From the Bowdoin Daily Sun: Good news, women! You can stop dieting…when you are 85. Apparently, when you reach that age, it’s advantageous for the body to have extra fat, which “provides energy in times of trauma and stress.” (I expect in earlier times, when food was scarcer, it was advantageous for most people to have extra fat.)

From the New York Times: A study suggesting that red meat is even worse for you than was previously thought. I can’t help but wonder, is it the meat itself, or is it the terrible way we raise beef in this country? Is the same true in countries such as France, where cows are raised the way they were meant to be raised—no hormones and in a pasture?

From Examiner.com: And then there is cheese. According to Mary Bender, cheese is actually good for you and doesn’t really affect your cholesterol. This almost makes up for the bad news about beef.

From the Portland Press Herald: On the other hand, maybe you’ll want to hold the cheese as well as the beef. Avery Yale Kamila writes about Dr. Gaylen Johnson and his Michael Pollan-ish point of view: eat mostly plants.

One thing is certain, all these points of views and studies keep the rest of us bobbing in a state of confusion.