Archive for the ‘Video’ Category
Sugar!
According to the Wiki, the blood sugar concentration or blood glucose level is the amount of glucose (sugar) present in the blood of a human or animal. Normally, in mammals the body maintains the blood glucose level at a reference range between about 3.6 and 5.8 mM (mmol/L). It is tightly regulated as a part [...]
Pemmican! The World’s Greatest Travel Food
If you don’t know the history of pemmican, then just search for it on this site. For the rest of you, if you ever wanted to make it, check out this video collection. This is the best guide I’ve ever seen. Very well done by one of our beloved members on the Discussion Forum. Send [...]
In: Diet, Pemmican, Video
Menu Calorie Counts Can Alter Food Choices
In this week’s episode, Charles looks at the situation in New York, where it’s required for restaurants to list the calories next to the food choices on menus. This has the effect of making people alter their food orders. However, it seems there is a side effect that should grab our attention. Is the number [...]
Fatty Foods May Help Pilots Concentrate
That was the surprising finding of a new military-funded study that sought to figure out what types of foods were best for pilots when missions restricted when or what they could eat. University of North Dakota researchers found that pilots who ate the fattiest foods such as butter or gravy had the quickest response times [...]
In: Diet, Pemmican, Video
Half of Treated Addicts Kick Habit!
About half of heroin and crack cocaine addicts in England’s treatment programs quit the drugs after six months, a new study says. However, the researchers warned that just because they quit the drug, does not mean that they won’t return to the drug within a short period after successfully completing treatment. They urge that addict [...]
