Blood glucose levels in birds are often 2-4 times higher than those in mammals of comparable size. Yet birds often live 3 times longer than ...
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Ketosis, methylglyoxal, and accelerated aging: Fact or fiction?
Ketosis is a state typically associated with very low carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins diet. In this state, the liver produces ketones...
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The 2013 PLoS ONE sugar and diabetes study: Sugar from fruits is harmless
A new study linking sugar consumption with diabetes prevalence has gained significant media attention recently. The study was published in ...
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Certain mental disorders may have evolved as costs of attractive mental traits
bipolar disorder,
cave painting,
costly traits,
evolution,
manic-depressive disorder,
mental health,
personality traits,
schizophrenia,
Zahavian traits
I find costly traits fascinating, even though they pose a serious challenge to the notion that living as we evolved to live is a good thing ...
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How do you handle your milk at the bottom of the cereal bowl?
You have given yourself a portion of cereal and some milk. You come to the end of the bowl and now you have extra milk. Do you pour yourself...
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Some Interesting observations at the FNCE (Food Nutrition Conference Expo) 2012
There is nothing like thousands of Registered Dietitians, many with advanced degrees browsing around an expo where there are hundreds of f...
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