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Is Bottled Water Any Better than Tap Water?
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 14 08

How much do you spend on bottled water? If you buy certain brands thinking the water is cleaner or safer, experts say you may… Is Bottled Water Any Better than Tap Water?   

 
 

Dr. Mom was right—and wrong—about washing fruits and vegetables
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 10 08

Washing fresh fruits and vegetables before eating may reduce the risk of food poisoning and those awful episodes of vomiting and diarrhea. But according… Dr. Mom was right—and wrong—about washing fruits and vegetables   

 
 

A coffee with your doughnut could protect against Alzheimer’s disease
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Neurology • Apr 03 08

A daily dose of caffeine blocks the disruptive effects of high cholesterol that scientists have linked to Alzheimer’s disease. A study in the open… A coffee with your doughnut could protect against Alzheimer’s disease   

 
 

Green tea helps beat superbugs
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 31 08

Green tea can help beat superbugs according to Egyptian scientists speaking today (Monday 31 March 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology’s 162nd meeting… Green tea helps beat superbugs   

 
 

Coral’s Addiction to ‘Junk Food’
• Food & Nutrition • Mar 24 08

Over two hundred million humans depend for their subsistence on the fact that coral has an addiction to ‘junk food’ - and orders its… Coral’s Addiction to ‘Junk Food’   

 
 

Broccoli May Help Boost the Aging Immune System
• Food & Nutrition • • Immunology • Mar 06 08

Eat your broccoli! That’s the advice from UCLA researchers who have found that a chemical in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables may hold a… Broccoli May Help Boost the Aging Immune System   

 
 

One Drink of Red Wine Or Alcohol Is Relaxing to Circulation, but Two Drinks Are Stressful
• Food & Nutrition • • Heart • • Neurology • Feb 13 08

One drink of either red wine or alcohol slightly benefits the heart and blood vessels, but the positive effects on specific biological markers disappear… One Drink of Red Wine Or Alcohol Is Relaxing to Circulation, but Two Drinks Are Stressful   

 
 

Effects on drinking differ by gender
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Feb 04 08

Acculturation in the Texas-Mexico border region: effects on drinking differ by gender

  * Immigrant groups that acculturate to mainstream America tend to have… Effects on drinking differ by gender   

 
 

Scientists study the link between children’s nutrition and adult diseases
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 15 08

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC), in collaboration with researchers from Arkansas, Maryland, Minnesota and Pennsylvania, have… Scientists study the link between children’s nutrition and adult diseases   

 
 

Why Fish Oil Is Good for You
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Neurology • Dec 25 07

It’s good news that we are living longer, but bad news that the longer we live, the better our odds of developing late-onset Alzheimer’s… Why Fish Oil Is Good for You   

 
 

Green tea may protect brain cells against Parkinson’s disease
• Brain • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Neurology • Dec 14 07

Does the consumption of green tea, widely touted to have beneficial effects on health, also protect brain cells” Authors of a new study being… Green tea may protect brain cells against Parkinson’s disease   

 
 

How to Help Baby Like Fruits And Veggies
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 03 07

Moms, want your baby to learn to like fruits and vegetables?

According to new research from the Monell Center, if you’re breast feeding, you… How to Help Baby Like Fruits And Veggies   

 
 

Eating more fish may improve seniors’ memory
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 22 07

Misplaced your keys? Can’t place that face? Study findings suggest that you may be able to lessen the frequency of these “senior moments’ simply… Eating more fish may improve seniors’ memory   

 
 

Yogurt Can Help Boost Immune System
• Food & Nutrition • • Immunology • Nov 16 07

Foods available at the grocery store that claim to boost immunity are a simple matter of eating good bacteria to fight bad bacteria and… Yogurt Can Help Boost Immune System   

 
 

Coffee’s Costs, Calories Stack Up For Kids
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 16 07

More and more teenagers are bypassing the school lounge or the library to hang out at a local coffee shop. The cost and the… Coffee’s Costs, Calories Stack Up For Kids   

 
 

Green Tea Proves Powerful Medicine Against Sepsis
• Food & Nutrition • • Immunology • • Infections • Nov 10 07

Green Tea Proves Powerful Medicine Against Sepsis

A major component of green tea could prove the perfect elixir for severe sepsis, an abnormal immune system response to a bacterial infection. In… Green Tea Proves Powerful Medicine Against Sepsis   

 
 

Another Reason to Enjoy Dark Chocolate?
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Nov 01 07

A small, tantalizing new study shows that dark chocolate may help reduce hypertension.

The November issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter highlights a recent… Another Reason to Enjoy Dark Chocolate?   

 
 

Study finds that people are programmed to love chocolate
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Oct 12 07

For the first time, scientists have linked the all-too-human preference for a food — chocolate — to a specific, chemical signature that may be… Study finds that people are programmed to love chocolate   

 
 

New study shows Concord grape juice has a heart-healthy effect not yet reported with red wine
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Oct 02 07

Many studies have suggested that moderate red wine consumption is beneficial to cardiovascular health. But what if you’d like to skip the alcohol?

Take… New study shows Concord grape juice has a heart-healthy effect not yet reported with red wine   

 
 

New test could help consumers avoid surprise headaches from chocolate, wine
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Headaches • Oct 01 07

Researchers in California are reporting development of a fast, inexpensive test suitable for home use that could help millions of people avoid those ‘out… New test could help consumers avoid surprise headaches from chocolate, wine   

 
 

High-carb diet may help you think faster
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 30 07

A low-carbohydrate/high-fat diet and a high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet both improve weight loss, enhance mood, and speed thinking, a study shows, but the low-carb diet may… High-carb diet may help you think faster   

 
 

Mixing large doses of both acetaminophen painkiller and caffeine may increase risk of liver damage
• Drug News • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 26 07

Consuming large amounts of caffeine while taking acetaminophen, one of the most widely used painkillers in the United States, could potentially cause liver damage,… Mixing large doses of both acetaminophen painkiller and caffeine may increase risk of liver damage   

 
 

How Nutrition Affects the Breakdown of Fats
• Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 18 07

How Nutrition Affects the Breakdown of Fats

Scientists report in the October issue of the Journal of Lipid Research that when either lean or obese individuals exercise after eating a high… How Nutrition Affects the Breakdown of Fats   

 
 

Yam bean a nearly forgotten crop
• Food & Nutrition • Sep 15 07

The Yam bean originated where the Andes meet the Amazon and is locally grown in South and Central America, South Asia, East Asia and… Yam bean a nearly forgotten crop   

 
 

Nice but naughty—our addiction to chocolate
• Food & Nutrition • Sep 11 07

Nice but naughty -- our addiction to chocolate

Chocolate is the most widely and frequently craved food. People readily admit to being ‘addicted to chocolate’ or willingly label themselves as ‘chocoholics’. A… Nice but naughty—our addiction to chocolate   

 
 
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