Because my wife and I had a wonderful dog for nearly 9 years and since I give a lecture on human waste in our Environment course at McGill, I was most interested to see the article that is making...
You would think it’s a Saturday Night Live skit. And it would be funny if it didn’t have a serious side. Just picture this. Using different fingers, a man points at four specific parts of his body...
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...
It is so seductively simple. If you want to avoid cancer, just make sure your body is “alkaline!” Here is the rationale. When a cell becomes cancerous it reduces its use of oxygen and cranks up...
You’ve got to give it to the quacks. They are often clever people. And very adept at making mountains out of molehills. One of the latest miracles out there is, believe it or not, crocodile blood....
Back in the early 70s, just as I was developing an interest in the chemistry of food, I came across a witty quote by Mark Twain. “Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and...
Pine tar has been in the news recently - at least for those who follow baseball. Pine tar is pretty much what it sounds like. It is a sticky substance created by heating pine roots and related...
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