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What's the scoop on the supposed uselessness of multivitamin supplements?

20 Mar 2017

There is a lot of buzz around a set of scientific papers that calls into question the effectiveness of multivitamin supplements. Let me add a few notes to the buzz as the vitamin supplement...

Brominated vegetable oil in our drinks?

20 Mar 2017

Beverage producers are removing 鈥渂rominated vegetable oil鈥 from their product. I have no problem with that, it has no nutritional value. But it is interesting to see how this came about. Basically...

What is Cream of Tartar Good For?

20 Mar 2017

It is a cheap, safe, readily available mild acid.聽聽It is ideal for the generation of carbon dioxide from baking soda.聽聽In fact, one version of baking powder is a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and...

Can sports creams be harmful?

20 Mar 2017

In 2007, seventeen-year-old cross-country runner Arielle Newman was found dead in her home. Autopsy results were inconclusive. After a two-month investigation, the medical examiner concluded that...

Time Conundrum

20 Mar 2017

I was fascinated by yesterdays announcement that "old light"鈥 revealed trace evidence in the background radiation of the earliest鈥 聽trillionth of a trillionth (and then some) of a second of the ...

Should we worry about arsenic in wine?

20 Mar 2017

A story about arsenic-laced wine is panicking a lot of people. It鈥檚 all about a lawsuit brought against the producers of some wines claiming they contain unsafe amounts of arsenic. As far as I can...

Pain causes anger. Can relieving anger relieve pain?

20 Mar 2017

Theories suggesting that pain can be eliminated or suppressed by anger management are hard to confirm. Various studies have investigated this claim, however, the results tend to be contradictory....

Is there any reason to drink coconut water?

20 Mar 2017

Yes. If you like the taste and don鈥檛 mind unloading your wallet, drink it by all means. But if you are thinking of making coconut water a part of your life for some perceived health benefit or as...

Blueberries and Milk

20 Mar 2017

鈥淚 put blueberries and milk on my cereal in the morning. Which one should I give up?鈥

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