Playing catch-up on my weekly links: here are some interesting reads from the week of January 28th:

• people are irrational, part eleventy million There Are No Fetal Cells In Soda, But Fear Is A Real Threat To Biotech – Forbes
• Huge Study Finds Risk Factors Do In Fact Predict Risk
• more evidence in humans Brown Fat Burns Ordinary Fat, Study Finds
• PLoS ONE: Modulation of miRNA Expression by Dietary Polyphenols in apoE Deficient Mice: A New Mechanism of the Action of Polyphenols
• the 1500mg/day sodium goal set for a subpopulation of Americans is not compatible with the 2010 dietary guidelines for nutrient-adequate diets, concludes this study A conflict between nutritionally adequate diet and meeting the 2010 dietary guidelines for sodium [Am J Prev Med. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI