Science Based Nutrition

December 31, 2008

Nonnutritive sweetener consumption in humans: effects on appetite and food intake and their putative mechanisms

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Richard D Mattes, Barry M Popkin
Jan 1, 2009; 89:1-14

Women Double Fruit, Veggie Intake With Switch To Mediterranean Diet Plan

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Women more than doubled their fruit and vegetable intakes and dramatically increased their consumption of 'good' fats when they were counseled by registered dietitians and provided with a list of guidelines on the amount of certain foods they should eat each day.

December 30, 2008

Both Major Theories About Human Cellular Aging Supported By New Research

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Aging yeast cells accumulate damage over time, but they do so by following a pattern laid down earlier in their life by diet as well as the genes that control metabolism and the dynamics of cell structures such as mitochondria, the power plants of cells.

Medicines that contain no medicine and other follies

The National Health Executive (”the Independent Journal for Senior Health Service Managers) asked for an article about quackery. This is a version of that article with live links. Download the pdf version. There is a Russian translation here (obviously I can’t vouch for its accuracy). On May 23 th 2006 a letter was sent to the chief [...]

December 29, 2008

New Label-free Method Tracks Molecules And Drugs In Live Cells

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A new type of highly sensitive microscopy could greatly expand the limits of modern biomedical imaging, allowing scientists to track the location of minuscule metabolites and drugs in living cells and tissues without the use of any kind of fluorescent labeling.
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