Study Finds Most Weight Loss Supplements Are Not Effective

An Oregon State University researcher has reviewed the body of evidence around weight loss supplements and has bad news for those trying to find a magic pill to lose weight and keep it off – it doesn’t exist. Melinda Manore reviewed the evidence surrounding hundreds of weight loss supplements, a $2…

Creating A Vegetarian Cutlet

It looks like a cutlet, it’s juicy and fibrous like a cutlet, and it even chews with the consistency of a real cutlet – but the ingredients are 100 percent vegetable. Researchers are using a new method to prepare a meat substitute that not only tastes good, but is also environmentally sustainable…

Caffeine "Inhaler" Maker Receives FDA Warning

On Tuesday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had sent a warning letter to Breathable Foods Inc., makers of AeroShot, questioning the safety of their caffeine “inhaler” and accusing them of using “false or misleading statements in the labeling of their product”…

Eating berries benefits the brain

Strong scientific evidence exists that eating blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and other berry fruits has beneficial effects on the brain and may help prevent age-related memory loss and other changes, scientists report.

Epigenetic Modifications To DNA Caused By Exercise

You might think that the DNA you inherited is one thing that you absolutely can’t do anything about, but in one sense you’d be wrong. Researchers reporting in the March issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, have found that when healthy but inactive men and women exercise for a matter of minutes, it produces a rather immediate change to their DNA…

Simple Recommendations Help Reduce Harmful Environmental Exposure Risks For Women And Their Offspring

Remove your shoes at the door of your home to avoid tracking in pollutants.

Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency And Higher Mortality In Female Nursing Home Residents

The majority of institutionalized elderly female patients are vitamin D deficient and there is an inverse association of vitamin D deficiency and mortality, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM)…

Vegetarian cutlet: New method to prepare a meat substitute

It looks like a cutlet, it’s juicy and fibrous like a cutlet, and it even chews with the consistency of a real cutlet — but the ingredients are 100 percent vegetable. Researchers are using a new method to prepare a meat substitute that not only tastes good, but is also environmentally sustainable.

Most weight loss supplements are not effective

Scientists have reviewed the body of evidence around weight loss supplements and has bad news for those trying to find a magic pill to lose weight and keep it off — it doesn’t exist.

Eating At Home Likely To Prevent Childhood Obesity

University of Granada researchers have confirmed that there is a significant direct relationship between the nutritional status of children and the person who prepares their meal…

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