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The Fats Of Life Revealed
A new study from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health found omega-3 deficient diets cause up to 96,000 preventable deaths annually in the United States.
July 1st, 2009 | Tags: Metabolic Risk Factors, Omega 3 Oils | Category: Nutrition, Supplement | 
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Consumer support has built a $25 billion “certified organic” food and farming sector. Read the back story on how the organic movement is coming under attack and how greenwashing is threatening the entire meaning of organic.
July 1st, 2009 | Tags: certified organic, Organic | Category: Organic | Print This Post
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Researchers from Taipei Medical University and Tufts University collaborated on new research presented at EB that examined the effects of almonds on risk factors for cardiovascular disease among 20 Chinese type 2 diabetic patients with mildly hyperlipidemia and treated with oral hypoglycemics.
June 30th, 2009 | Tags: Add new tag, vitamin E | Category: Diabetes | Print This Post
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Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology have shown that calcium acts as a switch between short- and long-term storage of learned information.
That’s good news. Now maybe we can give honeybees calcium supplements to remember where all the toxic areas are to avoid so they can start repopulating.
June 19th, 2009 | Tags: Honeybees, Memory | Category: Uncategorized | Print This Post
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Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) have been found in sewage sludge, a by-product of waste-water treatment frequently used as a fertilizer. Researchers writing in the open access journal Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica point out the danger of antibiotic resistance genes passing into the human food chain.
Researchers collected sludge from the plant every week for four months, for a total of 77 samples. Of these, 79% tested positive for the drug resistant superbugs.
Although VRE themselves are not generally considered to be highly pathogenic, the danger is that they may pass on their resistance genes to other bacteria. Sahlström concludes, “Our results demonstrate a need for more efficient hygienic treatment of sewage sludge, in order to avoid possible spread of antimicrobial resistance through use of sewage sludge on arable land”.
May 29th, 2009 | Category: Environment, Organic | Print This Post
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