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Siamese Cat Coat Color Genetics—Also Found in Humans?
Siamese cats have a unique coat pattern. The gradual shading of the extremities is caused by a recessive gene with temperature-sensitive expression. The resulting pattern is essentially a heat-map of the cat's body.
Siamese Cats Are Albinos
Siamese cats are renowned for their peculiar coat pattern. A cream or white underbelly shades gradually to a medium color on the back, while the ears, face, legs, and tail are very dark. This pattern is called "pointed" or "colorpoints," and it affects not only the coat, but also the eyes, which are always blue. -
The Dirt on Clean Eating | Wannabebig
Everyone knows the difference between dirty and clean foods, so I don’t have to explain the obvious…or do I? My favorite response to questions about how to eat clean is, “Wash your food.” The biggest problem with discussing foods in these terms is that there’s no clear definition of clean or dirty. The difference might seem obvious, but a closer look shows that it’s far from clear-cut. The confusion is compounded when clean eating is preached as the best way to optimal health and body composition. In this article, I’ll use research and field experience to shed some light on these muddy issues.
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Timothy Ferriss, Silicon Valley’s Self-Help Guru : The New Yorker
few months ago, Timothy Ferriss, a self-help author, threw himself a party in San Francisco, where he lives. Officially, it was not a celebration for his most recent book, “The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman,” which came out in December and is already in its eleventh printing. In the book, Ferriss tells his readers, “Hack yourself,” and presents them with hundreds of “scientific rules for redesigning the human body”: bathing in ice to lose weight, eating organic almond butter on celery sticks to treat insomnia. Nor was the party meant to mark
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