TEXTO:
The Checkup
HEALTH NEWS EXAMINED
Headline says: “Paleo Diets Don’t Help You Lose Weight”
Science says: Researchers put the diet under a
microscope and found that the foods our Paleolithic
ancestors ate did not trigger the production of hormones
[5] that suppress appetite. That “I’m full” feeling comes from
soluble fiber; they grazed on insoluble fiber. Modern
caveman eat the soluble kind too, though.
Headline says: “Pancreatic Cancer Will Soon Be Second
Deadliest”
[10] Science says: By 2030, more people with pancreatic
cancer will die of the disease than those with any kind of
cancer except lung. That’s because it’s become more
common and is hard to detect and other cancers have
become more treatable.
[15] Headline says: “Airplanes Are Full of Dangerous Germs”
Science says: Scientists exposed airplanes surfaces
to E. coli and MRSA to see how long the germs could
last and which surfaces were best at transmitting them.
Their findings? Some lasted eight days, and nonporous
[20] surfaces passed them most readily.
PARK, Alice. TIME June 16, 2014. p. 12.
In the 2nd piece of news, scientists say that the number of deaths from pancreatic cancer is
