鈥淗uge doses of purified methoxylated polyflavones increase insulin sensitivity and attenuate atherosclerosis in mice鈥� is certainly not as catchy a headline as 鈥淭angerine a Day Keeps Heart Surgeons...
Melatonin is certainly an interesting substance. It began to pique the curiosity of researchers in the 1950s when they discovered that production of this hormone by the pineal gland in the brain...
We have a sweet topic for today. Honey. That concentrated solution of sugars in water that was central to Winnie the Pooh's obsession. Most of us like it too. The main sugars in honey are fructose...
If it isn鈥檛 illegal, it must be legal. That鈥檚 why benzylpiperazine pills, under names such as Purepillz, Peaq, The Good Stuff, Frenzy and Pure Rush can be sold in Canada. And what are these pills? ...
There鈥檚 good news for the marketers of blueberries but not so good news for the pomegranate people. We鈥檝e heard all about blueberries being great for the mind, how seniors do better on memory tests...
When is a substance a food and when is it a drug? That may sound like a simple question but the answer can be complicated. Suppose you take some rice, inoculate it with a type of yeast, let it...
When you think of sugar, you don鈥檛 think of lowering cholesterol. But Cuban researchers do. In fact they think that a byproduct of the sugar industry, policosanol, is an effective alternative to...
Could oxytocin, a natural hormone, help patients suffering from anxiety and other related personality dysfunctions? Maybe. At least that is what a group of researchers from the University of...
You can tell that it鈥檚 sugaring off time because sappy articles about the health benefits of maple syrup start flowing from media outlets. 鈥淢aple Syrup Contains a Number of Health Benefits,鈥� 鈥淢aple...
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