"Pollutants in Californian Breast Tissue" Measuring urine levels of industrial toxins is more useful than measuring food levels, since it indicates how much of the pollutants are...
Besides of being a perfect source of nutrition and healthy fatty acids, Acai contains a high level of antioxidants which may help to increase energy levels and stamina. Up to date, only freeze-dried...
"Plants vs. Pesticides" Not only do plant foods tend to have significantly lower levels of industrial pollutants, because they are at the bottom of the food chain, there may be...
"New Mineral Absorption Enhancers Found" According to the swine information center, pork is an excellent source of a number of nutrients, including iron and zinc. When you see on a...
Hi, I'm Sharon Long, from Stanford University, and I'm here to give my lecture on nitrogen-fixing symbiosis. Today, I'll be talking about the regulation of the genes in the...
Kevin Ahern: Should we just call off class today? What do you think? Student: Yeah! Kevin Ahern: And then go twice as fast on Monday? [laughter] Until we get to Monday, right? I'm going to get...
"Optimal Phytosterol Source" Though nuts and seeds are packed with phytosterols, phytosterols are typically prescribed in butter form. I kid you not. Or in margarine—even worse. For...
"Good Grub: The Healthiest Meat" Thanks to the Chinese space program, scientists in Beijing recently published a formal nutritional analysis of what may be the healthiest animal to...
"Achieving Remission of Crohn's Disease" We know plant-based diets decrease markers of inflammation, but to see if plant-based diets decrease inflammation in a clinically...
"Soy Worth a Hill of Beans?" For over a decade, soy foods have enjoyed the rare privilege of an FDA-approved food label health claim about soy's ability to protect against...