food

Hello everybody, Here's something I've been wondering for a while. I understand the human is a great but imperfect machine. Although it is good at extracting energy from food, it isn't perfectly efficient. (disclaimer: what follows is what I've heard, I can't vouch for the veracity of...

I was watching the news today. It seems that the US government has decided that after years of research the meat (as well as eggs, milk ect) from cloned animals is every bit as safe as that from non-cloned animals. The science behind the report (from what I was able to read) seems pretty...

I just saw an excellent piece in the BMJ. The full text is here. It has sparked off some interesting responses, including a few wooish ones. I'm just putting together my own response, but if there are any oncology or nutrition experts on the forum they would carry more weight than little old me.

Been using a gym, and trying to gain a few kilos of weight. I've changed my programme as advised (started doing slightly fewer reps of heavier weights, allowing plenty of time for rest, etc.) and having some success, but slowly. I eat a reasonably good diet (including a 3 or four portions of...

A friend is trying to explain to me why I should take a "food" vitamin rather than a regular OTC multivitamin. She said that a vitamin that comes from food rather than cooked up in the lab is better. I think she's saying that these food vitamins are real food crushed down into a tiny pill. She...

That's right kiddos, it's time once again to meet your fellow New England skeptics! SATURDAY, July 22, 2006 at noon o'clock, Steven Novella, prez of the New Engand Skeptical Society and host of a little show called The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (there's also a really super smart co-host...

Dear learned friends. Today I have received a second direct mailing from a Major Vitamin house which includes a leaflet which makes very clear medical claims for a food supplement. There are several hanging comparatives and several claims for direct health effects. I previously wrote to the...

HI I belong to one of those Lawyer insurances and they send out a quarterly email with news info. This was in this quarter's email. New regulations target claims on foodstuffs A strict new set of regulations, prohibiting the use of certain wording on food labels and aimed at protecting...

Is gum food?

It was on the Thursday night of TAM4 - it's killing me that I cannot remember people's forum names. Please respond! :jaw-dropp Cheers - Mattus "Gimme more Peanut Sauce!" Maximus

First, this article: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleid=0007B7DC-6738-1DC9-AF71809EC588EEDF. An interesting proposition, including the idea that our cooking does not so much come from our humanity, as our humanity comes from our cooking! I read this article in a compilation just...

Instead of spending time complaining about "the kosher tax", they will be able to spend time trying to persuade food manufacturers to use neo-Nazi services in addition to or as an alternative to kosher inspection services.

I stopped into the local health food store to get a smoothie for lunch, and saw that they had vitamins on sale. I take a one-a-day, and I told the sales clerk that I really didn't want on with megadoses of vitamins. I'm happy getting 100% of the requirement/day. this triggers a rant from the...

www.mypyramid.org When you go here and put in your age and gender, it gives you suggested servings to eat each day. HOWEVER, it also asks for the following information: Playing video games and changing the channel is vigorous activity? My god, and these people are supposed to be advising us...

I devised a type of test of homeopathy that homeopaths can't say has faulty results. A homeopathic food test. If water has a memory then food diluted in it to 30C should provide calories etc. If people don't starve while on the homeopathic food then water memory is valid. I suggest that the...

Since food is art, this is the forum closest to my following observation. I have recently acquired a cat. Although I have had a dog for many years (an aging pug), I never noticed the difference between the way cat food is labeled versus dog food. Dog food is "manly" - Snausages, Chuck Wagon...

Penta Water (you recall, it has amazing abilities to be absorbed faster by the human body than ordinary water) was displayed on a Food Network program ... http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_cw/episode/0,1976,FOOD_9955_32673,00.html ... Unwrapped, hosted by Marc Summers. Of course, no...