Researchers wanted to find out how potential patients felt about doctors’ advice on how to treat high blood pressure. So they asked people how they would prefer to control their high blood pressure, or the risk of same. The results didn’t surprise me. But I’m surprised the researchers were surprised…Read More →
Yay! I always knew they’d discover this was so. It was just a matter of time… And, now, researchers can say, with scientific certainty, that Pasta consumption neither causes weight gain nor contributes to the deposition of body fat. Which makes it different from other common Carbs…Read More →
We know that cutting Calories will help you lose weight. But, now, researchers have demonstrated that a calorie-restricted diet can also positively effect a number of afflictions including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, as well as cancer and diabetes. But who among us will actually do it?Read More →
My first reaction, when I read about this ‘new idea’ in condiments, was, ‘Here’s another product somebody created just because they could. Do we really need it?’ But, after some consideration, I think it might have a legitimate role to play in the dining universe. The Twitterverse resoundingly disagrees…Read More →
It’s more of a social study than a scientific one, at least in some respects. But the researchers at New York University who carried out the analysis insist it’s scientifically accurate. I just wonder how far we, as a society, can go placing the blame for phenomena like obesity on third parties?Read More →
It’s not just the kind of Fats you consume, but whether they come from animal or plant sources that counts when gauging the effects on your health. Researchers have found that mono-unsaturated fats from plants are significantly more heart healthy than those from animals, all else being equal…Read More →
Okay. They’re not really menu items, but they cater to the kind of crazy person that Hot Pepper eating challenges, and Heart Attack burgers, and so on do. And I guess it was just a matter of time before somebody created and marketed these wacky products. But I want to know who’s buying them…Read More →
We’ve posted here, many times in the past, that the rise in Peanut (and other allergies) in children could be stemmed by application of a simple method… Give your kids a little Peanut Butter every day. But it seems parents are not keen to try the tip, although it is now an official recommendation…Read More →