You have probably noticed that I use a lot of graphs on this site. I actually do a lot of reporting in my day job using data visualizations. If you have purchased either of the digital papers at the Rebuild Market you know they center around these same sorts of data visualizations.
I programmed a couple hundred graphs, focusing on those with a lot of nutrients. Usually I would write the code so that the scale on the graphs would be identical across all of them. In this batch I forgot to add that part of the code and it didn’t matter for most anyway.
Except one.
Somehow, margarine made it into this group of nutritious foods. Look at the graph! It looks similar to the mackerel graph I display below it. At first glance I wondered how it had so much vitamin B-12 in it. B-12 is pretty much only found in animal products.
Then I looked at the scale. Look at the two scales. Notice the “percent of RDA” labels for each graph. The scales are indeed a bit different.
Poor margarine. If it were potato chips at least it would be tasty.
Whoa, look at the margarine!
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That just shows how you can be misled by statistics if you don’t look carefully. I’m glad about the benefits of mackerel and other oily fish…I’ve got into the habit of eating mackerel as a regular lunchtime item, either on bread or toast or with salad. I’ve been a pesco-ovo-lacto-vegetarian for 20 odd years though I did go through a phase around 10 years ago and gave up all fish and eggs for about a year. I developed some irregular heart beat rhythms and did not feel well at all. The doctors could not find a cause. I could not exercise without problems and had to give up my favorite jogging. I assumed it could only get worse with age. Then I decided to reintroduce fish and I noticed a steady and gradual improvement. Now I run in competitions over 3 and 6 miles with no problems at age 60. I believe my problems could have been caused by a lack of omega-3 oils in my diet so I make sure I get plenty of oily fish and take a tablespoon of cod liver oil per day.