Remember when as kids we joked that the grape flavored gum with purple color was made of bugs? Maybe that was not a joke, but a legend. An insect, cochineal, is used for dyes in many food products, such as juices (cranberry, strawberry, pomegranate) and ice creams, yogurts and so forth. Other products that contain… Continue Reading
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How to Reduce Carcinogens in Your Steak
Cooking meat has several benefits: killing bacteria, making it easily digestible, improving texture, and probably most expected- improving flavor. But did you know compounds in your meat change during the heating process and become carcinogenic? The formation of carcinogens is a result of the reaction between creatine (muscle energy), free amino acids (building blocks of… Continue Reading
Antifertility & Contraception Fruit – Papaya
Papaya has been used for medicinal purposes for several hundred years in tropical and subtropical regions, where it is actually grown. It is known in Africa for several famous healing properties, including prevention of miscarriage. This is one of the interesting examples where the old belief is not supported by science. Furthermore, experiments show the… Continue Reading
Saturated Fat May Be Safe for the Heart and Arteries
You probably have heard about the new popular diet, “Paleo diet”, revered by fans of crossfit and heavy weight lifting. In short, this diet is trying to simulate a cave man diet. Those people eliminate sugars and grains and substitute it with the more meat, eggs and fat in their meals. They also probably told… Continue Reading
What is in your chicken nuggets?
What is in you chicken nuggets? Don’t rush to answer, chicken. A recent study suggests that a favorite American fast food’s chicken nuggets contain less than 50 percent chicken. The University of Mississippi examined chicken nuggets from two national fast food chain restaurants in Jackson, Mississippi. Richard DeShazo and his colleges found that the nuggets… Continue Reading
Why some people have Milk/Lactose-Intolerance
Some of us are consuming cow milk at least once daily with breakfast cereal, then cheese with our burger for lunch and cheese-cake or yogurt or even ice-cream for a snack or desert. But have you ever questioned of where and when we started consuming cow’s milk and for how long adult-humans have been consuming… Continue Reading
Nutrisplash Protein Smoothie
This is the easiest to make smoothie recipe and one of the healthiest meals you could make in the shortest period of time! This recipe can be changed a bit depending on what you have in the refrigerator. I keep some frozen blueberries and raspberries on hand for smoothies. I love to use low fat… Continue Reading
What’s the Secret to a Healthy Gut?
Majority of us have heard that we should consume yogurt daily to keep our gut healthy. Yogurt contains some live bacteria (Bifidobacteria) that is found to be plentiful in healthy individuals. Two terms are associated with the healthy gut, probiotics and prebiotics. Probiotics are live bacteria that are beneficial to the human gut. Yogurt is… Continue Reading
Maternal Diet May be Responsible for the Sex of Newborn
Have you ever noticed an imbalance of the sexes in different countries including the US? Does it seem that we are having more baby boys than girls in the US? Have you noticed that some parents can’t conceive girls no matter what they try? There are a lot of beliefs, strategies and biological techniques on… Continue Reading
