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Scientists Working To Create Test-tube Hamburgers

June 28, 2011 By

Dutch scientists claim they will be able to produce edible meat grown from stem cells within a year, and believe lab-grown meat in the future will ultimately end the world’s reliance on meat from livestock.

And furthermore, the researchers predict that over the next few decades the world population will balloon so rapidly that there will not be enough livestock to feed everyone. As a result, laboratory-grown beef, chicken and pork would become necessary.

A burger, grown from 10,000 stem cells extracted from cattle, is currently being developed by the Dutch team of researchers. The stem cells are left in the lab to multiply more than a billion times to produce muscle similar to beef. Scientists call this product ‘in vitro’ meat. [Read more...]

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Eating A Rainbow Of Healthy Food

June 15, 2011 By

A wardrobe of nothing but one color would brand you bland. So would a monochromatic diet.

June is National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month, no better time to remember that it’s important to eat a daily rainbow of fruits and vegetables, from ruby-red grapefruit to bright green apples to berries of a variety of hues. (Way better for you than those beige french fries.)

“Most of the colors provide different nutrients, so if you stick to only one color, you’re going to miss out on a lot of vitamins and minerals,” says Elizabeth Ames, a registered dietitian at the Central Texas Medical Center in San Marcos.

“A lot of my patients have two or three things that they really enjoy, and that’s it. It’s important to start kids off young with eating many different colors so they learn to like a variety of fruits and vegetables.” [Read more...]

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Getting Kids Involved In Good Nutrition

May 16, 2011 By

Hot dogs, cheeseburgers, potato salad and fried seafood. Toasted Almond Bars from the front desk at the pool. Huge blue Batman popsicles with gumball eyes from the ice cream man at the beach.

These are some of the foods I associate with summer, a time when we all tend to obsess over this question: What can we throw on the old Weber tonight?

“You can grill, but try to grill lean beef, chicken or salmon,” says Dr. Jim Sears, a pediatrician and host of “The Doctors,” a nationally syndicated talk show that airs Monday through Friday on Fox CT.

This father of two, who will appear at the Summer Funfest at the Connecticut Expo Center Saturday and Sunday, travels the country speaking about good nutrition for the entire family. He even shares his personal story about dropping 40 pounds by becoming passionate about sports and healthful eating. [Read more...]

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People Who Stay Up Late Eat More, Worse

May 15, 2011 By

Staying up late at night can lead to an additional 2 pounds a month weight gain, researchers reported last week. The study showed that people who go to bed late eat more food, have worse diets and are more likely to have a higher body mass index.

Many studies over the last 10 years have pointed to the need for people to sleep when they’re supposed to (at night) and to sleep for the needed amount of time — about eight hours for adults. Keeping a healthy sleep schedule allows the body’s circadian rhythms to stay in sync and keeps a range of metabolic and physiological systems running smoothly.

The new study adds to the sleep-weight connection. Northwestern University scientists examined 52 adults on their sleep and dietary patterns. More than half of the participants were normal sleepers — meaning that the midpoint of sleep occurred at or before 5:30 a.m. Late sleepers (44 percent of the sample) got less sleep and went to sleep later. [Read more...]

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Provide Certainty & Stability

May 7, 2011 By

There are people who have either lost their job or have a friend or family member who has.  And we cannot deny that almost all of us have been hit with painful losses in the value of our homes and in our savings and investment accounts. However, one source of financial security still stands strong, and that’s life insurance. Well, in this tumultuous economy, you can take comfort in knowing that life insurance, whatever type you may own or intend to buy, can provide some certainty and stability at a time when both are in short supply. And like any other type of product sold online, buying life insurance online is safe as long as you are dealing with a legitimate life insurance company.

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Eating In Pregnancy

April 24, 2011 By

With a new life growing inside you, what you eat matters a lot.

WHILE you are overjoyed with your pregnancy, you are probably also eager to ensure a healthy pregnancy. To achieve this goal, one of the vital aspects you need to pay attention to is nutrition.

Eating for two

While nurturing a new life inside you, your body undergoes significant physiological changes to adapt to your new role. To cope with the changes during pregnancy, your daily requirements for energy, protein, and certain vitamins and minerals increase dramatically.

You need extra energy and nutrients to help you gain healthy pregnancy weight, to support the growth and development of your unborn child, and to nourish the placenta and tissues in the uterus.

Eating well at this stage will also help you better prepare your body for breastfeeding when baby is born.

Therefore, you need to eat a sensible and well-balanced diet to maintain your own health, as well as your unborn baby’s. This is what “eating for two” is all about, and not what most people believe as eating double of everything! [Read more...]

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Healthier Eating Starts At Home

April 19, 2011 By

Americans have eaten themselves into a condition some call “diabesity” that’s reflected in record-high levels of obesity and Type II diabetes. Many health professionals believe we have to eat ourselves healthier.

That was the focus of Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives, a conference sponsored by Harvard Medical School and the Culinary Institute of America at the school’s Greystone campus in California.

It was gratifying that the majority of conference participants were physicians — an sign that the eat-better message is reaching the front lines of healthcare.

Presenters included Suvir Saran, chef-owner of the Michelin-starred Indian restaurant Devi in New York, who had surprising advice: “Eat at home, and save eating out for special occasions.” [Read more...]

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