Health, Nutrition and Fitness

Rather incredibly great news. Stem cell trial suggests damaged heart tissue could be regenerated Small-scale study that injected stem cells into patients’ hearts during surgery offers hope to those with cardiac disease https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jul/24/stem-cell-trial-suggests-damaged-heart-tissue-regenerated

This won't surprise lookin or anybody else who has been in or near the food processing industry. Inside the food industry: the surprising truth about what you eat http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/21/a-feast-of-engineering-whats-really-in-your-food

No, not the tasty tease above, but the mouthwatering honest-to-goodness tomato developed in 1934 at Rutgers University for the Campbell's Soup Company. In those days, taste was paramount and growing fields were not far from the plant where the soup was made from fresh tomatoes. Over the years, flavor took a back seat to high yield, pest-resistance, and ship-ability. Production was moved from New Jersey to California and tomatoes were processed into a standardized paste from which the soup was eventually made. The idea to resurrect the Jersey tomato was actually sparked by a woman from Campbell’s, Dot Hall, who had headed up the company’s soup product development. She…

Mmm! (Seriously.) Garum sauce: ancient Rome's 'ketchup' becomes a modern-day secret ingredient http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/26/garum-sauce-colatura-di-alici-italy-fish

Heart-warming. My ancient arthritic terrier would have had a much better last couple years of his life with this. The marijuana industrys newest customers are sick and elderly dogs http://qz.com/377887/the-marijuana-industrys-newest-customers-are-sick-and-elderly-dogs/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook

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Ben and Jerry Are Game to Make Weed Ice Cream http://www.bdcwire.com/ben-jerry-weed-ice-cream/?p1=well_BDCwire_subheadline_hp

Kitten Livers with Onion Marmalade Yields 4 servings Ingredients: 2 cup butter 2/3 cup snipped fresh chives 1/2 cup sliced white onion 1/2 cup sliced red onion 1/2 cup sliced leeks 3 large shallots, sliced 2 teaspoons chopped garlic 1/4 cup Sherry 1/2 cup half and half salt and pepper 1/2 LB kitten livers Directions: Melt 1/4 cup butter in a cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add chives, onions, leeks, shallots and garlic and cook until tender. Add sherry and stir until no liquid remains. Increase heat to high. Add half and half and boil until reduced, stirring constantly. Season with salt and pepper. Remove and set aside. Melt remaining butter over m…

Closer than we thought? First full body transplant is two years away, surgeon claims Doctor plans to graft a living person's head on to a donor body using procedures he believes will soon be ready http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/25/first-full-body-transplant-two-years-away-surgeon-claim

Oliver Sacks on Learning He Has Terminal Cancer By OLIVER SACKS NYT FEB. 19, 2015 A MONTH ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health. At 81, I still swim a mile a day. But my luck has run out — a few weeks ago I learned that I have multiple metastases in the liver. Nine years ago it was discovered that I had a rare tumor of the eye, an ocular melanoma. Although the radiation and lasering to remove the tumor ultimately left me blind in that eye, only in very rare cases do such tumors metastasize. I am among the unlucky 2 percent. I feel grateful that I have been granted nine years of good health and productivity since the original diagnosis, but now I am…

First new antibiotic in 30 years discovered in major breakthrough The discovery of Teixobactin could pave the way for a new generation of antibiotics because of the way it was discovered. The first new antibiotic to be discovered in nearly 30 years has been hailed as a paradigm shift in the fight against the growing resistance to drugs. Teixobactin has been found to treat many common bacterial infections such as tuberculosis, septicaemia and C. diff, and could be available within five years. But more importantly it could pave the way for a new generation of antibiotics because of the way it was discovered. Scientists have always believed that the soil was teeming wit…

Wow. Martha Stewart's Gingerbread 'Downton Abbey' https://www.yahoo.com/diy/changing-the-gingerbread-game-the-gingerbread-105534501290.html http://www.marthastewart.com/1096452/behind-scenes-gingerbread-abbey?xsc=synd_ydiy_article_gingerbreadabbey

The horror! Oyster herpes killing scores of bivalves http://m.nydailynews.com/life-style/oyster-herpes-killing-scores-bivalves-article-1.2047695

Dictator dinners: Hitler, Kim Jong-il's foodie foibles revealed ...Another, more banal, motivation for the Fuhrer's vegetarianism was reportedly his belief that a meat-free diet would curb his chronic flatulence and constipation, conditions for which he took as many as 28 different drugs on the orders of his quack physician. Along with large doses of amphetamines he needed to keep him from collapse -- explained away as vitamins to anyone who dared ask -- Dr Theodor Morrell injected the Nazi leader with substances such as essence of Bulgarian peasants' faeces, arsenic-based rat poison in the form of Dr Koester's Anti-Gas Pills and deadly nightshade. By the final months …

Fasting for three days can regenerate entire immune system, study finds http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10878625/Fasting-for-three-days-can-regenerate-entire-immune-system-study-finds.html

The 8-hour rule is bunk: Why conventional wisdom about sleep is stressing us out We've been told over and over that eight hours constitutes a full night's rest. Our bodies tell a different story http://www.salon.com/2014/11/16/the_8_hour_rule_is_bunk_why_almost_everything_you_know_about_sleep_is_wrong_partner/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Bit of a cheat to put this here but why not! Doctor Who neuroscience special: the brain of a Time Lord http://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2014/aug/22/doctor-who-the-brain-time-lord-capaldi-science

Specially for hito! http://www.answers.com/article/1214082/12-body-parts-you-never-wanted-to-see-under-a-microscope?paramt=31&param4=fb-us-de-health&param1=health&param2=12719301&param5=10152270944301186&param6=12720721#slide=1

How insects could feed the world Is eating bugs the solution to feeding the world's growing population of human beings and livestock? Emily Anthes chews on locusts, beetles, mealworms and more as she tries to find out ...The attendees are all familiar with the same dire facts. By the year 2050, the planet will be packed with 9 billion people. In low- and middle-income countries, the demand for animal products is rising sharply as economies and incomes grow; in the next few decades, well need to work out how to produce enough protein for billions more mouths. Simply ramping up our current system is not really a solution. The global livestock industry already takes an eno…

Mmm... 11 Totally Disgusting Things the FDA Allows In Your Food http://www.cbsnews.com/news/11-totally-disgusting-things-the-fda-allows-in-your-food/

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Hah! Watch what happened when food critics were unknowingly served McDonald's Culinary experts in The Netherlands thought it was 'fresh' and 'tasty' independent,co.uk McDonalds myths are easy to come by and we all know that fresh, organic food is not only healthier but tastes much nicer, right? Scroll down for video (turn on subtitles) Wrong - at least according to Life Hunters YouTubers Sacha and Cedrique. The pair visited the annual food convention in Houten in The Netherlands, where they asked unwitting gastronomic experts to taste samples of McDonald's food and offer their opinions on "this new, organic alternative to fast food." Delicious, fresh, tasty and fi…

Not a joke! A Poop Bank in Massachusetts Will Pay You $40 Every Day Are you under 50 years old, willing to make daily trips to Medford, and have regular bowel movements? You, my friend, could be earning $40 a dayjust for pooping. All you have to do is visit OpenBiome, launched in 2012 as the only independent nonprofit stool bank in the country. The brainchild of MIT postdoctoral associate Mark Smith, OpenBiome collects, tests, and provides fecal samples to 122 hospitals in 33 states for one of the most interesting medical treatment innovations today: fecal microbiota transplantation. Cont. at http://www.boston.com/health/2014/10/15/poop-bank-massachusetts-will-pay-you…

Yum. So What Really Is In A McDonald's Chicken McNugget? Chicken McPoison Author unknown 5-14-7 The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan is a fascinating book that details the changing eating habits of Americans. I can't recommend it highly enough. It explains how, over the last 30 years, we have become a nation that eats vast quantities of corn ­ much more so than Mexicans, the original "corn people." Most folks assume that a chicken nugget is just a piece of fried chicken, right? Wrong! Did you know, for example, that a McDonald's Chicken McNugget is 56% corn? What else is in a McDonald's Chicken McNugget? Besides corn, and to a lesser extent, chicken, The Omnivor…

Amazing. Could change many people's lives. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/11151909/Cure-for-Type-1-diabetes-imminent-after-Harvard-stem-cell-breakthrough.html