Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Who would've thought that "The Health People" might advocate the consumption of cookies, huh?Ok there's a slight catch, these aren't ordinary cookies, they are enriched with CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid).
As a result of eating these enriched cookies, researchers found these healthy fatty acids to be present in breast milk at a ...
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
According to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition, fat-build up from fructose consumption may be greater than consumption of other types of sugars such as glucose and sucrose.
The study involved six young, lean participants who had to drink either:
A soft drink sweetened with 100% glucos
A soft drink sweetened ...
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008
For all of you Starbucks lovers out there: Starbucks has finally started to implement plans to serve ONLY milk produced by cows free of the artificial hormone known as rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone) - see my article on Milk here.
Unfortunately though, they shall stop serving organic milk as a ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Isn't that scary?! A 100 page statement by the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) - drinking water watchdog in the UK, revealed that despite the extensive regulations and purification treatments currently employed by water companies, these powerful medicines are finding their way into your kitchen!
Trace levels of bleomycin, a cancer ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
“Health” magazine senior editor Frances Largeman-Roth identified the 12 germiest places you’re likely to encounter during an average day, in descending order (MSNBC):
1. Your kitchen sink
2. Airplane bathrooms
3. A load of wet laundry
4. Public drinking fountains
5. Shopping cart handles
6. ATM buttonsShare This
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