Egg white omelets and other yolk-free recipes have become synonymous with “healthy” to many. But if you toss out your egg yolks, you’re also tossing out some of the most nutritious parts of the egg. For instance, egg yolks (but not whites) contain vitamins A, D, E and K along with omega-3 fats. Compared to… Read More »
Halitosis, or bad breath, is a common condition, affecting 50% of adults at some point in their lives.1 The word stems from the Latin “halitus” (breath) and the Greek “osis,” which means a pathological process.2 However, it’s said that mouthwash giant Listerine was the first to actually coin “halitosis” as a medical condition.3 Bad breath… Read More »
Well, who’d have thought it? Viagra’s good for your heart! Besides treating sexual impotence, it strongly suppresses abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias), which can cause palpitations, breathlessness, fainting and sometimes sudden death. The initial studies done in female sheep, showed the drug – also known as sildenafil – could stop an arrhythmia within 90 seconds. It… Read More »
Mr. Noodles is a Canadian brand of instant ramen noodles that has been manufacturing noodles since the 1970s. Today these noodles are also available in other countries such as the UK in places such as Costco and Amazon. Mr. Noodles is just one of the many instant noodle brands and the question is: are these… Read More »
The body’s so-called good cholesterol may be even better than we realize. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that one type of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) has a previously unknown role in protecting the liver from injury. This HDL protects the liver by blocking inflammatory signals produced by common gut… Read More »