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Chemical Cuisine: A Guide To Food Additives
POSTED: May 6, 2008Is calcium stearoyl lactylate safe? Which food coloring is made from the bodies of dried, pulverized insects? Is aspartame the safest artificial sweetener? Or is it sucralose? Food additives thicken our salad dressings, prevent our sliced ham from turning gray, make our microwave popcorn smack of butter, and sweeten our diet sodas. They also make...
An Apple A Day Can Keep Colon Cancer Away, German Researchers Say
POSTED: April 22, 2008Hamburg, Germany -- German scientists have found new proof of that old adage about an apple a day keeping the doctor away by showing the fruit helps reduce the incidence of colon cancer. German researchers led by Dr Dieter Schrenk found that apples and apple juice enhance biological mechanisms that produce anticarcinogenic compounds during th...
Study Reveals Why Cancer Cells Like Sugar
POSTED: April 18, 2008DURHAM, N.C. -- U.S. medical researchers say they've discovered why cancer cells like sugar so much -- a finding than might lead to better cancer treatments. Duke University School of Medicine Assistant Professor Jeffrey Rathmell and graduate student Jonathan Coloff found that tumor cells use glucose as a way to avoid programmed cell death. ...
Evidence Now Suggests Eating Soy Foods In Puberty Protects Against Breast Cancer
POSTED: April 18, 2008Evidence is growing from animal and human studies that genistein, a potent chemical found in soy, protects against development of breast cancer - but only if consumed during puberty, says a Georgetown University Medical Center researcher in the British Journal of Cancer published online today. The challenge now, she says, is for scientists to understand...
