Jacob Tennessen
@jacobphd.bsky.social
Scientist errant. Genetics, evolution, whimsy, awe. https://scholar.harvard.edu/jtennessen
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I got here by exploring the views of Casey Means who may soon have a bully pulpit for her message. I have no issue with her advice to eat more fresh produce, but the benefit isn't a lack of red dye, it's the presence of fiber and whatnot. So focus on that.
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Newsletter #33: 🥤 The FDA is not adequately protecting us from toxic food — Casey Means MD
For this newsletter, I’m sharing a story of how screwed up and tricky our food system is to navigate, and why eating real, unprocessed, organic food that we prepare at home is the way to go for the va...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I got here by exploring the views of Casey Means who may soon have a bully pulpit for her message. I have no issue with her advice to eat more fresh produce, but the benefit isn't a lack of red dye, it's the presence of fiber and whatnot. So focus on that.
www.caseymeans.com/learn/newsle...
www.caseymeans.com/learn/newsle...
For example, she's very focused on preventing disease as opposed to treating it after the fact, which is great. But she's wary of well-established means of preventing disease like vaccines and hormonal birth control.
October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
For example, she's very focused on preventing disease as opposed to treating it after the fact, which is great. But she's wary of well-established means of preventing disease like vaccines and hormonal birth control.
(younger folks may be shocked to learn that in the early 1990s the acronym had no other established meaning)
October 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
(younger folks may be shocked to learn that in the early 1990s the acronym had no other established meaning)
(I know there are books like A Tale of a Man, a Worm and a Snail by Fenwick but I feel they were never prominent among the general readership like books about other diseases have been)
October 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
(I know there are books like A Tale of a Man, a Worm and a Snail by Fenwick but I feel they were never prominent among the general readership like books about other diseases have been)