/sci/ - Science & Math

>>7016746
Hey anon, I like your post! Got some questions.

>Rats fed diets without polyunsaturated fat are strongly resistant to cancer.

hmm
> Polyunsaturated fat can be found mostly in nuts, seeds, fish, algae, leafy greens, and krill.

So nuts are bad for you? Cereal is bad for you? Veggies are bad for you?

>Rats fed diets low in methionine are strongly resistant to cancer (and live considerably longer).
OK...
>High levels of methionine can be found in eggs, sesame seeds, Brazil nuts, fish, meats and some other plant seeds; methionine is also found in cereal grains. Most fruits and vegetables contain very little of it.

Hmm.. so no more eggs? :( No more milk? No more meat?

>However, I don't think one can patent coconut oil or gelatin, so we don't hear much about these.

Please explain. I always thought that coconut oil is bad for you (causes chart disease etc). and what's the deal with gelatin? Is it good for you?

Also, what diet do you recommend? Are there any web pages or books on good diets that are low in the above?

>>7000584
http://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-be-denied-tenure-as-a-professor

>The short answer: I was denied tenure at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 2008. It wasn't fun, it wasn't a surprise and it wasn't the end of anything really, other than my employment at UMass. All my graduate students were able to get their degrees. It was a big hit to my ego, and a big reality check: I was not made for a life-long academic career.

>The somewhat longer answer: it felt like being the victim of a mafia hit by members of your own "family": the same people that yesterday invited you to their kids birthday parties and pinned awards on your lapel are today pulling the trigger. I was treated with exaggerated courtesy, and I could tell some people were truly afraid I could go psycho and do something terrible. It felt unreal, after 15 years of a successful academic career to end like that. It also revealed a lot about the character of my colleagues: some avoiding me as if I had a contagious disease, others offering warm, friendly hands. Some even tried to show me the dark aspects of tenure, which to me sounded like a wealthy person's complaints about wealth.