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As expected, urine differs in composition depending on what you eat or drink (that without even mentioning the way in which alcohol and coffee impact on it). Moreover, a new research carried out by a team led by Elaine Holmes, Professor of Chemical Biology at the Imperial College London (ICL) and published in the jou... |
22 April 2008
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If so many stars and starlets can introduce all kind of synthetic stuff in their lips for a sexier look, then why not an implant derived from pig intestines? In fact, the new product could come with a longer lasting period than injections for filling out thin lips, as pointed by the new research published in the Arch... |
29 January 2008
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Even if you cannot see them, there are billions of bugs swarming around you, on you and in you. An yogurt introduces billions of bacteria into your gut and the "probiotics" ones standing in your intestines are believed to alleviate many issues from bowel disease to allergies. A new research published in the Molecula... |
16 January 2008
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Lizards can regrow a tail, octopuses their lost arms and some salamanders like axolotl even lost limbs. But sea cucumbers are the champions of organ regrowth: they can barf their whole gut out to escape predators and regrow it. Now a study made at the University of Puerto Rico connected their wound healing skills wit... |
22 October 2007
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For long, the appendix has been regarded as a trouble causing evolutionary ballast. But a new research suggests that the appendix could have in fact an active beneficial role, being a "safe house" for the good gut bacteria.Based on observations and experiments, the team at the Duke University Medical Center said that... |
9 October 2007
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This issue 'stinks', but in the end it's something common to all: geniuses and dumb people, emperors and slaves. When ingesting food and liquids, air enters your stomach. And if not by belching, then which is the other way to expel too much gas? (now I know why the Japanese do not belch much after eati... |
7 September 2007
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Don't you believe that your body knows how your gut content tastes like? A team from the Department of Neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine has detected the same receptors for sweet taste in the tongue, T1R3 and the taste G protein gustducin, in the human intestines. These two sweet-sensing proteins ar... |
22 August 2007
06:35 GMT |
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Do you like Mexican chili? Hot and spicy... But if you think the problem posed by the beans is the "jet propulsion", you're wrong. Lectins, a type of proteins with natural insecticide qualities and found in abundance in raw legumes and grains, can have more severe temporary effects.Lectins strongly adhere to car... |
2 August 2007
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The gases accumulated in our gastrointestinal tract have three sources: the ingested air (while drinking and eating), which can be partially expelled through belches, the gases produced by our gut bacteria and those that pass from the blood to the gut. Each day, about 7-10 liters of gases pass through the gut. Many a... |
19 July 2007
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What's the similarity between your gut and the bottom of the ocean? Well, they're both dark and oxygen-poor places. And full of bacteria. Now, a group of Japanese researchers has discovered that some of the nastiest germs thriving in the human intestine, triggering some severe diseases could have evolved f... |
4 July 2007
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We, humans, use aphrodisiacs to enhance fertility. There are various recipes and food recommended for a better sexual life. But sometimes nature can offer even germs to do this job. The plataspid stinkbug (Megacopta punctatissima) is a severe pest on soybean crops, and often leads to entire fields wasted. They have a... |
14 June 2007
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Bacteria in your guts are not just simple guests eating on your leftovers. Beside digestive conditions, these bugs induce more severe problems, like obesity and now they were found to influence how fat is digested and deposited in the liver. An imbalanced gut flora can affect this metabolic path and trigger diseases.... |
25 May 2007
04:49 GMT |
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