You’ll Never Guess How An Apple A Day Keeps Fat Away
The old adage about apples being good for overall health and thus keeping doctors away has recently taken on a more relevant meaning for bodybuilders. Korean scientists decided to do...
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Better Digestion: Garden Herbs
As polite topics of conversation go, constipation, gas, diarrhea and irritable bowels definitely don’t top the list. But we won’t let that stop us. After all, digestive health is important:...
Old-Time Remedy for Modern Ailments: Cookbook Authors Proposed
Pity the poor Victorian-era family whose bottle of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup ran dry. It was touted as an indispensable aid to quiet bawling babies and teething tots, and it...
Immunity: Mass Hardship And Disaster Affect Unborn’s DNA
For six days in January 1998, freezing rain coated Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick with 7-11 cm (3-4 in) of ice. Trees and hydro wires fell and utility poles and...
Carrageenan: In So Many Organic Food Products?
Many food manufacturers—even some makers of commercial organic foods—are adding “carrageenan” to foods like yogurt, chocolate, soymilk, and even ice cream to give the foods a thicker consistency and to...
Stress Hormones: The Danger
Modern life is full of hassles, deadlines, frustrations, and demands. For many people, stress is so commonplace that it has become a way of life. Stress isn't always bad. In...
That Bites: 12-Year-Old Is Making A Food Allergy Documentary
My name is Jack, I’m 12 years old, and I suffer from a tree nut allergy. Since my diagnosis a little over a year ago, I have been very frustrated...
Yoga And Meditation: A Novel Use For Mental Focus
Yoga Meditation is the art and science of systematically observing, accepting, understanding, and training each of the levels of our being, such that we may coordinate and integrate those aspects...
Sugar Is The Problem: Fluoride Isn’t The Answer
Demineralization is the process of removing minerals, in the form of mineral ions, from dental enamel. “Demineralization” is another term for “dissolving the enamel.” Dental enamel is a crystalline latticework...
FDA: Without Clinical Testing, FDA Clears 400 New Medical Implants Per Year
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves about 400 implanted medical devices each year through an abbreviated process called the 510(k) process, which only rarely requires clinical trials (studies...