Ultraviolet light from the sun encompasses a range of wavelengths, all the way from 280 nm to 400 nm. The shorter and more energetic wavelengths from 280 to 320 nm are referred to as UV-B, while...
If you take a look at all the literature put out by the French wine industry, you'll start to wonder whether you should replace wine drinking by intravenous infusions of red wine. They make a case...
Chocolate comes from cocoa beans which grow inside a large pod that grows on trees. To make chocolate the beans are removed from the pods and heaped into a pile. Immediately a slew of chemical...
Peanut allergies in the western world are increasing. There is no doubt about that. But there is plenty of doubt about why this is happening. Is it because children are more likely to be exposed to...
Margarine originally was a cheap butter substitute made by emulsifying beef fat with water or milk. Eventually animal fat was replaced by partially saturated vegetable fats, hardened by the process...
Remember Bugs Bunny's classic question, "What's up Doc?"聽 Well, I'll tell you what's up.聽 Carrot consumption!聽 Why?聽 Because those polyethylene-bagged cute little baby carrots are extremely...
Vitamins have a great public image. Even the term itself derives from the Latin 鈥渧ita,鈥� meaning life. And indeed vitamins are essential to life. Our bodies cannot make these nutrients, so we must...
Want to reduce your risk of heart disease? The California Walnut Commission makes it simple. Eat Walnuts. And the U.S. Food and Drug Administration agrees. Sort of. The following claim is allowed...
Maple syrup as a cancer fighter? That鈥檚 what a press release from the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers claims. 鈥淩ecent studies have shown Canadian maple syrup to contain more than twenty...
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