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Why should the Red Bull and Monster guys get to have all the fun and profit?
The now-insolvent 50 Cent helped give you vitamins in your water. Red Bull gives you wings.
…So why not put a little more kick into the drink most Americans use for a boost anyway?…
Contrary To Some Experts USDGAC Drops Bombshell:
-That’s right, I said it.
Surprisingly-enough, for the first time in decades, the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has opined about coffee-consumption. -And it’s good news for caffeine-heads.
In spite of what “The Ultramind Solution”‘s Dr. Mark Hyman would tell you, the USDGAC says it’s safe to drink caffeinated-coffee.
-Up to 40 oz. of it a day, or…
Chalk another one up for The Hygiene Hypothesis and good old-fashioned Chance.
In a somewhat-risky move, scientists have found a way to help children who weren’t already allergic to peanuts to stay that way.
And the lead doc got the idea when he noticed his faraway friend’s patients had much fewer allergies. -Because giving peanut-snacks to babies over there was something they just do.
So after testing them first to make sure no fatal reactions would occur,…
You have to admit, this guy must have the metabolism of a hummingbird.
Pretty slim & healthy for someone who eats only cookies. The entire HT readership is green with envy.
Maybe this “Stoner Stanley”-style musing is just the result of a sugar-high…
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Now, when you visualize something after hearing the word, “Superfood”, you probably imagine some impossibly-expensive super-bean from the north shore of Bali, the darkest part of the Amazon, the bleakest steppes of Maine blueberry-country, or Gwynneth Paltrow’s blog.
But the scientists at Rutgers had a different idea: What if you could make a superfood out of something common, that normal people eat every day without a second thought…
Mom Wasn’t Just Nagging, She Was Right:
Your mom ever pack an apple in your lunch, or tell you to eat your vegetables?
Well, it turns out mom just wanted you to be awesome, and those theories Bradley the teddy-bear whispered late at night about her being part of the international spinach cartel were purely-circumstantial.
In a University of Otago study, Tamlin Conner and her team studied the diets of a small group of young adults along with…
Awhile back, we posted on the fantastic & comprehensive list put together by the Environmental Working Group of the fruit & vegetable produce that you should keep an eye out for. -Especially in-terms of amount & type of pesticides used-on & absorbed-by them.
What they help us do is…
It’s a very handy service they announced, where you can get your nutrition facts for over 1,000 types of different food straight from a web-search or an app. -Sweet!
And much like other web services like the previous leader, CalorieKing, you can change portion-sizes for exactly what you want.
Even better than CK, you can also ask it to tell you the carbs, fat, protein contents & a few other specs on the food you’re looking-up; -straight from the searchbox, without sifting first. -Better UX!
However, this is mostly…
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