Nutrition

If you are what you eat, then you better know what you are getting in your body.
And so we have to spend some time understanding how food is produced, what to pick when you buy, how the food is processed by your body and transformed into fuel.
The better the fuel, the better the engine will run.

Biohacking, Consciousness, Nutrition

Why We Should Embrace — Not Fear — the Biohacker Uprising

September 19, 2015 jero Leave a comment

BY SHELLY FAN

Dr. Steve Kurtz was making arrangements for his wife Hope’s funeral when the FBI burst in.

biohacker-uprising-4 Kurtz, a professor of arts at the New York State University, was detained and interrogated for 22 hours as a bioterrorism suspect.

The previous day, Kurtz had dialed 911 in panic when Hope passed away in their home in Buffalo, NY. When the paramedics arrived, they were taken aback by dozens of petri dishes full of bacterial cultures casually strewn around the house. They thought I killed my wife with some sort of biochemical toxin, recalled Kurtz in an interviewwith the BBC.

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Health, Nutrition

Eating spicy food could be key to longer life, says study

August 5, 2015 jero Leave a comment

You could give death a ditch by eating spicy food, especially fresh chilli, according to a Chinese study, researchers said Tuesday.

Although the researchers cautioned that it was too early to draw a final conclusion on the potential benefits of spicy food. They said that further research was required for updated dietary recommendations. Continue reading Eating spicy food could be key to longer life, says study →

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Health, Nutrition, Science

This Top-Secret Food Will Change the Way You Eat

August 4, 2015 jero Leave a comment

Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown tests one of the company’s burgers. Photo: Misha Gravenor

More protein than beef. More omegas than salmon. Tons of calcium, antioxidants, and vitamin B. In their secret R&D lab, the scientists at Beyond Meat concocted a plant-protein-based performance burger that delivers the juicy flavor and texture of the real thing with none of the dietary and environmental downsides. Continue reading This Top-Secret Food Will Change the Way You Eat →

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Health, Nutrition

Milk Does Not Do A Body Good – Massive New Study Says

August 4, 2015 jero Leave a comment

by Arjun Walia

Milk seems to be making its way through various stages of truth, especially within the past couple of years. Like many other examples, what we once thought to be healthy for us to consume is turning out to be the exact opposite.

A large study coming from researchers at the Uppsala University in Sweden found that drinking milk led to an increased mortality rate and actually made bones more prone to fracturing, not less.(1)

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Why you should eat turmeric

August 3, 2015 jero Leave a comment

BY Christina Larmer

There’s more to turmeric than spicing up a curry. Research shows it has many benefits and may help ward off dementia and reduce your risk of cancer.

If you’re cooking a curry this evening, you might want to sprinkle in some extra turmeric. Research is showing what countries such as India and Sri Lanka have long known – that this yellow spice has more benefits than boosting food flavour. Used for more than 4000 years to treat a variety of ailments, curcumin – the active ingredient in turmeric – could potentially ward off dementia and prevent cancer.

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