konsumsi daging merah pada awalnya adalah karena kandungan protein dan zat besi serta sejumlah nutrisi lain yang diperlukan oleh tubuh. Daging merah, merupakan sebutan untuk daging dari ternak seperti sapi, kerbau, domba, kambing, kuda, babi, dan lain-lain.

Seperti yang diulas oleh eatingwell, daging merah ternyata mengandung banyak lemak dan hormon yang sering ditambahkan pada hewan ternak. Inilah yang meningkatkan hormon penyebab kanker, seperti kanker payudara atau kanker prostat. Daging juga tinggi protein, protein akan memecah amonia yang bersifat karsinogenik pada manusia.

Dalam sebuah penelitian terhadap 35.372 wanita Inggris. Mereka diberi minimal 60 gram daging merah atau 30 gram daging olahan per hari dikaitkan dengan meningkatnya risiko kanker payudara. Resiko akan lebih besar pada wanita menopause.

Secara alami protein dan lemak sangat di butuhkan oleh tubuh, namun jika asupan protein yang masuk terlalu banyak, maka tubuh akan mengalami ketidakseimbangan. Hal ini berakibat obesitas atau kelebihan berat badan. Selain itu juga memicu timbulnya sel kanker dan batu ginjal.

Anda tidak perlu takut mengkonsumsi daging merah, namun harus lebih cermat memilih jenis daging baik. Misalnya dengan mengganti atau menyelingi konsumsi daging merah dengan daging putih (daging ayam atau ikan). Bisa juga mengkonsumsi daging sapi organik atau daging sapi bebas hormon yang sudha banyak dijual di pasaran.


( dev / Odi )

Honeybee Mystery Solved!

This article made me really happy. In case you weren't aware, since 2006 honeybees have been dying in droves, and no one knew why. All I could figure was that some seriously weird X-Files stuff was going on. But it turned out it was a virus-fungal double whammy. So, no aliens or mutant corn, just something pretty humdrum as far as nature is concerned.

Image by BrainPop

The nice part about the article was how the different scientists collaborated - all due to some clever networking:

"Human nature and bee nature were interconnected in how the puzzle pieces came together. Two brothers helped foster communication across disciplines. A chance meeting and a saved business card proved pivotal.
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But it took a family connection — through David Wick, Charles’s brother — to really connect the dots. When colony collapse became news a few years ago, Mr. Wick, a tech entrepreneur who moved to Montana in the 1990s for the outdoor lifestyle, saw a television interview with Dr. Bromenshenk about bees.

Mr. Wick knew of his brother’s work in Maryland, and remembered meeting Dr. Bromenshenk at a business conference. A retained business card and a telephone call put the Army and the Bee Alert team buzzing around the same blossom.

I love that. (And not just because I'm a sucker for bad puns.). Person C connects Persons A and B, and fabulous science happens.

fun before and after....

before i went to bed last night, i picked up one of my dad's this old house magazines (do y'all read this....it has some good stuff from time to time) and saw this fun before and after kitchen.  i thought y'all might enjoy it too!  the backsplash kind of reminds me of tom scheerer's fabulous kitchens.  i'm away for the rest of the week so i hope y'all have a fabulous weekend!!

*all images from this old house

it's a strange feeling when you wake up and you have an email saying "did you see this"!   seleta, you rock for filling me in...and San Francisco Chronicle- i love you more than peanut butter hearts jelly for including me in your article.

*images courtesy of dirty pretty things, sweet nothings, suzie beezie, emmas blogg

Diversity hiring - walking the walk

As as mentioned earlier, I like to keep my ear to the ground when it comes to jobs, both inside the academy and out. So reading various ads, I've become fascinated by their wording. The way things are phrased and formatted conveys a lot of information to me.

For example, when the ads says, "We expect candidates to have 18.5 years experience studying the effect of RF signals being used near the great barrier reef, and can teach advanced classes in fluid mechanics and 20th century literature," I think, inside job. The phrasing implies they have a particular candidate they wish to hire. I exaggerate here, and don't wish to call out any particular institutions, but, seriously? Why are they even advertising? I suppose laws / their institution requires them to advertise broadly, but this ad really excludes just about everyone, which completely defeats the purpose of those laws.

But even more than that, I am intrigued by how statements of diversity are phrased. According to institutions that are Equal Opportunity (EEO) and/or Affirmative Action (AA) employers, federal law says they must at the very least include this:

 FooBar is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. 

But some institutions go beyond this, and actually craft wording into their ad which makes me believe they mean it. For example, when they say something like, "We are committed to building a diverse organization, and strongly encourage people from minority groups, women, and people with disabilities to apply," I am far more likely to believe them. And when they even go beyond that and explain what steps they've done to build a more inclusive workplace, such as on site childcare, a fully accessible campus, etc., I am even more likely to believe them.

When it's just written as a a token phrase, particularly if it's in a tiny tiny font at the bottom of the page, and particularly when I go to their webpage and see that all their employees/faculty look like this -

- I tend not to believe them.

So, job ad writers, if you truly want to recruit candidates who have disabilities, minorities, and women, and you want to make that picture more diverse, then bring it out in your language. Just as you would like applicants to explain in their cover letter how they are a good fit for your institution, make it sound like you want your institution to be a good fit for them. Otherwise I think people are probably less likely to apply. I know I would be.