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Contributions to Nutrition

Contributions to Nutrition Contributions to Nutrition Public health nutrition continues to be challenged by increasing expectations from the food supply on one hand, and fundamental gaps in nutrition knowledge on the other, which can constrain the development and implementation of nutrition and food policy (1). Current demands on the food supply are no longer limited […]

Fungi

Fungi Fungi WHAT ARE MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS? By the term mushrooms, we generally mean the definition of Chang and Miles (1992): a macro fungus with a distinctive fruiting body which can be hypogeous or epigeous, large enough to be seen with the naked eye and to be picked by hand. Numerous studies have demonstrated that certain components present […]

NEWS – Staph, MSRA, Sweeteners, Food Access

NEWS – Staph, MSRA, Sweeteners, Food Access NEWS – Staph, MSRA, Sweeteners, Food Access A great article on Ebola in this months September 29, 2014 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek. “Ebola Rising.”  It explains the story behind a drug development.  A recommended reading for all. Sweeteners: https://www.nature.com/news/sugar-substitutes-linked-to-obesity-1.15938 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sweeteners Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER-741) 93 pp, August […]

Energy Field

Energy Field Energy Field Science Measures the Human Energy Field Energy is a theme that permeates many areas of complementary health care, including Reiki. For historic and emotional reasons, two key words have not been mentionable in polite academic research society: “energy” and “touch.” Hence it is not surprising that Reiki therapy has been neglected […]

Vitamin D

Vitamin D Vitamin D Known as the sunshine vitamin, vitamin D is produced by the body in response to skin being exposed to sunlight.  It also occurs naturally in a few foods,  including some mushrooms, green vegetables, fish, fish oils, and egg yolks — and in fortified dairy and food products.  Vitamin D is essential […]

Opinion of Scientific Peer Reviewed in Crisis

Opinion of Scientific Peer Reviewed in Crisis Opinion of Scientific Peer Reviewed in Crisis The publication of a scientific study in a peer-reviewed journal is commonly recognized as a kind of “nobilitation” of the study that confirms its worth.  The peer-review process was designed to assure the validity and quality of science that seeks publication. This […]