Combating Brain Inflammation Eases Obesity and Diabetes Symptoms in Mice
In a very interesting new study which adds further weight to the role of inflammation in a number of diseases, researchers from the University of Otago in New Zealand found that reducing brain inflammation in mice also led to improvements in symptoms of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Inflammation, the natural response of the immune system to a stressor, is...
Stiff Shoes Can Hurt Your Feet: Choose Wisely
It is imperative to find the correct shoe for your feet. Wearing the wrong shoes could hurt your feet, and since everyone’s feet are different, is important to try on different types. You might do best to find an expert that can fit your foot for the perfect shoe. Here are some tips on finding the correct shoe for your...
Mayo Clinic Confirms Why Energy Drinks Should be Banned for Kids
There are many things on the grocer's shelves that scare us. Twinkies, for example scare us… loaded with things such a sorbic acid which is actually derived from natural gas and has been used as an explosive, along with 36 other truly bizarre ingredients. We doubt that many people would actually know that this heavily marketed "All American" snack...
From Shamrock Shake to This??
Oh, McDonald's. Sometimes it looks like they're trying, but they always give themselves away. This time, their plan is pretty transparent. Hot off the annual launch of the Shamrock Shake - which by the way contains 115 grams of sugar, along with many artificial ingredients - McDonald's is now trying to win us back... with kale. Don't get us wrong - kale...
Careful! Bubonic Plague is Riding the Subway With You
Subways aren't exactly known for being squeaky clean. How could they be with all the people coming and going at all times? However, you may not have expected there to be hundreds of illness-causing bacteria riding along with you. Scouring the subway In an 18-month study by researchers at the Weill Cornell Medical College, samples were collected from all 466 stations...
Essential Oils vs Antibiotics
Advances in medicine have come a long way over the last century. We have diagnostic and imaging procedures which were not even thought of back then, not to mention medicine to treat our illnesses and make us well. But, what if we no longer had these medicines to rely on? Thanks to antibiotic resistance, we might very well be looking...
Rotting: A Way to Tell Your Food is Real
The media has recently been ablaze telling of the USDA approval and upcoming arrival of the GMO "Arctic" apple - a Frankenstein creation altered to… not turn brown when sliced. This purely cosmetic technology is planned to be applied to cherries and pears as well. This leaves us with a pressing question: What's so good about a piece of fruit...
Fish Skin for Dressing Wounds??
When you suffer a cut or a scrape, you may reach for a band-aid, maybe some witch hazel and some aloe vera, but a tilapia skin? It may sound strange, but a new study presented by the American Chemical Society has found that fish skin holds promise when it comes to wound healing. During the study, which was performed...
The Sunshine Vitamin Reduces Risk of Colon Cancer
It will come as no surprise to hear that vitamin D plays an important role in the health of your bones and teeth - but did you know that, according to a recent study, it may also play a role in the prevention of certain cancers? Higher levels of vitamin D and lower cancer rates For the study, researchers took into...
Can Beer Protect Your Brain?
With so many cases of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's on the rise, wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to help prevent it? Recent research shows that a compound in beer might be capable of warding off both dreaded diseases. It's in the Hops It was recently reported in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry that...
