The first artificial sweetener – Sac Charin – was discovered by accident, when in 1879, Ira Rimsen, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, saw a sweet substance on his hand after experimenting with various chemicals in a laboratory. Sac Cherin quickly became very popular, mainly because of how cheap it …
Read More »Processed meat is associated with an increased risk of dementia, the study finds
Photo: J Ra Radel (Getty Images) New UK research suggests that people’s love of processed meat may return to bite them in the long run. The study found a more intermediate link Consumption of processed meat and high rates of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. At the same …
Read More »We finally know how semen is ‘remembered’ and undergoes non-DNA-coded characteristics for embryos
Studies of mammals have shown that various environmental effects such as ‘memories’ such as diet, weight and stress are passed down from father to offspring, although these states are not coded into sperm-driven DNA sequences. Now, we have a new understanding of how this is possible. The story has a …
Read More »Carl Eikan sells more than half of his herbalife stakes
Carl Ika sold half of his stake in Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. HLF 0.54% And Nutrition-Supplements is relinquishing its seats on the company’s board, and its long-held investment has strongly defended itself against the onslaught of rival activist investor William Ackman. Mr Ukah had sold about 600 600 million of the …
Read More »Men who spit nuts can have a ‘significant’ improvement in semen quality
A new study on male fertility has found that health nuts can be an almond for their nuts. The quality of semen depends not only on genetics, but also on environmental, lifestyle and especially dietary factors, which scientists have only recently begun to understand. Now, nutrition researchers have for the …
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