We would like to have our cake and eat it too. In a sense, that is just what nonnutritive sweeteners such as aspartame, sucralose and stevia promise. Cut out sugar, a dietary villain, and replace...
The media has jumped with vigour on a press release from an activist organization (KleanUpKraft) entitled 鈥淭esting Finds Industrial Chemical Phthalates in Cheese.鈥 Phthalates are indeed 鈥渋ndustrial...
Fishermen tend to embellish the size of their catch, hence the expression 鈥渇ish tale鈥 for exaggerated stories like the ones making the rounds about tilapia, a fish that is increasingly showing up...
Many pharmacologists and scientists work with 鈥渕edicine men鈥 in order to discover drugs that originate from rainforest plants. For example, an African tribe introduced the world to the Madagascar...
The majority of people have cellulite to some degree. However, women are more susceptible to cellulite than men due to the presence of female sex hormones: estrogen and progesterone. In addition,...
Bisphenol A (BPA) has been the subject of much recent controversy due to reports that it can cause birth defects, impaired sugar control as well as other health problems in rodents. 聽Bisphenol A is...