A new review suggests that the type of fat you eat may affect your risk of developing type 2 diabetes . Saturated fats rich in palmitic acid – the most common saturated fatty acid in U.S. foods – appear to make it harder for the body to respond to insulin. Meanwhile, monounsaturated fats rich in oleic acid — such as those found in olive oil — may help protect against insulin resistance , the review concluded. ONE TYPE OF OLIVE OIL HAS A SURPRISING EFFECT ON BRAINPOWER DURING AGING "Palmitic acid
Growing number of cases involve police working as rideshare drivers while carrying government-issued guns When the gap between his salary and his family’s basic expenses began widening dramatically, Diego – like many other Argentinians – started working as a rideshare driver on top of his day job. He usually does a few hours at the end of his 12-hour shift; and more on his days off. It would be just another story from recession-ridden Argentina, but for the fact that Diego is a federal police of
I am an Arab. I am a Muslim. And I have spent years trying to understand the movement that calls itself BDS, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel . I still don’t. I understand grievances. I understand the pain of a conflict that has cost lives on every side and broken too many families. What I do not understand is a movement that insists it advances justice by demanding that human beings reject the very things that heal them, feed them, protect them and connect them. Here is the unco
Country is ‘militarily the strongest in Europe’, says Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who wants coalition ready in case US pulls troops The US’s attitude to the defence of Europe has changed permanently and a European coalition of the willing, including Ukraine, should be established to defend the continent, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a former Nato secretary general, has said. A coalition of the willing compromising 45 states is already in theory poised to act as a reassurance and training force inside Ukrai
Leaked letter to PM and military demands action to stop violence against Palestinians in occupied West Bank Dozens of Israelis from the country’s security, political and cultural elite have threatened legal action against their government over support for Jewish terrorism and an “ideology of ethnic cleansing” in the occupied West Bank , according to a leaked letter. Two former prime ministers, former heads of all Israeli security services, former judges, a Nobel laureate and the country’s most r
Fox News · Oct 8
1. Dems rattled after progressive wave sweeps New York primaries 2. Congress passes biggest housing overhaul in decades 3. President Trump's plan for NATO just got a new big backer TAXPAYER RIP-OFF — Feds nab hospice operators and pill schemers in massive healthcare crackdown. Continue reading … LONE STAR LEFT — Senate hopeful caught saying he 'hates Christianity' on progressive podcast. Continue reading … LIVES CUT SHORT — Six dead after recently paroled man allegedly set fire to homeless shelt
ABC News · Oct 8
France has confirmed its first Ebola case linked to the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials said.
NPR News · Oct 8
NPR's A Martínez asks Republican political consultant Doug Heye about whether Trump is losing support among congressional Republicans after the Senate voted to limit his war powers on Iran.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
1. Failures in maternity and neonatal care were ‘systemic, deep-rooted and sustained over many years’At every stage of care received from the trust, from antenatal to postnatal, mothers and their babies were subject to deep-rooted and systemic issues. There were repeated failures to accurately report, grade and investigate serious occurrences, resulting in severe harm or even death to mothers and their babies, while such instances were routinely downgraded or dismissed as “unavoidable” to escape
