Off Brand

Hot Dogs

Talk about a bunch of baloney! There was a govt paid study on the correlation between hot dog consumption and childhood leukemia in 1994. Why hot dogs and leukemia? And, in 2004 it was debunked and there was no correlation or causation. What other frivolous studies have we done? Cocaine's effect on the sex life of quails. How about the 20 year study of steroid use on hamsters and their aggression? How about money to make a holographic museum of deceased comedians? Join us for a spirited discussion on this "Hot Dogs" episode of The Works.

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The Spice Melange Part 2 and AI byte me

Follow up to the calorie and nutritional panel episode. We wondered if the nutrition/calorie computations were wrong or incomplete. The Atwater study results defined the number of calories for fat, protein, and carbs and was amended in the 1970's to account for fiber. The new research suggest it is our gut bacteria that determines absorption. But, what if the proteins today are different than in the 1890s? Cows used to eat grass that has the amino acids we need and had protein. Cows today eat genetically modified corn that is low in amino acids and are all carbs/sugar...zero protein. Are we truly getting the protein that we think we are? A dive into the FDA/USDA site shows the breakdown of items. 80/20 ground beef at Wegmans has more grams of protein than Kroger and waaaay more than the ground beef at fast food. Joins us for an interesting discussion of nutrition computations on this "The Spice Melange Part 2" episode of The Works.

The Spice Melange - Part 1

Pardon the SouthPark reference...not! Remember when we jested that maybe the calorie definition might be off? Well, Arizona State University just came out with an study that suggests we may have gotten it wrong. Seems that our gut bacteria has a lot to do with it! ((queue SouthPark reference about Tom Brady fecal implant)) Calorie absorption and usage is dependent on our gut bacteria! Join us for a discussion about Arizona State's calorie/gut research in this "The Spice Melange - Part 1" episode of The Works.

AI-RIP

AI...what a load of BULL! Rest in peace! Jim makes a compelling argument of why AI will fizzle out in the next couple of years. The statistic that AI use has increased is interesting...since copilot is now a part of microsoft office license. Just because it was bundled in and EVERY business office uses microsoft office doesn't mean everyone is USING it! Jeesh! And, what does "data driven" decisions mean? Isn't that we used to make decisions before AI? Join us for a great discussion on this "AI-RIP" episode of The Works.