Category: Research (Page 65 of 93)

Grey Hair Pill

October 6, 2011 / Staff

A grey hair pill could be the answer to all your hair woes.

Bottles of color and peroxide no longer need clutter the bathroom.
The pill, scheduled to become available in 2015, contains an undisclosed fruit extract that mimics the chemical tyrosinase-related protein or TRP-2, an enzyme that protects pigmentation production, the company has said. The goal of the fruit extract pill is to prevent oxidative stress, a process that occurs when hair cells succumb to antioxidants and turn gray, L’Oreal officials say.

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Government Subsidized Obesity?

October 2, 2011 / Staff

When you consider that there are more tax dollars being spent on junk food than on fruits and vegetables it seems obvious that there is a conflict of interest.

Spending tax dollars on health care to combat childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes while fueling the problem with those very same dollars seems like a fool’s errand, to be sure.

It makes the efforts of people like Michelle Obama look downright ridiculous in face of the facts.

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Travel Nirvana: Sleeping on a Plane

October 2, 2011 / Staff

For some it is the unattainable for others sleeping on a plane is no problem.

Online searches for “How to sleep in coach” provide tips to those who can sleep, helping them tinker around the margins: bring a neck pillow, buckle your belt over your blanket so the flight attendant won’t wake you, put in earplugs; have a glass of wine (or don’t drink at all), take sleep medication (or never pop a pill). Me? Been there, done all that. My conclusion: some people just can’t fall asleep in coach, and I’m one of them.

Read further for few tips to catch some zzzz at high altitude.

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Nurturing Moms Benefit the Family’s Health

October 1, 2011 / Staff

Nurturing moms are good for family’s health.

Educated moms provide better nutrition and health information for their families which leads to less chronic illness as they age.

Parents’ education can be a more reliable indicator of a child’s home life than family income, said Lisa Berkman, director of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Families may fall into low income because of unlucky circumstances such as illness, but still have some of the protective benefits education seems to bring to households.
Researchers “often look at education, because it makes a stronger case,” said Berkman, who was not involved with the new study.

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Food Just Isn’t as Good as It Used to Be

October 1, 2011 / Staff

The use of fertilizers and pesticides has created food which has become void of nutrient value.

Getting the daily recommended vitamins and nutrients is becoming more difficult even for the most conscientious eater.

Since the industrial and agricultural revolution we have seen factory farming takeoff and is now used to grow most of our fresh fruits and vegetables. These intensive farming methods rely on heavy use of potent herbicides and pesticides. Unfortunately, over time these chemicals have sterilised our top soils and neutralized many of the naturally occurring minerals.
Although organic farming does not use harmful chemicals, organic fruits and vegetables may still be grown in the same depleted soils and the organic ‘seal’ is not necessarily a guarantee of high mineral content.

Daily supplements may be one way to get the vitamins and minerals which are not abundant in foods.

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