fructose and blood sugar levels
Something jumped out at me from that documentary I was watching last night. Toxic Sugar? in relation to fructose and blood sugar levels. It was the...
26 August, 2013
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Nutrition science
the sensory experience of food
What is it that makes the experience of eating so pleasurable? One of the first clues is the release of dopamine in the brain when we...
22 August, 2013
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red, red wine
I am relishing the last weeks of winter. It is delicious to tuck up in the warmth and sip on red wine. It lends a...
12 August, 2013
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hypnic jerk and vitamin B12
I am wondering if those strange nightly disturbances might be vitamin B12 as well as magnesium. Interestingly, it was a search on this site (or to...
22 June, 2013
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what is your favourite colour at the moment?
Kimberly Snyder posted a great image on facebook today. She made this pic with images of fruits and vegetables from five different colours I think....
20 June, 2013
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the power of vitamin C – healing properties
Interestingly many plants and animals make their own Vitamin C. It is just a few animals that cannot synthesise it and need to get it...
13 June, 2013
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book review – the Acid Alkaline Balance Diet
Written by Felicia Drury Kliment, from New York, this book promises to be an excellent read: 'An innovative program that detoxifies your body's acidic waste...
06 June, 2013
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genetically modified organisms in the wild
[caption id="attachment_2441" align="alignright" width="164"] Top: Lesser cornstalk borer larvae extensively damaged the leaves of this unprotected peanut plant. (Image Number K8664-2)-Photo by Herb Pilcher.Bottom: After...
30 May, 2013
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would you like some enzymes with that?
Enzymes are really interesting. What are they? To my knowledge enzymes are things that help reactions in the body along. Remember in chemistry when you...
16 May, 2013
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