Is Coconut Oil Bad For You?

July 30, 2013
Some who profit from coconut oil claim it has miraculous powers, curing everything from cancer to jock itch. The boldest claim may be that it is a potential cure for Alzheimer’s, based on a series of anecdotes and one study I profile in my 3-min video Does Coconut Oil Cure Alzheimer’s? Long story short, as ( Read more... )

AICR, the China Study, and Forks Over Knives

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Imagine a product (let's say a pill, or a shake) or a discipline (a set of exercises, specific meditations) or a therapy you could use at home which was proven to have hugely preventive effects on 14 of America's 16 top causes of death - the 2 it doesn't work on being accidents and adverse reactions to properly used prescription drugs; could help ( Read more... )

Is it sad that I am practically hysterical with joy that a food processor and blender I ordered from the Co-op just arrived? Slightly cheaper than the food processor I bought 6 years ago, actually has a blender, and seems to be rather better quality (thicker plastic than that of the lid that I've held together with tape for 5 1/2 years, that's for ( Read more... )

The other day, this recipe was posted in vegancooking. Tahini and molasses "coffee"? It sounded less like a drink, and more like an experiment.

Turns out that this drink is the nectar of the gods.

Seriously.

I adapted it by halving the tahini and molasses, though it could probably take even less (though at the same 1:1 ratio) to make a thinner liquid while ( Read more... )

14 July 2010 Last updated at 12:20 Plants 'can think and remember'
By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News
Plants are able to "remember" and "react" to information contained in light, according to researchers.

Plants, scientists say, transmit ( Read more... )