Good news from scientists–Gummi Bears can actually be produced that are good for you, or at least for your teeth. The sugar-alcohol xylitol that is added to this delicious snack food reduces the number of bad bacteria in your mouth.
Xylitol has been used to manufacture gummy bears to produce an unlikely result– they can help [...]
Farm grown ,tilapia (the common name for nearly a hundred different species of cichlid fishes from the tilapiine cichlid tribe) is one of the most widely eaten fish in America. Tilapia, it turns out, has very low levels of healthful omega-3 fatty acids and, even worse, it contains very high levels of unhealthy omega-6 fatty [...]
Consumers in recent years have become concerned about overuse of antibiotics in animals raised for food. It appears that eating antibiotic free animals may be even worse for you than the antibiotic treated animals-at least when it comes to pork.
Comparing swine grown without antibiotics and conventional swine production showed that pigs raised outdoors without antibiotics [...]
Bisphenol A, or BPA a chemical found in numerous plastics that contain our foods and make up some water bottles and baby bottles has been linked to the development of obesity.
Bisphenol A, or BPA exposure during the development of a fetus in the womb and exposure while in infancy is associated with obesity later in [...]
Cow’s milk is commonly used in infant formula and proteins that are found in this type of milk may make it more likely that an autoimmune response develops that can cause some individuals to develop antibodies against their own insulin producing cells in the pancreas. This may lead to juvenile diabetes in some patients.
In a [...]
Weight loss drugs are big pharmaceutical business these days–The new anti-obesity drug Rimobant is a different class of medications than previous weight loss drugs. It blocks receptors in the brain that are similar to those that marijuana activates when it causes “the munchies”. New research suggests caution should be used when the drug is [...]
coffee—————–
The most recent scientific studies indicate that caffeine, the most commonly ingested psychoactive drug in the world, is protective against a number of acute and chronic neurological disorders including stroke and Alzheimer’s disease.
High levels of serum cholesterol and associated damage to the blood brain barrier (BBB) has been suggested as important mechanisms in the [...]
People with low vitamin D levels may face an increased risk for peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The scientists reported their findings at the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Annual Conference 2008.
Peripheral artery disease (PAD)is a common disease that occurs [...]
