Can it boost your brain and memory, relieve your aches and pains, or protect your cells against deterioration, as some supplement companies claim? “The big problem with curcumin is that…
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For some reason, people love coconut oil. Really love it.
And because people really love it, the coconut oil myths have spread like dandelion seeds on a windy day.
“We’ve known for a long time that if you reduce the calorie intake of rats or mice, they live much longer,” says Mark Mattson, chief of the laboratory of neurosciences at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) in Baltimore. Do these intermittent fasting benefits carry over to humans?
What happens in species closer to humans is more complicated. Rhesus monkeys fed 30 percent fewer calories lived longer in a study at the University of Wisconsin, but not in a study at the NIA.
In April, there were eight recalls due to Listeria monocytogenes in a variety of food products, including frozen vegetables, ice cream, and even hummus. This bacterium is especially dangerous for…
Protein is hot, hot, hot! It’s one of the latest marketing buzzwords. From shakes to cereals and granola bars, companies are scrambling to market foods that have—or pretend to have—more…
In 1999, Arthur Kramer, then at the University of Illinois, reported that healthy sedentary people aged 60 to 75 did better on tests requiring executive function if they were assigned…
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical found in the inner coating of cans and in some plastic bottles. Some studies find higher blood levels of BPA in people who have…
“Stop eating carbs and you can control your destiny and avoid Alzheimer’s,” promised Dr. Mehmet Oz on his TV show in 2013. “Eating carbs eats away at your brain.” His…
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, you may be thinking about buying chocolate for your loved ones. The idea is probably even more tempting because of all the recent…