One of my sons loves artichokes, mussels, and pomegranates. But for the other, it’s: goldfish, goldfish, goldfish.
Here’s some information that might have kept me off Lexapro: The New York Times reports that, although environment has an influence, it’s genes that determine a picky eater.
A University College London study, which was published in the […]
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Your kid a picky eater? It’s not your cooking, it’s your genes
Published October 11th, 2007 in body/mind, Body & Mind and Science. 4 CommentsWhat is sustainable food?
Published May 25th, 2007 in body/mind, Body & Mind and human world. 11 CommentsSustainable food. Yes, absolutely. Of course, we’re all for it.
But what exactly is it?
It’s a question that was debated at Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sustainable Food Institute on Thursday.
There were some agreed-upon yeses, according to The Daily Green.
Local is better
Why? it requires far less energy to get food from the farm to your plate than when […]
“I didn’t do it!” Tell it to an MRI.
Published May 24th, 2007 in body/mind, Body & Mind, human world and Science. 4 CommentsMagnetic Resonance Imaging, or MRI, is not a truth serum.
But researchers are saying it’s a top notch lie detector that far surpasses the polygraph in determining whether or not a person is lying.
The polygraph just measures physiological responses to stress - your pulse rate, sweating, irregular breathing - and has largely been discredited as […]
Diet if you want. You can lose weight, sure. But unless you want to live like a starving person, it’ll come back.
You pretty much are who you are, weight-wise, according to Gina Kolata’s new book, Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss — and the Myths and Realities of Dieting.
In her New York […]