What are some facts that would cause, an immediate update in beliefs and non trivial daily life application? I am looking for things that are relatively uncontroversial, things that people just aren’t aware of and if they knew about it, they would change they way they feel about it immediately.
For example I just found out that 2/3rds of imported extra virgin olive oil is adulterated or not actually olive oil. Some brands that I recognize and have bought my whole life is not really extra virgin olive oil, therefore I never got the health benefits. Consumer reports and UC Davis tests show corroborating evidence that most cheap evoo is not what it claims to be. Knowing this, I will probably never again buy those brands who do not undergo voluntary quality testing and seek out to buy authentic evoo or at the very least attempt avoid overpaying for fake olive oil when I could just go with regular cooking oil. This article has information and links to the UC Davis testing results.
While I agree that you have to be careful about olive oil you buy in a supermarket, I am somewhat wary about the UC Davis results. My wariness is a function of two sentences. One is on the front page of http://olivecenter.ucdavis.edu/ -- it says “Enhancing the quality and economic viability of California table olives and olive oil” (emphasis mine). The second one is in the report and it says “We are grateful to Corto Olive, California Olive Ranch, and the California Olive Oil Council for their financial support
of this research.”
Also, an observation. EVOO ages. If you really want the freshest tastiest yummiest EVOO you need to buy it around December, a month or two after the harvest (the bottle should have the harvest date on it). If you take the same EVOO and try it after a year has passed, it will be different, certainly by taste. Note that it’s still “true” EVOO—no heating or adulteration or anything. It’s just that time has passed.
To try real fresh EVOO buy a bottle of what’s called Olio Nuovo and make sure it’s not more than a couple of months after the harvest.
I am not sure about the calendar of California olive growers, but Italian olio nuovo is not available right now—this year’s harvest will arrive in late November or December. Look for it e.g. here or here.
I think we need some sort of wiki page to list high-value practical advice, where people could e.g. look under “health” and they’d be directed to Shangri-La for weight-loss, or a list of what supplements they should take for general health, with direct Amazon links, or melatonin, red light, red glasses, sleep masks, etc. for sleeping better, and so on. (I am not going to create such a page.)
What are some facts that would cause, an immediate update in beliefs and non trivial daily life application? I am looking for things that are relatively uncontroversial, things that people just aren’t aware of and if they knew about it, they would change they way they feel about it immediately.
For example I just found out that 2/3rds of imported extra virgin olive oil is adulterated or not actually olive oil. Some brands that I recognize and have bought my whole life is not really extra virgin olive oil, therefore I never got the health benefits. Consumer reports and UC Davis tests show corroborating evidence that most cheap evoo is not what it claims to be. Knowing this, I will probably never again buy those brands who do not undergo voluntary quality testing and seek out to buy authentic evoo or at the very least attempt avoid overpaying for fake olive oil when I could just go with regular cooking oil. This article has information and links to the UC Davis testing results.
While I agree that you have to be careful about olive oil you buy in a supermarket, I am somewhat wary about the UC Davis results. My wariness is a function of two sentences. One is on the front page of http://olivecenter.ucdavis.edu/ -- it says “Enhancing the quality and economic viability of California table olives and olive oil” (emphasis mine). The second one is in the report and it says “We are grateful to Corto Olive, California Olive Ranch, and the California Olive Oil Council for their financial support of this research.”
Also, an observation. EVOO ages. If you really want the freshest tastiest yummiest EVOO you need to buy it around December, a month or two after the harvest (the bottle should have the harvest date on it). If you take the same EVOO and try it after a year has passed, it will be different, certainly by taste. Note that it’s still “true” EVOO—no heating or adulteration or anything. It’s just that time has passed.
To try real fresh EVOO buy a bottle of what’s called Olio Nuovo and make sure it’s not more than a couple of months after the harvest.
This is now on my to do list.
I am not sure about the calendar of California olive growers, but Italian olio nuovo is not available right now—this year’s harvest will arrive in late November or December. Look for it e.g. here or here.
I’m pretty sure I’ve saved time on net by looking through http://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/top?t=all
I think we need some sort of wiki page to list high-value practical advice, where people could e.g. look under “health” and they’d be directed to Shangri-La for weight-loss, or a list of what supplements they should take for general health, with direct Amazon links, or melatonin, red light, red glasses, sleep masks, etc. for sleeping better, and so on. (I am not going to create such a page.)