More Man Working In Female-Dominated Fields; Saturated Fat Makes People Dumber

Over the last decade, men have begun flocking to fields long dominated by women and the trend began well before the 2008 economic crash.

The trend appears to be driven by several factors, including financial concerns, quality-of-life issues and a gradual erosion of gender stereotypes. The New York Times analyzed census data from 2000 to 2010 that shows occupations that are more than 70 percent female accounted for almost a third of all job growth for men, double the share of the previous decade.

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People have long known that eating foods that are high in saturated fat such as red meat, butter, and other animal products clog your arteries and increase your risk for heart disease and stroke. Now it looks like they may also be linked to how efficiently our brains work.

in a paper published this week in Annals of Neurology, a team of scientists analyzed dietary data from 6,000 women over age 65. Over the course of a four-year monitoring period, women who consumed more saturated fat scored worse on cognitive function tests. Women who ate healthier types of fat, such as the monounsaturated fats found in olive oil, showed improvements in their test results.

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