Happy Birthday Paul!!!
This one’s for you… [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEFl4FL3iiM] (Back to our usual content mañana)
There is No Sunshine Without Coffee
I have to credit my bud Will (Brink) for that line, but it’s true enough, as far as I’m concerned. While I don’t drink it during the day, a solid “jolt” of java is an irreplaceable part of my morning routine. A tall, steaming cup of fresh ground/brewed coffee is always waiting for me on my desk when I crawl out of bed at 5:00 a.m (thanks, John!). It helps me make a reasonably graceful transition into...
300!
Just finished the 300th entry in the glossary! This has been one of our pet projects. When finished, the glossary will be a comprehensive list of EVERY SINGLE compound used in dietary supplements (including commonly used scientific names). Each entry also has a short explanation of what the compound does, + links to resources that offer further information. If you’re confused by an ingredient on a product label, you should...
Study: Antioxidant Vitamins May Reduce Benefits of Exercise
There’s an interesting new study out, that questions the value of consuming antioxidant vitamins when exercising to improve health/wellness. Here’s an excerpt from the NYT report: Exercise is known to have many beneficial effects on health, including on the body’s sensitivity to insulin. “Get more exercise” is often among the first recommendations given by doctors to people at risk of diabetes. But exercise makes the...
In-Vitro Meat?
This is kinda off the wall… So what’s for dinner in 2022? A new report released by Britain’s Food Ethics Council last month identified some of the possibilities – more food grown in allotments, more functional foods – and in vitro meat, meaning meat that’s been grown from animal stem cells as opposed to meat cut from a carcass. When reports of meat grown experimentally in the lab by Dutch...
Some Fishy Information
Fish and seafood can be problematic when you’re trying to eat healthier…some species are more contaminated than others. Likewise, certain kinds may be getting fished out. Do you know which is which, and how to choose the most eco-friendly and safest kinds? Fortunately, the Environmental Defense Fund has a reader-friendly Seafood Selector Page that covers everything “fishy” from sushi to fish oil...
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