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Thread By Thread – Gloria Travers & The North Street Band
When love begins to unravel, do you walk away or pick up the thread? “Thread By...
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- Written by: Paul Bertrand; Amy Loughman, and Melinda Jackson, RMIT University
The gut microbiota is the community of bugs, including bacteria, that live in our intestine. It has been called the body’s “forgotten organ” because of the important role it plays beyond digestion and metabolism.
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- Written by: Andrew Tonkin, Monash University
Aspirin is, like ibuprofen and Voltaren (diclofenac), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to treat pain and reduce fever.
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- Written by: National University of Singapore
A compound derived from the leaves of the neem plant could significantly suppress the development of prostate cancer, according to new research with mice.
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- Written by: Jane Martin, University of Melbourne and Trevor Shilton, Curtin University
Three in five Australian adults get sucked in by promotions and specials on junk food and sugary drinks at the supermarket, research released today shows.
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- Written by: Merlin Thomas, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute
Metformin is the most widely used drug to treat type 2 diabetes globally. In Australia, approximately two-thirds of patients with type 2 diabetes are prescribed metformin, either alone or in combination with other pills, or with insulin injections.
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- Written by: Lene Hundborg Koss, University of Copenhagen
Food scientists argue that near-infrared spectroscopy would work better than other methods to detect food fraud.
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- Written by: Jonas House, University of Sheffield
There’s a lot of hype around edible insects. Insects are being championed as a healthy and sustainable alternative to conventional protein sources in Europe and the US, and “ento-prising” new products are appearing almost every week.
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- Written by: InnerSelf Staff
Opponents and proponents of genetically modified food have invoked science in their arguments, but science has no definitive answer.
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- Written by: Julaine Allan, Charles Sturt University
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a synthetic chemical made from a substance found in a fungus that grows on rye and other grains, called ergot.
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- Written by: Clare Collins, University of Newcastle
A friend reckons he has it good. His partner cooks a bacon-hash-brown-fry-up for breakfast every day. “Are you sure?” I said. “Cause that’s exactly what I would feed my partner if I wanted to bump him off!”
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- Written by: Irene Luo, Epoch Times
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away” says the proverb—but maybe not in China. Due to a lack of regulation and enforcement, farmers in China regularly add dangerous amounts of fertilizers, preservatives, pesticides, and other chemicals
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- Written by: Simon Cotton, University of Birmingham
A hotel in Reykjavík has on display a McDonald’s burger and fries, seemingly undecomposed after 2,512 days – and counting. It was bought on October 30, 2009, the day that the last McDonald’s in Iceland closed.
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- Written by: Irene Luo, Epoch Times
In a squalid fish farm in Yangjiang, Guangdong, farmers fed tilapia fish with the feces of pigs and geese to lower the cost of production.
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- Written by: Kathryn M. Flinn, Baldwin Wallace University
In one of television’s more bizarre recent offerings, the History Channel show “Appalachian Outlaws” follows a band of West Virginians as they hunt rugged forests for American ginseng, a medicinal root worth hundreds of dollars per pound.
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- Written by: Irene Luo, Epoch Times
After numerous food scares in China, the Chinese have become disillusioned with the communist regime’s ability to properly regulate the food industry. And the contaminated food does not just stay in China. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regularly refuses shipments from China...
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- Written by: Steve Manas, Rutgers University
A new study complicates the “five-second rule,” the widely accepted idea that it’s okay to scoop up fallen food and eat it if you’re quick enough.
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- Written by: National University of Singapore
Low levels of vitamin D are linked to an increased risk of cognitive decline and impairment in elderly Chinese people.
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- Written by: Bryan Lessard, CSIRO
Scientists have predicted that by 2050 there will be 9.6 billion humans living on Earth. With the rise of the middle class, we are expected to increase our consumption of animal products by up to 70% using the same limited resources that we have today.
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- Written by: Gregory Moore, University of Melbourne
The classification of fruits and vegetables often confuses many, with common terms deviating from botanical definitions. Fruits, typically seed-bearing, attract animals for seed dispersal, while vegetables, lacking a strict definition, encompass various plant parts. This article explores the complexities of these classifications and their nutritional implications.
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- Written by: Peter Rüegg, ETH Zurich
It is a hotly debated, highly researched subject: which fats are good for us and which aren’t?
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- Written by: Anthony Booker, University of Westminster
The use of food supplements and herbal medicinal products by the public, including athletes, is common practice – but it is not well regulated.
