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Supplement Contamination Saga: 800 Weight-Loss, Muscle-Building, Male-Enhancement Pills Contained Hidden Dangers

Filed Under: Vitamins/Supplements

Supplement Contamination Saga: 800 Weight-Loss, Muscle-Building, Male-Enhancement Pills Contained Hidden Dangers
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Supplement Contamination Of All Types Is An Under-Researched Danger:
In-terms of product safety it seems if something is sold at a store, then it’s safe.

You might also get the idea that because governmental organizations like the FDA test all kinds of things for safety,

That they also test Supplements, too.

Well, as some researchers from Well, as some researchers from California are finding out, there is a lot more risk in them than you might think.

Including all kinds of stuff that’s not even supposed to be there…

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By: Will  /    /    

Video: Doctor Ken Jeong Answers The Internet’s Most Pressing Medical Questions

Filed Under: Disease, Featured, Video, Vitamins/Supplements

Video: Doctor Ken Jeong Answers The Internet’s Most Pressing Medical Questions


And Now For Something Completely Different:
Somehow in their infinite-power, Wired has managed to wrangle the best doctor ever to answer some health questions.

“The Hangover”-series crazy-man, Ken Jeong!

And although he’s a bit more serious here than in his roles as Mister Chow, or Ben Chang on cult-hit TV-show “Community”, he’s still a lot of fun…

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All You Need Is Love! Snuggle-Hormone Does Something Interesting For Your Brain, Man…

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll

All You Need Is Love! Snuggle-Hormone Does Something Interesting For Your Brain, Man…
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Love, Actually Is A Brain Chemical:
A lot of recent research has been focused on brain-building through nootropics/supplements and special meditation.

Both have shown some interesting and unexpected results, especially on improvement in quality of life.

As researchers of all kinds try to improve that life-experience from Gilgamesh, to R.W. Emerson, to Eckhart Tolle, new & old ideas get discovered & re-discovered.

And one of them is an out-of-the-way chemical scientists thought restricted to basic-cable reruns of “Love Actually”…

(come on, admit it, you watch that over the holidays too.)

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By: Will  /    /    

Vegetarians & Moms Win Again! Green Vegetable Compounds May Stop Time Or Even Reverse It

Filed Under: Aging, Better Living Through Chemistry, Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements

Vegetarians & Moms Win Again! Green Vegetable Compounds May Stop Time Or Even Reverse It
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Another Win For Veggie Fans!:
So in the eternal war of Vegetarians vs. Carnivores, !SCIENCE! has to concede one new point.

As time goes by our bodies seem to get worse, mostly due to unfair biochemical changes like reduced metabolism, lean mass, and just plain old energy.

Well, researchers are coming again to the rescue, with what looks like another cure to several of them.

And it all hinges on that nagging your good ole’ mum leveled at the dinnertime kids: Eat Your Greens!…

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By: Will  /    /    

Now We Know Why Vegetarians Sound So Dumb & Dizzy. It’s Because Creatine Boosts All Different Kinds Of Brain POWAH!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements

Now We Know Why Vegetarians Sound So Dumb & Dizzy. It’s Because Creatine Boosts All Different Kinds Of Brain POWAH!
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Not All Substitutes Are Equal:
All cheekiness aside, we just did a post on the sexy people over at Eater’s test of the newest vegetable-only burger, by Impossible Foods.

But one of the ideas we raised at the end was: Maybe it tastes close now, maybe even identical in the future,

-But does it give you the same-or-better Nutrition when you take everything into consideration?

Well, one of Red Meat’s components is a salt called Creatine. And sciency-researchers are finding out some very interesting brain-stuff about its new best friend…

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By: Will  /    /    

If You’re Too Rushed To Even Go To Starbucks, Your Problem Is Now Solved: Enter GoCubes! -Regular Hexahedrons Of Nootropic-Caffeine Brainsplosion!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements

If You’re Too Rushed To Even Go To Starbucks, Your Problem Is Now Solved: Enter GoCubes! -Regular Hexahedrons Of Nootropic-Caffeine Brainsplosion!


 
gocubes by nootrobox chewable coffee main page product screenshot with headerGet Your Fix Of Go-Go Juice While You’re On The Go:
We’ve all been there once or twice. No time for anything; even the AM-Jumpstart.

The morning coffee is a ritual, a checkin with yourself, and also the crucial happenings down at the passive-aggressively-staffed local café.

But sometimes you either had a night out, a night in, Jason-Bourne-grade post-drunk-amnesia, or you’re just running terribly late.

Well Nootrobox is about to solve all only one or two of those problems with their magical new Brain-Dyn-O-Mite: Go Cubes!…

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By: Will  /    /    

Honor Code Fail: The Houseplant In Your Echinacea And The Laxative In Your Mood-Booster

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Stupid Health Tricks, Vitamins/Supplements

Honor Code Fail: The Houseplant In Your Echinacea And The Laxative In Your Mood-Booster
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We’ve blogged about contamination here and here before, but this development seems even more audacious than before.

And Look, we all know (at least here on HT) that selecting & taking supplements is a bit of a Bro-Science. -Or if we’re Really honest, it’s Amateur Human-Guniea-Pig Biochemistry Gambling.

Well, thanks to what we’re learning from NY AG, Eric Schneiderman, and Canada’s University of Guelph, the truth is a lot worse than that…

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By: Will  /    /    

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