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Good news, employers. Scientists have come up with a urine test that can determine how healthy a person's eating habits are:
A urine test that can reveal how healthy your meals are has been developed by UK scientists. They think it could be used to improve nutritional advice or in weight loss because people are notoriously bad at recording their own eating habits.
The test, detailed in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology [open, DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30419-3] [DX], detects chemicals made as food is processed by the body. The research team believe it could be widely available within two years. The urine samples are analysed to determine the structure of the chemicals floating around in it using a technique called a proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. This gives clues to both recent meals and long term dietary habits.
Combine this with mandatory illicit drug testing and the proper healthy living incentives/disincentives structure, and you can optimize the performance of your employees!
(Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday January 17 2017, @02:10PM
The funny thing is those people know even less about politics than biochemistry, so hearing some lip syncing exotic dancer talk biochemistry is less annoying than hearing her babble about politics. Now if you'll excuse me I have a busy day, I need to learn astrophysics from my plumber and ask my dentist to tutor me about woodcarving.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @05:02PM
Leonard Susskind [wikipedia.org] is your plumber?! Can I get a referral?!