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What is the Difference between Type I and Type II diabetes?
Most people have witnessed, at some point a friend or a family member inject themselves with a needle after a meal. What causes them to do this? Diabetes! They are injecting themselves with insulin, a...
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Cinnamon and Health
Just mention cinnamon, and I can smell and almost taste my mother’s apple strudel. She made it from scratch, gently pulling the pastry on a table until the dough was paper thin. The filling was made...
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Hereditary Fructose Intolerance
Most of us can hardly wait to finish our dinner so that we can plunge into the dessert and satisfy our craving for sweets. We threaten to withhold dessert from our children until they polish off every...
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Thinking About Coconut Oil
Think about this. What has no mass, doesn’t occupy space, has no mobility, cannot be touched and yet exists? A thought! And what a mysterious thing it is! Just about all we know for sure is that it...
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Joe Schwarcz: I’ll take a pass on autourine therapy
I’ve often expressed skepticism about the plethora of beverages being promoted these days that claim to energize, calm, heal or detox our chemically ravaged bodies. “Don’t knock it till you’ve tried...
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Acrylamide: Follow the Golden Rule
Dr. Joe Schwarcz discusses acrylamide in our food supply and what we can do to reduce our consumption. Hint: Follow the Golden Rule!
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You Asked: Is there any reason to drink coconut water?
Yes. If you like the taste and don’t mind unloading your wallet, drink it by all means. But if you are thinking of making coconut water a part of your life for some perceived health benefit or as the...
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You Asked: Are chia seeds really that healthy or is it just nonsensical hype?
It isn’t nonsensical hype but neither are chia seeds some sort of wonder product. A plant growing from a seed is pretty amazing. So is the hype that grows from a seed of truth in the area of...
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You Asked: Can the much advertised Lipozene lead to weight loss?
The "active" ingredient in Lipozene is glucomannan, a form of dietary fiber that is extracted from the root of the konjac plant. Fiber, by definition, is any type of food component that cannot be...
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