The biological properties of cocoa are widely misunderstood. A Science News article has recently reported that chocolate needs to be looked at in a new light. According to the article, [ … ]
The Hot and The Painful
Capsaicin, the chemical responsible for the hot in hot peppers, now has an additional newly discovered function – it can also reduce pain. In fact, a group of scientists have [ … ]
Aflatoxin or A”flee”toxin?
The word fungus brings to mind gross images, for the most. Green cotton-like growths on breads, damp mildews and diseases. Not to make things more gross, but mushrooms are also [ … ]
Aloe vera on your skin, and in your teeth
Aloe Vera Plant (courtesy www.keetsa.com) Aloe. The phrase “aloe vera” brings up the image of something soft and commercials that incessantly interrupt TV shows. While aloe is an ingredient many [ … ]
Anyone still have room for toxic mush?
Recently discovered: A toadstool that may take your biological amenities with it Unlike its name, most of the Amanita class of toadstools, provide you with no protein or other amenities. [ … ]
Toxin in a Can
(www.acasatorta.wordpress.com) As a food-borne disease, botulism has been eradicated from the United States for the most, but its dangers still lurk in home-processed foods, specially in canned foods. The disease [ … ]
No Memories of Ginkgo biloba
This post is an anti-climactic one. It talks about what a herb that was thought so far to have a certain effect, does not actually have that effect. While not [ … ]
The Hot in Red Hot Chilli Peppers
The first time I popped a jelly belly bean into my mouth, I was taken aback. It was a chilly mango jelly belly and I hadn’t checked. I both admired [ … ]
Take a Hint from the Brazilian Mint
Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme -Simon and Garfunkel’s “Scarborough Fair” And mint. (www.pintosbeans.wordpress.com) An ace natural pain-killer for headaches,stomach pain,fever and flu, the Brazilian [ … ]
Grr…Lick the Bittersweet Symphony That is Life
(Image courtesy of www.sporeflections.wordpress.com) Can you imagine anything worse than being somewhere in public and realizing your breath is loaded with a smell so pungent that it’s offending everyone in [ … ]
Death by Chocolate and Resuscitation by Golden-Yellow Powder
(Images courtesy of www.braquiplan.com & www.britannica.com) Revered in India as “holy” this golden-yellow colored powder is worth its weight in gold, that too nutritionally, but not monetarily. Any guesses what [ … ]