Useless Idiots

Stories about people who are useless to society.

More Defending of The Indefensible Ketogenic Diet

by Michael Suede • September 16, 2017

Michael Carrato, one of my readers, didn’t like what I had to say about his ketogenic diet regimen. Carrato writes: Are you saying that a ketogenic diet CANNOT reverse diabetes and improve markers for CHD? Because it seems that the position of the anti-fat crowd is that keto is positively incompatible with good health, that low…

by Michael Suede • September 12, 2017

Lew Rockwell recently published an article by Dr. Joseph Mercola, who seems enamored with ketogenic diets for some reason. In the article, Mercola advocates for eating a high fat diet and regularly putting oneself into a state of ketosis. Mercola claims this will promote longevity and “boost mitochondrial function.” It’s true that a properly done ketogenic…

by Michael Suede • July 25, 2017

It happens to be that my brother needs a better paying job. He doesn’t have a degree, but he is a hard worker. He doesn’t like factory or trade work, but he’s always enjoyed working in the fast paced environment of the food service industry. After poking around for some jobs I thought he might…

by Michael Suede • July 18, 2017

Michael Vacanti’s comments in the video seem pretty representative of the people who review What The Health, so I figured I’d make a response post to him. My comments below debunk his comments in the video point by point. 1. It’s not just observational studies in terms of meat causing cancer. N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) is a potent…

by Michael Suede • November 18, 2016

So far it’s looking like a mix of good and bad. His national security adviser, Retired Gen. Michael Flynn, isn’t too bad, but the AG (Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions) and CIA Director (Republican congressman Mike Pompeo of Kansas) suck. I think Flynn’s wiki page has been edited to make him look as bad as…

by Michael Suede • November 9, 2016

California voted to ban plastic grocery bags. Seriously, this is infuriating. Now I’ll have to lug a bunch of reusable bags around or pay a 10 cent surcharge for each paper bag. I can’t believe a majority of people in CA voted for this nonsense. This also means I’ll have to make double the trips…

by Michael Suede • March 7, 2016

Apparently Peter and his buddy Gary Taubes just love themselves some crappy pseudoscience. Both of them are funded by the Arnold Foundation, with substantial ties to animal agriculture industry lobbying. Marion Nestle notes the Arnold’s working relationship with a National Restaurant Association and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association consultant. So let’s go over the bogus arguments in this…

by Michael Suede • March 7, 2016

What a great Saturday night! I setup my giant 120″ projector screen in my friend’s yard and we invited a pile of people over to watch the Diaz v. McGregor fight on pay per view. I swear it’s better than actually being there. What I didn’t know until recently is that McGregor got his butt kicked by a…

by Michael Suede • July 6, 2011

This article is in response to claims by inflationistas that Bitcoin isn’t a viable currency because the supply of coins does not inflate to counter-act deflation. Their arguments against my previous article on this subject are as follows: Big building projects are FINANCED, that means borrowed money. So the exact opposite of what you’re saying…

by Michael Suede • June 11, 2011

As many of my regular readers know, I’ve already written a few articles on Bitcoin that explain why it is money. In those articles I have addressed why the inherent properties of Bitcoin give it value as a medium of exchange. One of those properties that I mentioned, but did not go into very deeply, is the…