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Hey Readers! Help Us Choose a New Website Name!

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Hi guys! It's time for a little change, and we Need Your Help!

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Posted by Will on 05/19/09 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

What The World Needs Now ... Is A Prion Killer

--Read More In: Better Living Through Chemistry | Bio-Tech | Mind/Brain | Thinking Out Loud

Now that they've been linked to some cases of Alzheimer's, we need a prion-killer more than ever.

-Hopefully one that won't kill everything else.

These odd little assassins are the things that eventually kill you in all Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseases, like Mad Cow Disease, and my personal favorite: Kuru.

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Posted by Will on 03/ 3/09 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

Echinacea Is Cat's Butt At Restoring Prairies, Not So At Fixing Colds. -Unless ...

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According to this study by Turner & Pals, Echinacea is not effective against the common cold.

-Bummer.

If you believe that study.

There may be light at the end of the tunnel, though...

This post by UVA Med + Turner himself reveals

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Posted by Will on 01/22/09 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

TOUCHDOWNNNNNN!!! Cargill Gets Stevia Past Los Federales. -TRUVIA Is Here!!!

--Read More In: Better Living Through Chemistry | Nutrition | Vitamins/Supplements | Weight/Fat Loss

OLÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉ!!!!!

FINALLY you don't have to go out all the way to the Health Food Store to get your hands on some non-lethal, non-sugar sweetener.

Years and years after the Nutrasweet corporation helped to scuttle Stevia into the "Supplements" category, even though it's been on the GRAS list in Europe for quite awhile, it -or at least MegaCorp Cargill's version of the sweetener is now GRAS as far as El Fed is concerned.

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Posted by Will on 12/29/08 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

Dieting Gem: The Mixed Signals of Thirst and Hunger

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In addition to the "Want to Lose Weight? Drink Water."-idea, it's also important to note this rule:

Thirst is often Mistaken For Hunger.

-Especially if they drink things that have diuretic properties, like coffee and caffeinated drinks, many people are going through the day partially dehydrated.

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Posted by Will on 10/21/08 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

Relaxation Guru Talks Breathing And Stretching

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Posted by Will on 10/16/08 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

Hey, Let's All Play Along! -It's Cellphone Football!!!

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Hey look Junior, it's the ocean! -Go Swim!

Insomnia! Confusion? Headaches! -Oh My!

2008-India To Join CP Study Mosh Pit; -you know, 'cause all the cool kids are doing it, Mom!

2008-STUK,Finland: May Alter Proteins in Skin

2007-Cleveland: Damaged Sperm

2007-MTHR,UK: Could Be As Dangerous As Cigarettes

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Posted by Will on 08/ 6/08 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

Can Burton Water Salts Cure Sensitive Teeth?

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Basically, at one point, I was getting ~all my water from a highly-filtered source.

I soon found myself having very sensitive teeth.

I'd heard something awhile back about how even though it's sterile and clean, that actually drinking Distilled or Deionized Water is really bad for you.

And on another forum through some weird coincidence, it turns out a guy was killing his plants by watering them with distilled water.

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Posted by Will on 08/ 5/08 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

Clay-Eating Cheeky Monkeys And The Elusive Stomach Flu / Viral Gastroenteritis Remedy

--Read More In: Disease | Nutrition | Thinking Out Loud | Vitamins/Supplements

Like many brilliant men before me, such as Eddie Izzard, I believe that most problems and their solutions come down to Monkeys. -And The French.

Okay, I've had this more than once this year and it's been excruciating.
It's also No Fun to hear of your friends and relatives writing writhing in agony when waiting seems to be the only strategy & Advil + Pepto doesn't work that well.

So, with their bandmate Eddie, (he'd probably play bass) I'd like return to the Monkeys.

Animal Planet Moment: It turns out there are some

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Posted by Will on 07/25/08 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |

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