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Do peppers reduce risk of Parkinson’s?

By Guest PostJune 15, 2013Healthbotanical family, cognitive problems, controlling movement, dementia, dietary source, eating peppers, gary franklin, hand tremors, harvey checkoway, initial symptoms, limb rigidity, luc viatour, neurologically normal people, nicotine, parkinsons disease, peppers, phillip swanson, plant, problems walking, reduce, risk of parkinsons, solanaceae family, susan searles nielsen, tobacco, toxic chemical, united states, w t longstreth

Eating peppers — which are in the same botanical family as tobacco — may reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease. The findings are reported in the May 9 edition of the Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society.

Nearly one million people in the United States are living with Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that results from the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells. In early stages, Parkinson’s is characterized by difficulties in controlling movement. Initial symptoms include hand tremors, limb rigidity, and problems walking. As the disease progresses, cognitive problems may develop and advance into dementia. (more…)

South American Beetle Released by UF Researchers Benefits Florida Ranchers

By Guest PostJanuary 30, 2011Sciencebattle, beetle, biological balance, biological control agent, buzz eaves, cattle rancher, citrus groves, eggplant, entomologist, florida, florida cattle ranchers, forage grasses, gratiana boliviana, invasive weed, julio medal, pastures, peppers, potatoes, south america, tropical soda apple, tsa, vegetable fields

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Over the past two decades, Florida cattle ranchers have spent as much as $16 million a year doing battle with an invasive weed called tropical soda apple, known as TSA, that takes over pastures, elbowing out the forage grasses ranchers need for their cattle.

But a beetle released by the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is taking a bite out of the problem by feeding on the weed and reducing its competitiveness. UF researchers describe the beetle’s success as a biological control agent in the current issue of the journal Florida Entomologist. (more…)

Cooking Mix Needs Recipe Fix

By PravdaDecember 28, 2010Healthbroccoli, carcinogens, cooking, ejaculation, fine science, grilled meat, healthfulness, hematopoiesis, knowledge of chemistry, marinating, mix drugs, olive oil, peanuts, peppers, pharmaceutical, selenium, seminal fluid

Cooking is a fine science similar to pharmaceutical one. The difference is that we do not mix drugs ourselves and trust this business to the professionals, while in cooking we have to rely exclusively on ourselves. In the meantime, basic knowledge of chemistry and medicine would be useful for any responsible cook.

This is the knowledge that products matching is based on, and it will help you make your food the most healthful and safe. (more…)

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Do peppers reduce risk of Parkinson’s?

South American Beetle Released by UF Researchers Benefits Florida Ranchers

Cooking Mix Needs Recipe Fix