Archive for the 'Food' Category
Association of Statin Exposure With Histologically Confirmed Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis in an Australian Population
August 3rd, 2018Facebook link to cardiologist Dr. Jack Wolfson discussing this. In other news: Doctor Payments Increased Drug Prescribing by 73%: Drugmakers that pay for doctors’ meals get an outsize return on their investment, or a 73% increase in prescribing of their drug. That was the conclusion of a new paper, which looked at cardiologists who were […]
Periodic Fasting Starves Cisplatin Resistant Cancers to Death
August 3rd, 2018Via: EMBOpress: Treatment of cancers with the cytotoxic agent cisplatin frequently evokes resistance, accompanied by rewiring of metabolic pathways, limiting its clinical use. Recent research by Obrist et al (2018) shows that cisplatin?resistant growth of lung adenocarcinoma is particularly vulnerable to periodic fasting cycles and starvation?induced cell death, due to its dependency on glutamine, required […]
14,400-Year-Old Flatbread Remains That Predate Agriculture
July 17th, 2018Via: Atlas Obscura: BREAD-MAKING AROUND THE WORLD HAS evolved from a similar, ancient approach of combining flour, water, and sometimes yeast. But for prehistoric societies with limited tools, making bread wasn’t so simple. Given how laborious it was to make bread thousands of years ago, it’s long been associated with settled Neolithic societies—and only after […]
The World’s First Robot-Made Burger Is About to Hit the Bay Area
June 21st, 2018Via: Bloomberg: On June 27, the world’s first robot-crafted burger will roll off a conveyor belt in San Francisco and into the hands of the public. You could call it the freshest burger on Earth. The product, from Bay Area-based Creator, a culinary robotics company, is assembled and cooked in a machine that contains 20 […]
Severe Obesity Rates Surging in Rural America
June 20th, 2018Via: Reuters: Severe obesity rates have been on the rise nationwide since the turn of the century, disproportionately affecting children and adults in rural communities, two U.S. studies suggest. Researchers examined data on height and weight collected from 2001 to 2016 for adults 20 and older and for youth ages 2 to 19. Severe obesity […]
Bayer to Retire Monsanto Name
June 4th, 2018Via: Reuters: Germany’s Bayer will wrap up the $63 billion takeover of Monsanto on Thursday and also retire the U.S. seeds maker’s 117 year-old name. The German drugmaker had received all required approvals from regulatory authorities, it said in a statement on Monday. “Bayer will remain the company name. Monsanto will no longer be a […]
McDonald’s to Add Self-Order Kiosks to 1,000 Stores Each Quarter
June 4th, 2018Via: CNBC: As McDonald’s seeks to modernize its business, the company is placing a big bet on mobile and other tech platforms. McDonald’s has been systematically adding self-service ordering kiosks and table service to stores as it works to “build a better McDonald’s.” “What we’re finding is when people dwell more, they select more,” CEO […]
Gene-Edited ‘Super-Crops’ to be Grown in UK for First Time
May 29th, 2018Via: Telegraph: Gene-edited super-crops are to be sown in Britain in a European-first after scientists exploited a legal loophole. The Government has quietly approved the farming of gene-edited (GE) Camelina oilseed crops as part of a trial to super-charge the plants to produce Omega 3 fish oils, one of the most popular food supplements. The […]
20 Years Of Socialist Utopia In Venezuela Summed Up In 20 Seconds
May 27th, 2018Via: ZeroHedge: This is the result of almost 20 years of socialist revolution in Venezuela. A sad reality. #Chavismo #May22 pic.twitter.com/vS58mxF8hj — Michael Welling (@WellingMichael) May 22, 2018
Robots Fight Weeds in Challenge to Agrochemical Giants
May 22nd, 2018Via: Reuters: In a field of sugar beet in Switzerland, a solar-powered robot that looks like a table on wheels scans the rows of crops with its camera, identifies weeds and zaps them with jets of blue liquid from its mechanical tentacles. Undergoing final tests before the liquid is replaced with weedkiller, the Swiss robot […]
