💬 Quoted… “We might be able to fine-tune diets.”

• While scientists and dieticians generally agree on which foods make up a healthy diet – candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup lean protein, whole grains, and lots of fruits/veggies – an increasing amount of research shows that people can respond differently to the same foods. Enter: food scientists. In a new $189 million National Institute of Health-funded study, researchers are attempting to gather and analyze data from ~10,000 volunteers to create algorithms that can predict what a particular diet will do for an individual based on their age, ethnicity, health conditions, and other personal information.

📺📊 Stat of the Day: The people have spoken. According to USA Today’s annual Ad Meter Competition, which had 160,000+ registered voters, the top-rated Super Bowl commercial this year is State Farm’s "Like a Good Neighbaaa" spot starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Rounding out the top five are Dunkin's “DunKings”, Kia’s “Perfect 10”, Uber Eats’ “Worth Remembering”, and the NFL’s “Born to Play.” As for the worst-rated commercial? “American Values” from the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign, which scored a 3.41 out of 10.

🤔 Did You Know?... The neck joint of a common American field ant can withstand pressures up to 5,000x its own weight. For context, that’s like an 100-lb human resting ten fire trucks on their head.

📰 Worth a Read: The surreal life of a professional bridesmaid → (The Hustle)