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Re: Researchers suggest living in 'eternal summer' may be adversely impacting our health

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Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 12:12:41 PM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
>> Researchers suggest living in 'eternal summer' may be adversely 
>> impacting our health
>> > http://phys.org/news/2015-10-eternal-summer-adversely-impacting-health.html
>> 
>> 
>> > (Phys.org)--A team of researchers at the University of Aberdeen in the
>> > U.K. has had a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the
>> > Royal Society B, outlining what they describe as the dangers of
>> > living in an "eternal summer." By artificially changing the
>> > environment we live in, they argue, we may be working against health
>> > related bodily systems that have evolved over many years to protect
>> > us from dangers unique to each season.
>> >
>> > Scientists have known for some time that we humans are sensitive to
>> > seasonal variations--it is in our genes, roughly a quarter of them by
>> > recent estimates. Yet we continue to live our lives in heated homes
>> > filled with light, long into short winter days that simulate summer
>> > conditions. What impact does this have on our bodies? No one really
>> > knows, but the researchers with this new effort believe that there is
>> > an impact, and it is not good.
>> >
>> > As the researchers point out, our bodies have been programmed to
>> > adapt regularly to seasonal changes--important genes have evolved to
>> > the nudge the production of proteins, for example, that normally
>> > would be responsible for helping ward off ailments such as the flu.
>> > Instead, we fool our bodies into thinking it is summer all the time,
>> > and thus leave ourselves vulnerable. They also point out that we are
>> > also artificially protecting ourselves against global warming--as it
>> > grows warmer outside, all we have to do is keep the thermostat at the
>> > level we like. But, doing so could be dangerous, they suggest,
>> > because it is leading to a disconnect with the reality of what is
>> > going on outside of our homes and places of business.
>  
> 
> But did not man evolve in Africa, a land of endless summer?
> 
> Double-A

Such facts are totally foriegn to the spamming ass hole as they did
not originate from an arm waving, speculative puff piece on phys.org.

 

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Jim Pennino

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Researchers suggest living in 'eternal summer' may be adversely impacting our health Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 14:12 -0500
  Re: Researchers suggest living in 'eternal summer' may be adversely impacting our health gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-14 14:37 -0500
  Re: Researchers suggest living in 'eternal summer' may be adversely impacting our health jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-14 19:33 +0000
    Re: Researchers suggest living in 'eternal summer' may be adversely impacting our health Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 14:51 -0500
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  Re: Researchers suggest living in 'eternal summer' may be adversely impacting our health "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 13:30 -0700
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  Re: Researchers suggest living in 'eternal summer' may be adversely impacting our health Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-10-18 13:01 -0700
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