Roughly 17% of dairy cows are dosed with something called recombinant bovine growth hormone, or rBGH, sold under the trade name Prosilac. This is done so each cow will produce 7-8 more pounds of milk daily — about a gallon. Clearly this is good for the dairy farmer! But is it good for the cow? What about the human who consumes that milk?
“Huh, Maybe Bisphenol A Isn’t Good For You”
On January - 18 - 20101 COMMENT
That’s a rough summary of what the FDA said on Friday. Maybe you recall what we said about the stuff almost exactly 2 years ago. Back in 2008, the FDA declared it “safe.” Now they aren’t so sure.
While there has been some conflicting research in the past, a new study of 70,000 people confirms that “Taking both calcium and vitamin D supplements on a daily basis reduces the risk of bone fractures, regardless of whether a person is young or old, male or female, or has had fractures in the past.” One of the researchers went on to say that this “goes a long way toward resolving conflicting evidence about the role of vitamin D, either alone or in combination with calcium, in reducing fractures.” But as with many research studies, there is more news than the headline would tell you.
Keeping Up Appearances
On January - 13 - 20101 COMMENT
Some people just don’t look their age. Sometimes they look young, and sadly sometimes they look old. We — especially those of us who are women — are bombarded daily by ads for products that are supposed to make us look younger, but what exactly does that mean? What makes someone look old?
Increased risk of cancer? Sweet! Ok, maybe not.
On January - 11 - 2010ADD COMMENTS
We’ve known for a long time that increased blood sugar from diabetes, something that being overweight greatly increases the risk of, is responsible for heart disease, blindness and various other end organ complications. Recently researchers have noticed another interesting connection to elevated blood sugar. Cancer. Read the rest of this entry »