August 20th, 2007
Whenever I post about certain food items being good against certain maladies, I am always careful to emphasize that some studies are still on the early stages of research, often involving animal studies. While the results are promising and thus merit their being published in this blog, extensive, long-term human trials are necessary to conclusively […]
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February 8th, 2007
What’s the food item that’s always used in many cultures as a profession of love?
Chocolates! Rich, luscious, melt-in-your mouth chocolates. So this love-month of February, go ahead, give the gift of antioxidants. It’s good for the heart, figuratively and literally. Not convinced? Browse through my previous entries on the health benefits of chocolate, […]
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February 5th, 2007
Last week, Michael Pollan’s lengthy article on the New York Times, Unhappy Meals (free registration required for access), generated a lot of buzz. On his first paragraph, he writes:
Once, food was all you could eat, but today there are lots of other edible foodlike substances in the supermarket. These novel products of food science often […]
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February 1st, 2007
If you scroll down the rightmost column, you’ll see I’ve updated my blogroll to add the following blogs:
Marc Joseph Nutrition Blog
PharmacoNutrition Reviewed
Terra Sigillata
The Nutritional and Dietary Supplement Law Blog
These are excellently written blogs, fleshing out the latest publications and research on nutritional sciences, and other relevant issues. Check them out!
If you would like to recommend […]
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January 11th, 2007
January a perfect time to look back at 2006, so for this month’s b5media Science and Health Theme Day hosted at Breastfeeding 123, all the blogs in the channel are going on a flashback.
This blog is just half a year old, with my first post up in July 2006, after which I immediately tried to […]
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December 7th, 2006
Welcome to this month’s Theme Day here at b5media’s Science and Health Channel. If you’re interested in what things food can do other than just stave off hunger, get yourself a cup of tea and sit back. You’re in for a long, but very informative reading…
Where to go if…
… you have the flu? Grace […]
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