Remember to Drink Your Wine: Resveratrol May Reverse Alzheimer’sMay 15th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
Resveratrol, the potent antioxidant found in red grapes and wine—along with chocolate, nuts and tomatoes—may hold a key in treating Alzheimer’s disease, the fatal illness with no known cure and few effective treatments in easing the symptoms that currently affect more than 5 million Americans. Read More:Remember to Drink Your Wine: Resveratrol May Reverse Alzheimer’sGeorgia Debuts Aggressive Anti-Obesity Ad CampaignMay 14th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
News that the nation’s obesity problem could balloon to more than 40 percent of the population in the next two decades has brought doubt to many of the recent efforts to impart healthier eating and exercise habits, particularly on children, and has led to some harsher tactics, like a recent ad campaign launched in Georgia. Read More:Georgia Debuts Aggressive Anti-Obesity Ad CampaignHuman Babies Being Eaten for ‘Endurance’May 13th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
Unbelievable news has surfaced out of South Korea as customs officials made the recent discovery of thousands of capsules filled with powdered human flesh imported from China, believed to be a “cure-all.” Read More:Human Babies Being Eaten for ‘Endurance’Would You Eat Fast Food Everyday… for $3,500?May 12th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
No, it’s not Morgan Spurlock’s latest movie stunt. But if you feel like you can’t live without getting a daily dose (or several) of fast food meals from McDonald’s, Taco Bell, KFC, Burger King or Pizza Hut, then there is some potentially good news for you coming out of Washington University. Researchers at the St. Louis, MO-based university are looking for individuals who are willing to eat nothing but fast food for three whole months. Read More:Would You Eat Fast Food Everyday… for $3,500?Have You Left the City Lately? Nature Deficiency Linked to AllergiesMay 11th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
If you’re reading this on a computer inside an office, you may want to step outside… and find a tree to sit under. While the modern city provides many necessities of contemporary living, it may be making us sick. And it’s not pollution that’s the (main) cause either: A recent study published in the May issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests the sprawl of urban environments may be to blame for the rise in cases of allergies and asthma. Single? Organic Foodies Now Have Their Own Dating WebsiteMay 10th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
If eating organic carrots while everyone else around you is gorging themselves on Cheetos ever makes you feel incredibly lonely, there may be hope. OrganicMatch.com is a brand new dating service for “certified organic people” who love the organic lifestyle and want to meet someone with similar values (we’re guessing the most common first-date meeting spot is somewhere inside a Whole Foods Market?). Read More:Single? Organic Foodies Now Have Their Own Dating WebsiteMassachusetts Could Become First State to Ban Food WasteMay 9th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
A proposed rule could make it illegal for hospitals, large restaurants, hotels, universities and other large businesses in Massachusetts to throw away food waste with the rest of their trash. Read More:Massachusetts Could Become First State to Ban Food Waste2 Dairies Under Quarantine After Mad Cow DiscoveryMay 8th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
A dead cow that tested positive for mad cow disease in California in April had at least one offspring that investigators say they’ve located. Meanwhile, two dairies are being quarantined as a result of the first outbreak of the deadly illness in more than six years. Read More:2 Dairies Under Quarantine After Mad Cow DiscoveryPacific Ocean Plastic Problem Way Worse Than Believed, New Study FindsMay 7th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
New research published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters suggests current estimates on the amount of plastic pollution accumulating in the Pacific ocean are likely much lower than what’s really building up. Read More:Pacific Ocean Plastic Problem Way Worse Than Believed, New Study FindsSay Goodbye to Indonesia: Palm Oil Production Causing ‘Irreversible Damage’May 6th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
A new report published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the palm oil industry is causing worse damage than originally suspected. Read More:Say Goodbye to Indonesia: Palm Oil Production Causing ‘Irreversible Damage’ |
