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...head of the Harvard infant study laboratory, Starch Professor of Psychology Jerome Kagan, said in the Chronicle that 15 to 20 percent of children have a predisposition towards shyness, but that only 9 to 12 percent actually become timid...
Much of the medical establishment is skeptical. "Montignac's diet works short term because anyone loses weight when deprived of sugar and starch," says nutritionist Dr. Jacques Fricker. "But it could be dangerous, since up to 70% of his calories come from fat, which increases the risk of heart disease." Says Felicia Busch of the American Dietetic Association in Chicago: "The most important thing we know is that fat content is what makes people fat, and his theory goes against the scientific grain." Others complain that he encourages too much alcohol consumption, which could cause liver damage. Montignac denies...
Sure, if you are a popcorn nut, you know that some types of corn are great poppers and others aren't. But do you know why? Have you assessed the thermal diffusivity of the pericarp, the kernel's tough outer layer? Have you analyzed the starch content of the endosperm, the inner, meaty layer? Have you compared the ratios of expanded to original volumes of various kernels? If so, you would know that the pericarp in popcorn has more densely packed fiber than that of ordinary corn. You'd know that starch content is less important. You needn't bother...
...THING THE BRITISH RULING classes learned in their centuries of imperial domain was how to suffer at the hands of lower orders they could not control. They got the starch in that stiff upper lip from pretending not to be shocked or exasperated at the outrages of unruly colonials to whom they played nanny. Now, with the empire in eclipse, Britons have turned inward to the late 20th century task of controlling themselves and found that the new ordeal is no less vexing than the old. Their hearts may explode through their Savile Row vests, but it's stiff upper...
...inside greenhouses at the University of Basel, Switzerland, indicates that too much CO2 can harm plants. One greenhouse had an atmosphere like today's; the second had as much CO2 as is predicted for the middle of the next century. The effects: plants in the second rain forest produced starch deposits that could interfere with photosynthesis, and the soils they lived in showed a rapid loss of nutrients. The scientists are now working with other experimental ecologies, and the preliminary results are the same...