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

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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

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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
      Re: Researchers suggest living in 'eternal summer' may be adversely impacting our health jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-14 20:05 +0000
      Re: Researchers suggest living in 'eternal summer' may be adversely impacting our health Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2015-10-18 17:22 -0400
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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
    Re: Researchers suggest living in 'eternal summer' may be adversely impacting our health jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-14 21:07 +0000
      Re: Researchers suggest living in 'eternal summer' may be adversely impacting our health "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 12:33 -0700
        Re: Researchers suggest living in 'eternal summer' may be adversely impacting our health jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-18 20:19 +0000
  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
    Re: Researchers suggest living in 'eternal summer' may be adversely impacting our health jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-18 20:29 +0000

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