The Daily Populous

Thursday April 27th, 2017 evening edition

How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat
Authored by nytimes.com
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The Harvard scientists and the sugar executives with whom they collaborated are no longer alive.

The industry “should have exercised greater transparency in all of its research activities,” the Sugar Association statement said.

It said that several decades of research had concluded that sugar “does not have a unique role in heart disease.”.

The revelations are important because the debate about the relative harms of sugar and saturated fat continues today, Dr. Glantz said.

At the time, studies had begun pointing to a relationship between high-sugar diets and the country’s high rates of heart disease.

The Harvard scientists had dismissed the data on sugar as weak and given far more credence to the data implicating saturated fat.

After the review was published, the debate about sugar and heart disease died down, while low-fat diets gained the endorsement of many health authorities, Dr. Glantz said. »

Billionaire Paul Allen pledges $30M toward permanent housing for Seattle’s homeless
Authored by seattletimes.com

Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen will donate $30 million toward a permanent housing facility for as many as 100 low-income and homeless families in Seattle.

The facility will include a service center open to residents and the wider community, said Bill Rumpf, Mercy Housing Northwest president.

Residents of permanent housing such as this generally pay no more than 30 percent of their income for rent. »

Trump agrees 'not to terminate NAFTA at this time'
Authored by cnn.com
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Trump reiterated those points Thursday morning, tweeting, "if we do not reach a fair deal for all, we will then terminate NAFTA."

I received calls from the President of Mexico and the Prime Minister of Canada asking to renegotiate NAFTA rather than terminate.

...subject to the fact that if we do not reach a fair deal for all, we will then terminate NAFTA. »

House Democrats Pass Abortion Legislation
Authored by nprillinois.org

As women rallied at the Illinois Capitol Tuesday, the House passed a measure that would allow abortion to be covered by Medicaid and state-employee health insurance.

If it also passes the Senate, it would be the first abortion legislation sent to the governor’s desk in 17 years.

In Illinois, abortion laws have changed very little in the last 40 years. »

Presidential Job Approval Center
Authored by gallup.com

Presidential job approval is a simple, yet powerful, measure of the public's view of the president's job performance at a particular time.

Approval ratings for Presidents Obama and Trump shown in the Presidential Job Approval Center are based on weekly Gallup Daily tracking averages.

Download and export daily, weekly, monthly and yearly presidential job approval ratings in Gallup Analytics. »

In pictures

image for This frog that lives in my fence.
image for Found this in an old shoe box at my dad's. It's my parents, 1990
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image for [I ate] Hot Fried Chicken Sandwich With Vinegar Pickles and Lemon Aioli on a Brioche Bun
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image for [Image] Nobody knows the hardships you've faced better than you
image for The Lineman, Norman Rockwell, Oil on Canvas, 1949
image for We commissioned a high school student for $50 for album art and were floored
image for I drew a Chrono Trigger wallpaper
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image for "I'll just sleep right here so nobody steals my food"
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image for A guest dropped a pacifier in the Cypress Swamp exhibit at the Virginia Living Museum today. Someone was quick to take advantage!
image for I've lost over 160lbs since 2014 and run in my third ultra marathon in 23 days!
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