Pop-Tarts Are Better Than Brownies???
The New York City Dept. of Education apparently thinks so. According to the NYT: By the time the Panel for Educational Policy was ready to vote on bake sales during its monthly meeting on Wednesday night, it was after 11:30. By then, just one mother, Elizabeth Puccini, was waiting to speak out against the new policy, which bans most bake sales but allows students to sell premade items including Pop-Tarts and Doritos. Apparently this...
“Zombie Facts”
This Q & A in the New York Times really made me sigh… Q. Must you eat fruit on an empty stomach, so it won’t mix with other foods and cause fermentation and rot? A. “The answer is a definite no,” said Dr. Mark Pochapin, director of the Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. “Fruit can be eaten at any time.” Nothing can rot in the stomach, Dr. Pochapin said....
Can Green Tea Help Fight Eye Disease?
Very neat… if it works the same way in humans, that is. Scientists have confirmed that the healthful substances found in green tea — renowned for their powerful antioxidant and disease-fighting properties — do penetrate into tissues of the eye. Their new report, the first documenting how the lens, retina, and other eye tissues absorb these substances, raises the possibility that green tea may protect against glaucoma and other...
Beer is Good for Your Bones
Even if it’s not quite as good for your waistline. A recent study from my alma mater, the University of California at Davis, looked at the impact of brewing methods on beer’s content of orthosilicic acid – a highly bioavailable source of silicon. What’s so important about silicon? Silicon is present in beer in the soluble form of orthosilicic acid (OSA), which yields 50% bioavailability, making beer a major...
The Telegraph Misses the Point…
Wow. It’s been a while since I’ve read an article about exercise that was THIS carelessly written… From the Telegraph: Millions of people ‘waste their time by jogging’ Millions of people who strive to keep fit by jogging, swimming or going to the gym are wasting their time, scientists said. Researchers have discovered that the health benefits of aerobic exercise are determined by our genes – and...
Protein Supplement Abuse???
I was perusing the food/ingredient news this morning, and did a double-take on this headline: “Study: athlete protein supplement abuse common.” Wow. Athletes just can’t catch a break from some people… now they’re “abusing” protein supps??? Sounds major! Certainly the lead author of the study seems to think so: “The role of proteins is particularly misunderstood,” Fréchette said,...
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