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If you're planning to invite your friends over for the weekend and are looking for ways to spice things up a little and keep the fun going for longer, here's an idea that will definitely not ruin your party budget. It's great, fun and it's bound to keep all your guests giggling for hours, with the... |
4 June 2008
03:59 GMT |
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Drinking only "zero" beverages and gorging only on the "lightest" yogurts and diet bars, and still having a seal line? No wonder, as a new research published in the journal "Behavioral Neuroscience" has revealed that rats fed on artificial sweetener put more weight compared to sugar-fed rats, a finding challenging c... |
11 February 2008
04:05 GMT |
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1.Have you ever wondered which is the largest fruit in the wild? It grows in the Seychelles Archipelago (in the Indian Ocean) and is produced by a 34 m (113 ft) tall palm tree called sea coconut tree (Lodoicea maldivica), encountered only on two islets: Praslin and Curieuse. The nut has a diameter of 50 cm (1.6 ft) a... |
17 December 2007
14:07 GMT |
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The taiga or northern coniferous forest harbors about 50 plants producing berries, most of them edible. These fruits are vividly colored, have a strong aroma and are rich in vitamins and minerals. They also contain fibers that help stabilize the blood's sugar level and lower the cholesterol level. Their flavone ... |
7 December 2007
12:31 GMT |
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This is the first chemical to which we get addicted. What would we do without sugar? Many types of dishes and sweets should be changed. Today, eating sugar is part of the daily menu, and the stuff is delivered by a worldwide industry, driving millions of people from Cuba to India, Brazil to Africa and Australia. Suga... |
30 October 2007
16:01 GMT |
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Chocolate advertising often centers on naïve sexy women lured by men with chocolate. Still, there is barely any proof that this widely desired kind of sweets causes real addiction. "Rather, chocolate is irresistible partly because we know we're not supposed to have too much. People readily label themselves choco... |
12 September 2007
03:34 GMT |
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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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For a self conscious couch potato, light variant of the sodas (the so-called sugar-free types) would be the solution against the sumo belly and all its accompanying metabolic syndrome issues, like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, elevated levels of the blood triglycerides (saturated fats) and... |
24 July 2007
02:55 GMT |
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Coca-Cola and Cargill have announced that they have developed a new natural sweetener from the sweet grass or honey leaf (Stevia rebaudiana), a South American bush whose leaves are used by Guarani Indians (Paraguay and Southern Brazil) for centuries as sweetener in mate beverage. The plant is highly popular in Paragu... |
4 June 2007
14:56 GMT |
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